4/1/2017 NE Winter Waiver
 

Just got a text, totally caught me by surprise: http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...r-weather.html


I have a LGA-DFW on 4/1 that I would rather not miss. I can reschedule, but the forecast for the NYC area really does not seem that bad?!

Actually pretty surprised they posted waivers for the coastal airports. Going to be mostly if not all rain except for VT/NH. BOS is going to get some wet slush that will melt. Maybe wind concerns?

Is it wind related for NYC? The rain looks like it will be done by 8am. Even then they are not predicting winds over 20MPH. Thats not that bad...

Sounds like an epic April Fools Day joke from Mother Nature.

Yeah, winds of 20 MPH really aren't that bad.
It could be low clouds and a low freezing height, but at this point, I don't know why they included NYC in the waiver :confused:

At least it gives many people an ability to change flights for free :)

In an abundance of caution, I'm moving my outbound LGA-DFW back to DL 3632 on 3/31.

I don't trust LGA as far as I can throw it sadly, even if it is just 20mph winds.

Don't know about NY, but in Boston, most of the concerns seem to be centered around wind.

Mike

This worked out really well for me. Cancelled my flight for free scheduled to fly out of LGA.

I went ahead and just shifted my flight to a later morning into LGA around 1pm. At least the rain and clouds should be gone by then. I agree including NYC in this is very strange, unless they are thinking that the nearly 2 inches of rain due to fall from Friday am until Saturday am is going to cause significant cascading delays which as a NYC local I know can be awful..

The topography of Boston v NYC is different enough so it matters. Boston is generally in the top five windiest cities in the US, and NYC is nowhere near that, for reasons dealing with having much hillier terrain surrounding it, etc. As it turns out, that has impacted Boston's Architecture including the famous Hancock Tower, which, in addition to it's falling window problem, also had to be retrofitted for greater wind resistance.

O/H

Not sure why NYC is included in a waiver for tomorrow... NYC seems unaffected. On the other hand, today is an awful day to be traveling into NYC with the weather. 2.5-3 hour average delays, flights canceling. Yet no waivers posted.

Indeed. That DFW flight I so cautiously rebooked early is currently sitting at a 2.5 hour delay, with no seats in F on any earlier flights, and the only viable connection through ATL is delayed as well. :roll eyes:

EDIT: Aaaand, cancelled. Thanks for the weather waiver Delta.