Weather: Northeast travel delays / waivers (Dec 26 - 30, 2010)
Please check American Airlines' Travel Notices page here, as these issues can be quite dynamic.
Northeast Travel Policy 2 (Updated 1100 AM Central 27 Dec 2010) Due to winter weather in the Northeast, American Airlines offers customers the convenience to change their plans. Customers ticketed to travel on American Airlines flights to or from the areas listed may change flights as shown without penalty. No changes - still current as of 11 AM Central 28 Dec: If you are traveling to/from/through: Boston,MA (BOS) Hartford, CT (BDL) New York, NY(JFK/LGA/EWR) Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Washington,DC (BWI/IAD/DCA) On the following date: Dec 27, 28 2010 And your ticket was issued no later than: Dec 26, 2010 You may begin travel as late as: Dec 27 2010 - Jan 01, 2011 Original inventory required? NO One ticketed change is allowed with no penalty. Superseded Northeast Travel Policy 1: If you are traveling to/from/through: Boston,MA (BOS) On the following date: Dec 26, 27, 2010Fayetteville, NC (FAY) Greensboro, NC (GSO) Hartford, CT (BDL) New York, NY(JFK/LGA/EWR) Norfolk, VA (ORF) Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Richmond, VA (RIC) Raleigh Durham, NC (RDU) Washington, DC (BWI/IAD/DCA) White Plains, NY (HPN) And your ticket was issued no later than: Dec 23, 2010 You may begin travel as late as: Dec 25 - 29, 2010 Original inventory required? Yes One ticketed change is allowed with no penalty. ==============MODERATOR NOTE============= This post has been updated as of 1100 / 1100 AM Central Dec 28, 2010. Please check the link above for changes and current conditions. |
(Details for those who are on mobile and/or can't render the AA page.)
If you are traveling to/from/through: Boston,MA (BOS), Washington,DC (BWI/IAD/DCA), New York, NY(JFK/LGA/EWR), Philadelphia, PA (PHL) On the following date: December 26-27, 2010 And your ticket was issued no later than: December 23, 2010 You may begin travel as late as: December 25-29 2010 Original inventory required? Yes One ticketed change is allowed with no penalty. |
Interesting that this allows for rebooking one day earlier too for those who don't mind traveling on Christmas Day. Thumbs up to AA 's crystal ball
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Original inventory required. Good luck with that (for many buckets) over the next few days. :(
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I assume it's different for each person, but when I've changed my itinerary in the past even with that requirement it was given to me in different fare inventory. YMMV
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12/26 - US Eastern Seaboard Weather and flight cancellations?
Looks like a decent storm is headed towards the Northeast with 6-10 inches falling and 30 MPH winds on 12/26.
Anyone had any experience getting out of JFK on intercon flights during winter conditions? Do they generally go? I feel as though JFK rarely closes. Am scheduled to fly tomorrow night to S. America and wondering if I should reschedule earlier in the day down through DFW or MIA to avoid the storm. |
The runways are generally ok. The gates are another story- remember the JetBlue fiasco of Feb 2007. I would change if you can- I would minimally expect delays- which could lead to cancellations as the storm is predicted to intensify over Sunday night.
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If the storm materializes as planned, then there will significant cancellations and delays.
AA has issued a travel waiver: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...2-26-27-a.html |
Originally Posted by CityFlyerNYC
(Post 15521184)
Looks like a decent storm is headed towards the Northeast with 6-10 inches falling and 30 MPH winds on 12/26.
Anyone had any experience getting out of JFK on intercon flights during winter conditions? Do they generally go? I feel as though JFK rarely closes. Am scheduled to fly tomorrow night to S. America and wondering if I should reschedule earlier in the day down through DFW or MIA to avoid the storm. |
I have a similar question, I am headed to Sao Paulo GRU on Monday via DFW (LGA-DFW-GRU).
My LGA-DFW is around 330pm with a tight connection (645pm DFW arrival, 730pm departure). Should I move up my outbound on LGA-DFW? The pro is it gives me more time to get to DFW, the con is the storm will be tapering off early Monday and maybe the earlier flight ends up more delayed. Any thoughts? |
UPDATED 25 DEC 10, 2300 EST:
Blizzard Warning Statement as of 11:00 PM EST on December 25, 2010 ... Blizzard Warning remains in effect from Sunday into Monday... * locations... northeast New Jersey... New York City... Long Island and coastal southern Connecticut as well as all of southeastern Connecticut. * Hazards... heavy snow and strong winds... with considerable blowing and drifting of snow with near zero visibility at times. * Accumulations... 11 to 16 inches... with locally higher amounts. Snow may mix with or change to rain and sleet at the height of the storm late Sunday night across eastern Long Island... and possibly across coastal southeast Connecticut... which could hold down amounts there... but only after significant accumulations have already taken place. * Impacts... extremely dangerous travel conditions developing Sunday afternoon into the evening due to significant snow accumulations... and strong winds causing considerable blowing and drifting of snow. Visibilities will be near zero at times... with whiteout conditions expected. Strong winds may also down some power lines... tree limbs... and Christmas decorations. * Timing... light snow will begin during Sunday morning... then become heavy at times from Sunday afternoon into much of Sunday night. Light snows will likely linger into early Monday morning. * Winds... .during the height of the storm Sunday night... north winds will increase to 20 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 55 mph likely. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions... making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If you must travel... have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded... stay with your vehicle. |
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Source for the above Blizzard Warning is NWS (National Weather Service). I'm supposed to fly AA 1385 JFK-BGI on Monday morning, and it's not looking good. The seat map is opening up quickly as people cancel or reschedule! Luckily my ticket is an award, so I can redeposit and hopefully get the taxes refunded if I end up not going. |
AA is already beginning to cancel flights into JFK and LGA tomorrow afternoon.
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I just called to reschedule my 5pm EWR-ORD flight to the 1250pm flight. Unfortunately, the 10am was already full but that was AE anyway.
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Looks like the 12/26 cancellations have begun. Looks like mostly non-777s so far.
JFK-GIG canceled; JFK-BCN canceled JFK-CDG #120 canceled; JFK-LAX #185 canceled; |
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