Originally Posted by
CLEContinental
Any clue when United actually cancels flights for something like this? I unfortunately booked travel into FLL for this weekend - scheduled to arrive into FLL late Friday night (LOL, I know, but was done well before Irma).
My return is from FLL on Sunday afternoon (clearly not happening due to forecasted 135 mph winds then). When I called the Premier Desk, they told me no refund can be issued until the flight actually cancels.
I saw that American proactively cancelled their entire MIA schedule starting Friday, but United has basically done nothing??? My concern is if I miss the inbound on Friday night, does my entire ticket become worthless?
This is just a crazy idea, and might not work, but what about using the waiver to reschedule your outbound for late saturday or even early Sunday if you can? Basically to move it to a time that will almost certainly be cancelled so you can then get the refund. I might wait until Friday to try this -- either UA will have cancelled the return by then, or there will be (lots) of seats available on flights headed into the hurricane zone.
Again, not saying this is a good idea, just something to consider...