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out on saturday and canceled flight after canceled flight until this morning now it s stand by hoping we get on to get home. reporter: thousands more flights delayed. delay, delay, delay, rinse and repeat. reporter: chaos, frustrated passengers and luggage piling up. lack of communication. no transparency. i don t know what s going on. there s no staff. it s okay if there s no staff. i want them to be honest. i want to go home. reporter: some passengers choosing to look at the bright side. it was super stressful. just happy i got to see my family for christmas and, hey, i m off this week so i ll be good. reporter: others fighting creative solutions for their journeys home. instead of waiting on a maybe flight and paying through my nose for a rental car, if i m able to get one, called a friend of mine. i m driving a rental cargo van
with us. i could just go home, but we can t because i don t know where our luggage is. is it here in atlanta? in chicago? we have no idea. reporter: some passengers choosing to look at the bright side. it was like super stressful, but i mean just happy i got to see my family for christmas and hey, i m off this week. so i ll be good. reporter: others finding creative solutions for their journeys home. instead of waiting on a maybe flight and paying through my proverbial nose for a rental car if i m able to get one, called a friend of mine. i m driving a rental cargo van down to nashville, tennessee. reporter: southwest airlines issuing a statement on monday saying, with consecutive days of extreme winter weather across our network behind us continuing challenges are impacting our customers and employees in a significant way that is unacceptable. we recognize falling short and sincerely apologize, but that is cold comfort for the hundreds of passengers stranded
frustrate the passengers and luggage piling up. there is a lack of communication. there is no transparency or honesty. i don t know what is going on. no staff. it okay if there is no staff but be honest and i can go home. we can t go home because we don t know where our lug cgage . reporter: some passengers looking to the bright side. it was super stressful but happy i got to see my family for christmas, and hey, i m off this week so i ll be good. reporter: others finding creative solutions for their journeys home. instead of waiting on a maybe flight and paying through my proverbial nose for a rental car if i m able to get one, called a friend of mine. i m driving a rental cargo van down to nashville, tennessee. reporter: southwest has issued an apology to the customers but that s cold comfort for the stranded passengers across the nation who not only had their christmas