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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 5:39 am
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Originally Posted by ocn2ocn
UA has been very quick to cancel flight before snowstorms are actually confirmed. Any insight on this apparently new policy of cancelling flights proactively --even in cases where the weather turns out not to be a major problem in the end?
Well, I heard from another poster in a different thread mentioned that the ticketing counter at PHL was a zoo last night due to 50 MPH wind. I think this go around is about wind storm. UA didn't just do it for nothing.

At IAD now and just overheard that the flight coming in from PHL is late.
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