Oct 26, 2012, 5:52 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
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● For up-to-date information on AA's inclement weather travel policy for post-Sandy and other events, see: AA Travel Alerts / Travel Notices and Policy
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● For up-to-date information on AA's inclement weather travel policy for post-Sandy and other events, see: AA Travel Alerts / Travel Notices and Policy
● For Sandy-specific information, see Hurricane Sandy East Coast - Travel Notice Exception Advisory
● AA OSO (Off Schedule Operations) desk for day of flight issues: 1-800-446-7834 (or your status or reservations line)
● To quickly check your flight: AA Gates and Times page or, as supergrandslam suggests, the AA cargo site.
● To check flight status overall, see FAA NE airports flight delay information or FlightStats Global Delays and Airport Tracker
● For additional information on NYC travel disruptions, see this thread in the NYC Forum: Hurricane Sandy - Emergency Measures and Travel Impacts (Oct 2012)
N.B. Weather is a rapidly changing event, so be sure to check sources regularly. A post-Sandy "Nor'easter" is headed to the area at this moment.
/AA Forum Moderator Team
Hurricane Sandy (and post-Sandy) impacts and related issues (consolidated)
Oct 30, 2012, 11:25 am
#196
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Anything is possible, but those who are already booked will have precedence over the backlogged ones with cancelled flights, and I suspect it will be an iffy proposition to book via JFK with lots of people wanting to fly and pa possible knock-on set of delays etc. even if JFK opens and begins to normalise operations.
Of course, I don't have a crystal ball, nor do I know which city is your destination - but as a consultant who has spent a lot of time on the road, I would probably consider this a good time to purchase a new <insert appropriate set of clothing here> and proceed directly to my next stop.
Note AA's East Coast Travel Policy extends through tomorrow, and there is a current and very active "Sandy" thread. (Soon to be added to that thread...)
Of course, I don't have a crystal ball, nor do I know which city is your destination - but as a consultant who has spent a lot of time on the road, I would probably consider this a good time to purchase a new <insert appropriate set of clothing here> and proceed directly to my next stop.
Note AA's East Coast Travel Policy extends through tomorrow, and there is a current and very active "Sandy" thread. (Soon to be added to that thread...)
Last edited by JDiver; Oct 30, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Oct 30, 2012, 11:29 am
#197
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+1 - Runway lights destroyed @ LGA means that JFK will do double duty handling traffic. Chances of anybody getting onto a flight where they don't hold a seat are close to zero. Best to head to next destination.
Oct 30, 2012, 11:29 am
#198
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Is there any chance this flight is going to get out? I need to get back to NY, get clothes and make it to another city on Thurs. does it look like AA's JFK ops will be back online tomorrow or should I try to route throug a different part of the country to be sure I get where I am going on Thurs?
You're talking about flying into a city where the subways are flooded, and the headlines from the local news read: "A DAUNTING RECOVERY
Power Failures and Transportation Systems Crippled by Storm May Take Days to Repair".
Send out your laundry and connect somewhere else, unless you're a big fan of Russian roulette.
(FWIW, it's going to be very hard to have a normal NYC without a functioning subway.)
Oct 30, 2012, 11:30 am
#199
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http://blog.jetblue.com/index.php/20..._1653348286_n/
It's very unlikely LGA is opening tomorrow.
Oct 30, 2012, 11:31 am
#200
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I have a booked and ticketed first class seat from MIA to JFK tomorrow, I am just worried that AA will scrub all their flights, and I need to be out of MIA tomorrow and into CMH thurs.
Oct 30, 2012, 11:32 am
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A DAUNTING RECOVERY Power Failures and Transportation Systems Crippled by Storm May Take Days to Repair
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You're talking about flying into a city where the subways are flooded, and the headlines from the local news read: "A DAUNTING RECOVERY
Power Failures and Transportation Systems Crippled by Storm May Take Days to Repair".
Send out your laundry and connect somewhere else, unless you're a big fan of Russian roulette.
...
You're talking about flying into a city where the subways are flooded, and the headlines from the local news read: "A DAUNTING RECOVERY
Power Failures and Transportation Systems Crippled by Storm May Take Days to Repair".
Send out your laundry and connect somewhere else, unless you're a big fan of Russian roulette.
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Oct 30, 2012, 11:35 am
#202
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Just got an email from AA to checkin and upon doing so saw flight status as "cancelled" ORD here we come. Thanks guys, going to be rough on the e.coast for a bit
Oct 30, 2012, 11:51 am
#205
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AA seems to think LGA will be open Wednesday afternoon. Schedule to land from RDU at 2:29pm. I'm thinking this won't happen?
Oct 30, 2012, 12:08 pm
#206
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Time to do laundry.
Oct 30, 2012, 12:13 pm
#207
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I guess we'll get a new thread asking about the changes for each and every flight into/out of New York (and the east cost) for the next couple of days since the consolidated thread on the storm seems not to suffice 
Cheers.
Cheers.
Oct 30, 2012, 12:21 pm
#208
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LGA and JFK runways were under water, with wind damage in airport buildings. New York City is crippled, we we won't get back to normal for some days to come.
Oct 30, 2012, 12:41 pm
#210
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I am going to Manhattan on Thursday for the day, at work they dropped my 10 am BOS-LGA flight (DL) and put me on a 6:00 am Amtrak to Penn Station - it should work... I hope.
Any idea when LGA will be ~fully operational?