re: Longest airport layover you've gone through? Did you sleep in the airport, or get a hotel?

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25% of the population will never fly in their lifetimes, and another 25% will only fly once.

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Us pop or world?

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US

I'm sure the vast majority of the world pop will never fly

Had a flight that got cancelled. A few of us who were booked on the cancelled flight pooled our resources and got a room. We thought we would at least get a decent night's sleep but a car in the parking lot has an alarm going off every hour or so.

Best airport to get stuck in is Vegas because you can sit there playing slots and drink

I was delayed over 12 hours at JFK once. Was supposed to be an afternoon flight back to New Orleans but didn’t depart until midnight. It was around 2am when we landed. I felt bad for the flight crew since they had to go back to New York afterwards.

16 hrs in Singapore and got a case of the salmonella while I was there.

Just a crappy situation all around.

Tranny Air stuck me overnight in ATL for 12 hours when I was a poor new grad. Unforgettable.

Bachelor party flying out of Merida, Mexico [signed a non disclosure]. Flight was late from a with connecting Mexican airline flight in Mexico City to DFW on an AA flight Arrived into Mexico City so late all flights to USA had already left and all our luggage was lost. Took 3 hours to get refunds and luggage back; note they don’t speak English at all. Told everyone I’m not leaving this airport and we stayed at Hilton in Mexico City airport as we had already been arrested for “car theft” for paid for rental cars in Merida that was overturned in a shoddy shakedown for which I hid my money clip in the car seats. Overall delay was about 24 hours and ill never go to a private mansion in Mexico ever again…. Resorts only.

The one time I had a missed connection (I watched the door close as I was approaching) I was able to get a manager to put me on the return flight from MSP to where I came from and then fly out the next day. It was a bit humorous at the time because it was the same cabin staff in the return/next day flight through Detroit. My employer was PISSED that I missed my connection. I remember the exact day because I watched the Thailand Tsunami coverage in DET.

The whole situation was a blessing. I sat with my parents for 2 hours before getting into the original flight to MSP. My stepdad picked me up and took me back the next day. My son was born in April, we got him home 10 days later, we did a Webcam chat on the next Sunday night, and I got a call at 11:30 the next day that he had died. When people question God, karma, etc. I always think back to the events of those 5 months as proof.

ETA: The same job had me training everyone until I asked for a supplemental raise for the additional responsibilities. 2 months later they announced that they were shifting responsibilities for our jobs. My request was thrown in my face when I asked why I wasn't being sent to Pune, India to train them. Again divine intervention. I dodged what was a pretty horrible week in Ireland (I went to Silicon Valley instead) and I heard the Pune trip was a shitshow.

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I remember I had an 8 hour layover from Seattle to Anchorage. 

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Same flight, exact opposite direction. Arrived in Seattle from Anchorage and had a connecting flight at 5 the next morning. Unrolled my thermarest and slept on the floor. It would have been fine except for the no smoking announcements every 15 minutes.

7 hours at O'Hare and I was drunk as shite by the time my flight finally departed