Originally Posted by Himeno

Yep, did that last year with US. Had a booking on CAE-PHL-LGA. Weather and ATC delays at CAE was causing many flights to be delayed to the point I'd miss my connection. By the time they announced the issue and asked for people with connections to contact them, I'd already noticed the problem, found another option and was heading towards the ground staff.
They kept trying to keep me on the same routing and put me in a hotel overnight at CAE or PHL until I pointed out the CAE-CLT-JFK option which had minimal delay and no forced overnight.