Woman refuses to pick up entitled friend from airport at 3 in the morning when her flight is canceled, tells her to take an Uber instead, but she refuses: “She seems really entitled and ungrateful”

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 15, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Welcome back people of the internet. When I was younger, I loved to travel. I got a rush from buying plane tickets last minute, from standing in lines, from not knowing my plans week to week, and even loved the soft, pressurized ambience inside a plane while we're flying through the sky. When you think about it, planes are really incredible. I had a whole playlist made just for the lulls of sleep and staring at clouds out the window of planes. There's a certain heaviness and environmental experience with flying, like you really feel suspended. The playlist is called Spacegirl Daydream for anyone wondering. 

Now that I'm older, I really detest flying and traveling. It's a pain in the neck, it's hours of lines, waiting, buses, driving, and none of it includes the actual flight. I no longer get a thrill from being suspended in the air, and would rather be in bed than anything else. The entire system around traveling is predicated on headaches and inconvenience. 

That's exactly how the protagonist feels in the story below. She isn't romanticizing travel, flying, or the inconveniences that come with it. Read the full story for all the juicy details. 

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    AITAH for refusing to pickup a friend at the airport because she booked a flight that arrived at 3 am?

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    So this last week, I had agreed to pickup a friend/neighbor at the airport around 10 pm. She has physical restrictions and does not drive. She also maxes out her
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    luggage even tho she was only going back to Philly for 2 weeks. She always has two large checkin bags, as close to the 50lb max limit as possible, and 3 carry on
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    bags. She likes to stay up late so always books the latest flight to arrive back in town. In hindsight, I also realize that there are lots of crazy drivers around the airport in
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    Vegas at night. The last 3 times I have gone to the the airport, I have almost gotten into accidents with drivers cutting me off when heading to the airport. So this last
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    Tues, she was set to return back at 9:50 pm. From the time she lands, it usually takes her close to an hour to get her bags and get to the pickup area so we are talking
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    10:50 pm before she is ready for pickup. I asked her to text me when the flight took off so I would know its on time. She texts me that the flight is delayed and
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    her flight sits on the ground for at least 2 hours. Finally, around 1 am Philly time, she tells me the flight is canceled due to weather. She
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    says they got off and there is a long line to reschedule flights and there is an app she can use. I tell her that I don't want to be driving to the airport after 10 pm to pick
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    her up. There are a few flights much earlier than her current one. She texts me back that she has rebooked for a 9:20 departure and arrival at 11:50 pm. I remind
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    her that I don't want to be driving around after 10 pm and that it would take her an hour to get out of baggage claim. She tells me that her bags were already sent
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    and she might be out around 12:30 am instead. I told her I would not be coming out at 12:30 am to pick her up. As it turns out, her flight was delayed again and
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    left at 1 am, Philly time, and arrived a 3 am local time. I told her to call Uber and she needed a credit card to set up an account.
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    Her reply was, "I didn't bring a credit card with me." Who does that? So does that make me an AH for not agreeing to pickup someone at 3 am instead of 9:50 pm?
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    225wpm8 14h ago NTA. She can get an Uber/Lyft/taxi. She seems really entitled and ungrateful.
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    FinePossession 1085 13h ago Traveling without a credit card seems unlikely. Uber was the way to go, and she should have figured that out. She can always use AppleCash. Sounds like she didn't want to pay it.
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    W... 13h ago • Edited 11h ago She SAID she didn't take a credit card so she couldn't set up UBER. Truth or excuse to manipulate you to get her in the middle of the night? I
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    would continue being very strict about when you will or will not go to the airport.
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    I know people who fly in just in time to get back to work the next day. I have never understood that, but I am someone who needs a good nights sleep and like to get to bed around 10.
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    No_Life_6558 • 13h ago NTA. Don't give her rides anymore. No matter what time.
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    WantToBelieveln... • 13h ago I have a very strong objection when one favour suddenly morphs into a whole new favour, and it is assumed the agreement
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    should morph, also. Suddenly one generous impulse becomes an ordeal. No no no.
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    "I will not be picking you up at 3 am. You will have to make other arrangements."
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    add if necessary "I don't know what your options are, but I am sure you will be able to figure this out yourself"
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    This is a good thing. Now you don't have to do the favour you regret agreeing to, and you know more about your friend's tactics and entitlements and can be cautious going forward.
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