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Airlines preemptively cancel 200 flights for Wednesday
Airlines scrapped more than 210 flights for Wednesday -- one of the USA's busiest air travel days of the year -- all before the clock struck midnight on Tuesday. (www.usatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That number grew even more on Wednesday morning, climbing to about 670 as of 4:30 p.m. ET, according to FlightAware.
Well, my cousin said it started snowing in Richmond VA about 2 hrs. ago so I gues it's headed up.
"All of those airports are in the path of a storm that's bring mess weather and strong winds to East Coast's biggest cities. Still, more than 200 of Wednesday's cancellations came even before the first rain drops or snowflakes fell in those cities."
They still teach English in schools, right? Grammar? Sentence structure? Right?
They still teach English in schools, right? Grammar? Sentence structure? Right?
It doesn't appear so in this case....
Sure they collected your money, then cancelled 24hrs prior to t/o - your holiday is ruined
As opposed to cancelling the flight one hour prior to departure? 24 hours notice and I may be able to make alternate plans and still make my destination in a reasonable time. It would be much more inconvenient to cancel the flight after I've already checked-in my baggage and passed TSA checkpoint.
Well, they have your money which won't refund until after the holiday so unless you are independently wealthy, you can't afford another ticket or travel of some kind so your holiday is ruined.
Again, my point being that I would still prefer to know ahead of time.
Airlines do not control the weather and sometimes don't do a very good job of predicting or paying attention to forecasts. After checking in for one international flight in 2001, it was first delayed two hours and then finally cancelled due to a hurricane passing near our connecting airport. That was 5+ hours at the airport that we could have stayed with our family and enjoyed the extra day of vacation. Luckily, some of the family did not live too far from the airport and were able to come back and pick us up.
And I'm guessing that the majority of these affected travelers are using credit cards for their airline tickets. So, no need to be independently wealthy (which as an A&P technician, I certainly am not).
Airlines do not control the weather and sometimes don't do a very good job of predicting or paying attention to forecasts. After checking in for one international flight in 2001, it was first delayed two hours and then finally cancelled due to a hurricane passing near our connecting airport. That was 5+ hours at the airport that we could have stayed with our family and enjoyed the extra day of vacation. Luckily, some of the family did not live too far from the airport and were able to come back and pick us up.
And I'm guessing that the majority of these affected travelers are using credit cards for their airline tickets. So, no need to be independently wealthy (which as an A&P technician, I certainly am not).
I agree on staying home with family. You are OK if you have a high limit on your CC. If it is maxd out, you are screwed.
Flight schedules for this year's busy day before Thanksgiving took a hit before the day even began.
Airlines scrapped more than 210 flights for Wednesday -- one of the USA's busiest air travel days of the year -- all before the clock struck midnight on Tuesday. All told, flight-tracking service FlightAware counted 214 Wednesday cancellations as of 11:50 p.m. ET on Tuesday.