karenkay

well, i changed my SAT-IAH flight to friday am rather than afternoon...hopefully that'll be enough. if not, i'll be doing a one-way rental back to houston!

Hartmann, i remember those evacuations. we hadn't planned to leave--i live on the northwest side of town, about 65 miles inland--'cause we had a flight to china the morning that rita was supposed to come ashore. obviously, the flight was cancelled...as was rita, at least for houston residents!

tex1899

I was on the phone with the Elite desk yesterday afternoon when they were notified IAH was added to the list of airports for penalty-free changes; I'm now flying to IND Friday morning. My meeting in South Padre was postponed, so I'm headed back to Houston tomorrow.

shell nyc

I'll go ahead and jump into the doom and gloom and speculation...

I'm scheduled to return from 2wks in Argentina via IAH on Friday morning. Right now I think I'm going to be able to squeak on through, especially now that Ike has slowed to 10mph movement, but...I'm keeping my eyes open to other options. I know I could reschedule the return, but honestly I'm ready to get back...I'm not sure my liver and arteries are able to take much more of the steak and wine and provelleta that I've been throwing at it!

Who wants to speculate on what it will take for CO to rebook me on DL or UA to avoid IAH? I'm on a D fare looking to get back to NYC.

chasbondy

The Weather Channel hype has me so concerned, I stocked up with batteries, water, canned corned beef, & cocoa puffs, and then boarded my windows here in San Diego

TMOliver

CO proved hassle and "wrassle" free in cancelling Wednesday ACT/IAH/LCH with a late Friday return, simply crediting the entire ticket cost to some iamginary pie in th sky accessible for a new purchase up to 12 months after original issue date (and even longer to actually fly).

Thanks, GOOD PR and avoiding having another pax lined up to get a flight out of IAH Friday.

SuperG1955

We're scheduled through IAH on Friday afternoon (MSY-IAH-EWR). Since they won't Credit Original Mileage if we change to MSY-EWR, we'll tough it out through IAH. I figure that there may be some scrambling but we should be OK.

Our next one through IAH isn't until 9/22 and they should have it back together by then.

theblakefish

I am scheduled for an IAH-BZE flight on Saturday...again...and I sho' am hopign that the Weather Channel is right about their Rio Grande Valley-esque hit.....although CNN is showing a more Houston route...ugh. The only good thing that I can see from that is that I would see more action. I'm tired of preparing for storms and not seeing sheit. Not wishing anything bad...but I would like to see some heavy rains and strong winds!

thaliajen

I was worried b/c I was in Nassau during Hanna and then Ike was headed for us. I was scheduled to fly home last Friday, flying Nassau-FLL-IAH-DTW on the 2nd flight from Nassau to FLL. Because they normally do immigration right at the Nassau airport, the schedules don't allow for much time between flights.

I was pretty upset when we were told at check-in in Nassau that the regular immigration/customs was closed due to upcoming Ike and I'd have to go through it in FLL, with only 55 minutes in between. Many people on my flight had the same problem, so we were happy to hear the CO GA call our flight up and we all DID get to go through customs/immigration there. Our GA actually led us through it all.

It wasn't very formal and we basically just showed our passports and customs paper without even getting our checked luggage out. Still, I have to give CO props for arranging this.

We did have a bumpy ride to FLL but after that, we were fine. In fact, I made Plat for next year after one of the flights. I'm still hoping that these storms will take new courses. And I'm happy to say I got through Hanna and made it out before Ike hit. I know a lot of people stayed in Nassau, not even worried about Ike, but Hanna was scary enough for me!

karenkay

giggling aloud, alone at 2am. thanks.

Weatherboy

IAH still isn't in the clear...nor is much of Texas. This map shows all the major model forecasts for Ike:

http://www.weatheronline.com/weather...tormid=9&size=

I hope everyone in Texas is prepared ...and makes it through OK

Sammythebarber

Here in Cleveland, Oh too!!!

PSUhorty

You and me both, buddy. I took advantage of that fare also and plan on spending a few days in the warmth of Ambergris Caye. Now, not sure what to do, grrrrr. What are you planning on doing?

I'm a UA 1k and pretty unfamililar w/CO's protocol during weather irrops like this. Will I be able to get a full refund if I choose not to go? Will I be able to book for a later date w/out a change fee for a later date? No status on CO.

Edit to add: Btw, I'd be on the same outbound as you... the 1:15 on Sat. I presume you're returning on Tuesday like me?

skydiva44

We bought a very expensive generator last night...so I guarantee we won't get a drop of rain.....

Hartmann

Eat some fish tacos for me.

PSUhorty

Naaaah, just somegood ol' ceviche will do fine for me. Last time I was there in March, I made it a point to find the best ceviche on the island. I think I had it twice/day.

Anyway, doesn't look like I'll be making it down there on Saturday. Still holding out hope though.