To start I don't fly much so don't know hardly anything about any of this stuff. I did have to fly for work in February. Coming home was a disaster though. Got to the airport at 8am. Checked in and went to my gate. About 45 minutes before the flight was scheduled to leave American Airlines announced that my flight had been canceled due to technical issues. No other info. Made my way over to the customer service desk and they get me on stand by for a flight that will get me back to DFW just in time for my connecting flight.
Barely make it on to that flight but end up sitting on the tarmac for an hour and a half due to the plane being too heavy. Thus causing me to miss my connecting flight. Ended up getting home at midnight that day instead of 5pm. Was just a clusterfuck of a day.
Question though, was just telling someone about this and they said that I should have complained to AA about it as I should have gotten some kind of compensation for all of the issues. Is that true? If so would it be too late to call and file a complaint?