Man Gets Entire Plane to Himself After 18-Hour Delay

Phil Stringer was booked on an American Airlines flight from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Charlotte, North Carolina, that he says was delayed for 18 hours. When they did finally call his flight, he was the only one who showed up. During the two-hour journey, the flight attendants gave Phil Stringer their undivided personal attention. It comes as thousands of other passengers are experiencing terrible travel experiences due to storms. Inside Edition's Steven Fabian has more.

[NJDJ]

Dude waited 18 hours for his flight, & he's got the plane to himself! That's a serious dedication there!!

[loganmalough]

It’s every passenger’s dream to have the whole plane for themselves

[imakeplaylists]

The fact that he made friends with the crew is so wholesome 😂

[searchanddiscover]

every flight i've been on was overbooked, this man is living the dream that we all want when flying.

[aom]

Customer service became superb when the employees outnumber the customer 🤣

[College.is.a.ripoff]

This happened to me in 2001 when I was 12 years old and flying unaccompanied. I had the whole plane to myself. I landed in ATL at 1:30AM and the whole airport looked closed. Most of the lights were off and there were no passengers anywhere. Only the cleaning crew was around. I slept at the airport on a chair and took my next flight in the morning. That was my first experience of true independence and responsibility 😊

[levithewonderdog]

Happened to us once as air crew for a couple of honeymoon passengers. Plane went tech and flight cancelled...engineers later managed to fix the problem and we were going to position back with no pax. The two honeymooners had held on hoping the flight may yet go! Despite the cancellation we took them back on board with us and gave them the whole champagne treatment and they had the whole plane to themselves...now that's a honeymoon to remember!!

[FDR-wwxz]

If me and my family were delayed for 18 hours while traveling, we would just be the only ones in the front seat of the airplane. How crazy is that?

[takaotsu]

The least I’ve had is 6 people on a 4 hour flight and I really enjoyed that.

[caleb]

He got those flight attendants numbers. Smart guy

[judemyervector]

Man this is a flight that we all want
Edit: mom Look I'm famous I have 1k like that mean I'm going go make money and dad coming back

[Ilovechicken.]

Having every seat to yourself is nice, even when sleeping

[jacolucas]

I'd wait 18 hours for an awesome private flight and some new dope friends!

[bracebrooks]

He sure was quite patient to wait for 18 hours. I hope he spent the night at a nearby hotel prior to his flight after the delay originally occurred. Since air travel will already be super busy this summer, I don't intend to take my first flight of 2023 until September. I experienced a cancelled flight last year in July. It nearly made me cry.

[rainacherienne]

I flew internationally during the pandemics and there were only about 10 passages on a flight from EU to US, capacity was like 400 passengers. It felt like flying private.

[mattsmith]

1:50 Steven Fabian absolutely love seeing you as an everyday man with your family 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[blockygamer]

True example of patience paying off big time

[elirby]

I recently missed a flight from Atlanta to Phoenix. After that I then spent the next 27 hours trying to get home. With every other flight on stand by I had to take three different connecting flights until I finally got home. It was an adventure but also exhausting. Props to this guy for not giving up.

[ashenwolf]

This is an experience that he for sure will never forget. I mean, how many people can say they got a whole public plane to themselves with staff giving them him their undivided attention?

[schindlerteejay]

Imagine the odds for this to happen, but this kind of thing has happened before plenty of times.