Delta weather notice for NYC blizzard?
Jan 26, 2015, 8:30 am
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Jan 26, 2015, 8:33 am
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When I inevitably change my flights, do you think I can fly SLC-IAD and then take the Acela into NYC? Does the Acela run in snow storms? I never take trains so I'm not sure how it works.
Jan 26, 2015, 8:34 am
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Hello! After years of getting useful advise on Flyertalk, it is time for me to post. My second leg back to the states tomorrow (Tuesday 27th) AMS>BOS has been cancelled and rebooked on AMS>DTW>BOS.
Should I rebook my entire trip originating from NBO and delay a day? I'm doubtful the 1540 departure from DTW will actually happen and wondering if I have better chance of getting to Logan from the states or AMS.
Should I rebook my entire trip originating from NBO and delay a day? I'm doubtful the 1540 departure from DTW will actually happen and wondering if I have better chance of getting to Logan from the states or AMS.
Jan 26, 2015, 8:57 am
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Depends on when they cancel the second flight. For Sandy, they canceled my second flight (into NYC) and let me rebook pretty much what I wanted. (I was supposed to connect in ATL, I asked them to fly me to MSP for personal reasons and they did, sending me on to NYC when they started flying again.)
Trains are more likely to run than planes, but there's no guarantee.
Trains are more likely to run than planes, but there's no guarantee.
It will be a test for the cities sprinter (new locos) though...
I dont think much will be running in and out of BOS until Wed at the earliest.
Jan 26, 2015, 9:06 am
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Wouldn't recommend the train. Last time they had something like this it was a nightmare.... frozen overhead wire, down trees, blowing snow, wheel slip, frozen brakes, vent clogs, speed reductions... all things that can and will go wrong.
It will be a test for the cities sprinter (new locos) though...
I dont think much will be running in and out of BOS until Wed at the earliest.
It will be a test for the cities sprinter (new locos) though...
I dont think much will be running in and out of BOS until Wed at the earliest.
Jan 26, 2015, 9:12 am
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I just remember last year early January they canceled everything after 12 inches... was a mess at South Station. I still dont remember how I even got into boston that day.
Jan 26, 2015, 9:28 am
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I'm on DL16 LAX-JFK. It looks like were gonna get out! Last flight into JFK DM line said before the storm hits. Just boarding now. I wonder if were actually gonna land in NYC
Jan 26, 2015, 9:42 am
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Jan 26, 2015, 10:18 am
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I would proactively get online and change your reservation since it appears the entire NYC area will be closed (United Airlines cancelled ALL their flights on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 for LGA/EWR/JFK, PHL, BOS. Let's repeat that again: UAL cancelled ALL flights for LGA/EWR/JFK/PHL/BOS. Yes you are on Delta Airlines but would expect the airports throughout the region to close.
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Jan 26, 2015, 10:44 am
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still doesn't look that bad according to the FAA:
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/nemap.jsp
But, that doesn't mean flights to/from aren't being cancelled.
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/nemap.jsp
But, that doesn't mean flights to/from aren't being cancelled.
Jan 26, 2015, 10:45 am
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Face it everyone. Once this storm starts to ramp up, nothing will be moving from Philadelphia to Boston. All airports will be closed, trains cannot run, and the highways will be a mess. I would not be at all surprised to hear of states closing the interstates during the worst of the storm.
The snow totals alone would be bad enough, but there will also be serious wind and coastal flooding. I think it is reasonable to assume that airports will be closed from Monday evening through at least through Wednesday noon, perhaps later farther north. Amtrak will almost certainly not run north of Philadelphia on Tuesday.
The snow totals alone would be bad enough, but there will also be serious wind and coastal flooding. I think it is reasonable to assume that airports will be closed from Monday evening through at least through Wednesday noon, perhaps later farther north. Amtrak will almost certainly not run north of Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Jan 26, 2015, 11:06 am
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Thanks for the info. Delta hasn't given me a single alert/e-mail/call about anything yet. I just called up and they said my ATL-LGA hasn't even been delayed yet, but it's probably next in line to be. They put me on a direct SLC to JFK for tomorrow morning, which will, of course, probably be cancelled, but at least I won't be stuck in ATL (I have friends in SLC and am currently at the St. Regis so I'd much rather get stuck here )
)During Snowpocalypse 2009 my Friday flight was cancelled and I rebooked on Fridayfor the following Monday. This particular snowstorm hit the mid-atlantic hardest. BWI was closed on Saturday and did not even begin to reopen till Sunday afternoon. Delta only started to bring flights in (no departures) late Sunday.
I got to BWI Monday morning and oh the humanity. 2 1/2 days of hapless people from cancelled flights in line. See what I mean? Why book on to what in essence is probably going to be a a cancelled flight? Everyone else is going to being doing the same and Wedneday and Thursday flights are already booking up?
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Jan 26, 2015, 11:15 am
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ATL-PHL Tues 27th a.m.
Friend is on an early am flight tomorrow which hasn't been cancelled yet (at least, isn't showing on flight status). Any idea if, or when, this flight (and others tomorrow) will be cancelled? TIA
Jan 26, 2015, 11:20 am
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still doesn't look that bad according to the FAA:
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/nemap.jsp
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/nemap.jsp
Jan 26, 2015, 11:22 am
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The National Weather Service is forecasting heavy snow into Philadelphia tonight and tomorrow (4-8 inches tonight and 3-7 inches tomorrow).