<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Dudster:
[b]Remember that weather at the city of origin of the [b]aircraft may cause your delay or cancellation. For instance, a month or so ago, my flight MSP-EWR was delayed 5 hours because of weather in DEN, where the aircraft originated.
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IIRC, weather problems in a 3rd city (that are irrelevant to your itinerary) don't count as weather related delays for the sake of rule 240. After all, it's not your fault that the airline decided to get your MSP-EWR airplane from DEN.