I Am Still In SoCal

What happened on my way home to my mom's birthday weekend? Please note, I did not do overtime, nor go rock climbing, nor do anything else productive last night due to waiting for this crap:

I was waiting for my flight from 7pm until 1pm. Around 9pm we all knew the flight was going to be cancelled as there were flights being cancelled left and right. We asked if we can get our refund so we can get home at a reasonable time or book a hotel. We were told if we cancel before the official cancellation we would not be refunded.

The reason? There was NO FLIGHT CREW. A flight crew is very important to fly. This has been happening, they said, for the last week d/t the weather. They needed to put the weather in as the fine print states "Jet Blue not responsible for concellations due to weather, et." NO FLIGHT CREW? I just think if you have a plane, and you have no flight crew and you knew that the flight crews were very delayed you would cancel sooner? Have optional flights? Release us?

There were also no more flights until saturday. This was horrible. I had to book on Southwest (something I really should have done ORIGINALLY) but it was $20 more. Now I spent $69 more.

JetBlue gave us our full refund saying they normally don't do this. Idiots. And no vouchers, etc. People were VERY upset. We waiting in line 45 more minutes for the refund when the computers broke down.

And now I am writing from my home, not going to work, losing my PTO, waiting for my flight to Sacramento on Southwest. Oh and my parents were waiting up until 12am for my call to pick them up. That sucks.

The moral? Always go on Southwest.

Also, does anyone know how to file a claim against JetBlue to get my Southwest money back? This payment was directly caused by them.