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Utah couple gets stuck in Texas, roadtrips to DC for their wedding reception after flight cancellations
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah couple barely made it to their wedding ceremony reception simply outdoors of Washington D.C. Thursday evening after a number of flight delays and cancellations.
Gabbie and Chandler Jensen had been set to fly out of Salt Lake Worldwide Airport Sunday, however their Southwest Airways flight to Dallas was delayed they usually finally took off Monday morning.
“Our connecting flight in Dallas, once we received to the airport, was delayed after which it stored getting delayed,” Chandler defined. “Positive sufficient we received the notification that it was canceled.”
The couple was determined to make it to their wedding ceremony reception on time. They tried reserving one other flight by way of completely different airways however weren’t in a position to safe a flight that might get them to their vacation spot motion on time.
“We went over our choices of how we had been going to get again to D.C. and determined that we might simply make the drive,” Gabbie stated. “It was 19 hour drive over two days.”
Sadly, the groom’s siblings and fogeys weren’t in a position to make it to the reception. Their United Airways flights had been canceled.
“It was 3 within the morning when our flight received canceled,” stated Kimberly Jensen, the groom’s mom. “We had all deliberate this as a household. It’s been deliberate for months we’ve had tickets for months.”
The Jensens referred to as the airways to try to rebook a flight however stated there was no availability for a celebration of 5 till Thursday night after the reception was scheduled to finish.
“After we heard that, that’s when the truth hit,” Monte Jensen stated. “It’s heartbreaking, us being on the West Coast and they’re on the East Coast.”
The Jensen household is heartbroken they weren’t in a position to be at Thursday’s reception however are grateful they had been in a position to attend the couple’s Utah wedding ceremony reception in November.