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Old Sep 10, 2018, 8:12 pm
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Travel Waiver: Hurricane Florence 10-17 September, 2018

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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 11:40 am
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Travel Waiver: Hurricane Florence 10-17 September, 2018
Is it normal to wait this long before issuing a travel waiver? Seems like the forecast is fairly solid that it will hit NC. I have a trip to Raleigh from Europe on Wednesday and need to start thinking about other plans.

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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 12:01 pm
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Originally Posted by avi8tir
Is it normal to wait this long before issuing a travel waiver? Seems like the forecast is fairly solid that it will hit NC. I have a trip to Raleigh from Europe on Wednesday and need to start thinking about other plans.

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If you call an UA agent and give the information on Hurricane Florence forecast, e.g., weather.com, the agent may be able to change your reservation by documenting the information that you provide on your reservation even though there is no weather waiver issued by United yet. You may need to call more than once. Good luck.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 12:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Kmxu
If you call an UA agent and give the information on Hurricane Florence forecast, e.g., weather.com, the agent may be able to change your reservation by documenting the information that you provide on your reservation even though there is no weather waiver issued by United yet. You may need to call more than once. Good luck.
I agree. I have no doubt a weather waiver will eventually get issued, but the more proactive you can be, the better off you will be for getting what you want (and also, make sure you know what you want).
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 12:40 pm
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I have been communicating with United on Twitter about this, and I only get the standard "We are monitoring the situation, and will communicate with any affected passengers once we issue the waiver". Why wait so long that there are no options for people to choose from? American issued their waiver late Monday morning.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 12:47 pm
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Why wait so long that there are no options for people to choose from? American issued their waiver late Monday morning.
UA follows DL, not AA. Give it time; it's on its way.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 1:38 pm
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UA follows DL, not AA. Give it time; it's on its way.
AA also has a giant hub in CLT and probably has more urgency in getting ahead of IRROPS.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 1:42 pm
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Is it normal to wait this long before issuing a travel waiver?
Based on recent experience, I would expect United to issue a waiver at 7:15 CDT Thursday morning.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 1:59 pm
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UA follows DL, not AA. Give it time; it's on its way.
Delta has already issued a waiver. DL followed AA by a few hours.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 2:13 pm
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Delta has already issued a waiver. DL followed AA by a few hours.
My apologies; I can't see it on their website (i did search before I posted): https://www.delta.com/us/en/advisori...ent-advisories

EDIT: DL's advisory now added to website.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 2:25 pm
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AA's waiver: https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/travel-alerts.jsp

I'm getting a little nervous myself. I have a Saturday noon UA departure from IAD. I'm willing to fly out Friday night if I can get a waiver and beat the brunt of the storm.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 2:35 pm
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OP, I'd say there's a good chance if your flight is early afternoon, you'll still be able to fly into Raleigh.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 4:42 pm
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They just issued it: https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/tra...ices.aspx?AC=1


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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 5:20 pm
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AA's waiver: https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/travel-alerts.jsp

I'm getting a little nervous myself. I have a Saturday noon UA departure from IAD. I'm willing to fly out Friday night if I can get a waiver and beat the brunt of the storm.
Unfortunarely, IAD is not included.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by MileageAddict
AA's waiver: https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/travel-alerts.jsp

I'm getting a little nervous myself. I have a Saturday noon UA departure from IAD. I'm willing to fly out Friday night if I can get a waiver and beat the brunt of the storm.
WAS airports not included in waiver. Sad.
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Old Sep 10, 2018 | 5:53 pm
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Any reason IAD wasn't part of the waiver? Flying out of IAD on Saturday and I'm worried that my flight will get cancelled, the only solace is that I'm going to CDG and internationals are the last get to cancelled.
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