Originally Posted by
hjensen79
I just got a flight cancellation message from United about my flight tomorrow afternoon from SFO-SAN. The reason for the cancellation is weather, to me that seems quite impressive that United already today almost 24hrs before the flight knows the weather will be bad. To me it sounds like a bad excuse and a way to avoid paying compensation. I really do not care about the compensation, I just want to get home.
Anyone with more insight as to 1) why it was cancelled? 2) where is the plane coming from? I guess that could be the reason 3) any good alternatives? I will have to wait 5+ hrs at SFO tomorrow for the next UA flight to SAN as I am connecting from UA901 from Frankfurt.
Sorry about that bad news, I hope something works out. I have had this happen to me once before as well out of SFO. I was delayed about 12 hours until I got another flight, but I never asked how they could cancel a flight so far in advance due to weather.
I know that doesn't help solve the problem, but it does validate this has happened before.