Hurricane Irene Rerouting - Thoughts?
Aug 26, 2011 | 7:53 am
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Hurricane Irene Rerouting - Thoughts?
I'm wondering if I made the right decision or not. I had a flight next Tuesday scheduled to leave Chicago, connect in Newark before embarking on to Stuttgart, Germany for my vacation.
Continental issued a travel exception through Tuesday for flights to/from/through Newark. It looks like the storm should be mostly gone by Tuesday - the main risk being from leftover nasty weather and trying to recover from previous days cancellations/delays.
They allowed me to rebook with very, VERY limited options since I'm on a reward ticket. I was able to secure a ticket a day earlier that goes directly from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, then a 2 hour layover, then a flight to Stuttgart from Frankfurt.
At least now I don't have to do anything with the east coast during/after this storm. However - Now I am actually flying over the eastern seaboard while this storm is churning away. Do you think our pilot/plane will have any problems diverting around the storm so that this flight is able to happen on schedule?
Did I make the right decision re-booking under the exception?
It's also kind of silly to wait in Frankfurt for 2 hours for a 40 minute plane ride to Stuttgart...but better than paying out of pocket for a train, I guess?
Continental issued a travel exception through Tuesday for flights to/from/through Newark. It looks like the storm should be mostly gone by Tuesday - the main risk being from leftover nasty weather and trying to recover from previous days cancellations/delays.
They allowed me to rebook with very, VERY limited options since I'm on a reward ticket. I was able to secure a ticket a day earlier that goes directly from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, then a 2 hour layover, then a flight to Stuttgart from Frankfurt.
At least now I don't have to do anything with the east coast during/after this storm. However - Now I am actually flying over the eastern seaboard while this storm is churning away. Do you think our pilot/plane will have any problems diverting around the storm so that this flight is able to happen on schedule?
Did I make the right decision re-booking under the exception?
It's also kind of silly to wait in Frankfurt for 2 hours for a 40 minute plane ride to Stuttgart...but better than paying out of pocket for a train, I guess?
Aug 26, 2011 | 7:58 am
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It's a bit early to guess how things will be Monday evening for your flight. Don't over think it. You've already been proactive. Wait until it's a bit closer to worry about the pilot's flight plan.
Aug 26, 2011 | 8:08 am
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Even the normal ORD/Frankfurt "Great Circle" would likely take the flight North of the Storm as it slows and dissipates over NY/New England or bends to the East out to sea, reducing in intensity rapidly as the water cools. At worst, the flight will chart a more Northerly route, a parabola instead of a circle, across Labrador and S. Greenland, near Iceland then SE into Frankfurt. There are those around who may recall that as the more common TATL routing to allow short ranged a/c to stop along the way, magic names from yesteryear, Gander and Goose, Thule and Keflavik, Prestwick and on to RheinMain.
Don't worry, those big thunder bumpers outside the starboard windows are the Northern edge of the storm.
Don't worry, those big thunder bumpers outside the starboard windows are the Northern edge of the storm.