This week's weather waiver!
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Plane probably overnights at SAT and they don't want it unable to get out of SAT in the morning - the nasty weather there is predicted to start middle of the night tonight.
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They have already started thinning flights. Just one example: a friend's Mom was planning to fly BUF-ATL tomorrow & 2 of 4 flights have been canceled in the last hour, so she's flying in tonight. Not sure if that's related to weather in BUF or ATL, just a data point for consideration for those flying tomorrow.
ETA: Just learned another friend's flight tomorrow, ATL-DFW, has been xld. 2 of 10 ATL-DFW xld thus far, both later in the day.
ETA: Just learned another friend's flight tomorrow, ATL-DFW, has been xld. 2 of 10 ATL-DFW xld thus far, both later in the day.
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Looks like they added a waiver for the Midwest for today and tomorrow:
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...r-weather.html
Chicago, IL (ORD OHare)
Cleveland, OH (CLE)
Columbus, OH (CMH)
Detroit, MI (DTW)
Indianapolis, IN (IND)
Madison, WI (MSN)
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Peoria, IL (PIA)
It's going to be cold, but no precip expected, at least in Minneapolis. Not sure about the other cities. Pity the traveler this week.
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...r-weather.html
Chicago, IL (ORD OHare)
Cleveland, OH (CLE)
Columbus, OH (CMH)
Detroit, MI (DTW)
Indianapolis, IN (IND)
Madison, WI (MSN)
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Peoria, IL (PIA)
It's going to be cold, but no precip expected, at least in Minneapolis. Not sure about the other cities. Pity the traveler this week.
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Ah, wintertime. ATL is currently forecast to get ~1" tomorrow afternoon. Even 1" in ATL can cause significant disruptions to their operation.
Interesting weather system, cold front from the NNW meeting up with moisture from the South (Atlantic and Gulf). This is in contrast to the way weather patterns usually traverse the South from WNW to ESE. It could get interesting depending on timing.
We're forecast to get 2-4" in Raleigh tomorrow. Hard to believe because it's 66 degrees right now...
Interesting weather system, cold front from the NNW meeting up with moisture from the South (Atlantic and Gulf). This is in contrast to the way weather patterns usually traverse the South from WNW to ESE. It could get interesting depending on timing.
We're forecast to get 2-4" in Raleigh tomorrow. Hard to believe because it's 66 degrees right now...
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Your new flight is marketed as business class, versus FC on your original itinerary. Z and A are both deep discount premium cabin fares. The orders are Z I D C J and G A P F. I'm a bit surprised that your A didn't map into I but it doesn't matter unless you try to SDC.
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Do people generally have luck doing co-terminal changes without increases in fares being applied? I'm flying LGA-ATL-XXX and would love to change to JFK-XXX.
Also, is it worth asking about the return as well, or are agents generally not inclined to swap that portion out? Thanks!
Also, is it worth asking about the return as well, or are agents generally not inclined to swap that portion out? Thanks!
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Thanks to this thread I just rebooked my routing Wednesday from via ATL to via SLC. Gave up confirmed upgrades, but would rather just get home.
Amusingly, I originally booked via ATL because I figured in January it would be the hub least likely to get impacted by winter weather
Amusingly, I originally booked via ATL because I figured in January it would be the hub least likely to get impacted by winter weather
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Schedule thinning continues, lots more flights out of ATL are dropping, especially later in the day tomorrow, and not necessarily just to cities in the path of the storm, though obviously those are heavily impacted.
My friend who works the de-ice desk in ATL when needed, coordinating ramp traffic to the de-ice pads, is happy to be on vacation this week . He said they were watching this system as of last Friday, but will keep monitoring/updating forecasts & roll cancellations accordingly. DL has their own meteorology department and they're sometimes more accurate than news outlets.
My friend who works the de-ice desk in ATL when needed, coordinating ramp traffic to the de-ice pads, is happy to be on vacation this week . He said they were watching this system as of last Friday, but will keep monitoring/updating forecasts & roll cancellations accordingly. DL has their own meteorology department and they're sometimes more accurate than news outlets.
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Is there any risk that DL can recall him from his vacation if he's needed for the mess in ATL?
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