4/1/2017 NE Winter Waiver

Old Mar 30, 2017, 12:00 pm
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4/1/2017 NE Winter Waiver

Just got a text, totally caught me by surprise: http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...r-weather.html


I have a LGA-DFW on 4/1 that I would rather not miss. I can reschedule, but the forecast for the NYC area really does not seem that bad?!

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Old Mar 30, 2017, 12:16 pm
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Actually pretty surprised they posted waivers for the coastal airports. Going to be mostly if not all rain except for VT/NH. BOS is going to get some wet slush that will melt. Maybe wind concerns?
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 12:18 pm
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Is it wind related for NYC? The rain looks like it will be done by 8am. Even then they are not predicting winds over 20MPH. Thats not that bad...
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 12:19 pm
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Originally Posted by manacit
Just got a text, totally caught me by surprise: http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...r-weather.html


I have a LGA-DFW on 4/1 that I would rather not miss. Sounds like maybe I should move it to 3/31?
Sounds like an epic April Fools Day joke from Mother Nature.
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by DLATL777
Is it wind related for NYC? The rain looks like it will be done by 8am. Even then they are not predicting winds over 20MPH. Thats not that bad...
Yeah, winds of 20 MPH really aren't that bad.
It could be low clouds and a low freezing height, but at this point, I don't know why they included NYC in the waiver

At least it gives many people an ability to change flights for free
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 1:15 pm
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In an abundance of caution, I'm moving my outbound LGA-DFW back to DL 3632 on 3/31.

I don't trust LGA as far as I can throw it sadly, even if it is just 20mph winds.
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 1:21 pm
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Originally Posted by DLATL777
Is it wind related for NYC? The rain looks like it will be done by 8am. Even then they are not predicting winds over 20MPH. Thats not that bad...
Don't know about NY, but in Boston, most of the concerns seem to be centered around wind.

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Old Mar 30, 2017, 1:56 pm
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This worked out really well for me. Cancelled my flight for free scheduled to fly out of LGA.
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 2:06 pm
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I went ahead and just shifted my flight to a later morning into LGA around 1pm. At least the rain and clouds should be gone by then. I agree including NYC in this is very strange, unless they are thinking that the nearly 2 inches of rain due to fall from Friday am until Saturday am is going to cause significant cascading delays which as a NYC local I know can be awful..
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 12:13 am
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Originally Posted by mikeef
Don't know about NY, but in Boston, most of the concerns seem to be centered around wind.
The topography of Boston v NYC is different enough so it matters. Boston is generally in the top five windiest cities in the US, and NYC is nowhere near that, for reasons dealing with having much hillier terrain surrounding it, etc. As it turns out, that has impacted Boston's Architecture including the famous Hancock Tower, which, in addition to it's falling window problem, also had to be retrofitted for greater wind resistance.

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Old Mar 31, 2017, 9:07 am
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Not sure why NYC is included in a waiver for tomorrow... NYC seems unaffected. On the other hand, today is an awful day to be traveling into NYC with the weather. 2.5-3 hour average delays, flights canceling. Yet no waivers posted.
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 4:12 pm
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Originally Posted by javabytes
Not sure why NYC is included in a waiver for tomorrow... NYC seems unaffected. On the other hand, today is an awful day to be traveling into NYC with the weather. 2.5-3 hour average delays, flights canceling. Yet no waivers posted.

Indeed. That DFW flight I so cautiously rebooked early is currently sitting at a 2.5 hour delay, with no seats in F on any earlier flights, and the only viable connection through ATL is delayed as well. :roll eyes:

EDIT: Aaaand, cancelled. Thanks for the weather waiver Delta.

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