South Florida cancellations today.....
Apr 8, 2022, 6:26 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Prisoner of EWR
Programs: Lifetime AA Plat, UA status-less after 15 years
Posts: 153
South Florida cancellations today.....
Not sure if anyone else is here trying to get out of South Florida to the NY area today. It seems that lots of flights were randomly cancelled this morning, and no availability at all to head north.
Complete cancellation, no new flights, can't get through by phone, website completely broken to find new flights...
This is my third time completely stranded by UA in the past 2 months...
Complete cancellation, no new flights, can't get through by phone, website completely broken to find new flights...
This is my third time completely stranded by UA in the past 2 months...
Apr 8, 2022, 6:42 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Prisoner of EWR
Programs: Lifetime AA Plat, UA status-less after 15 years
Posts: 153
Thanks for replying and soothing my wounds!....
Spring break... Not sure if that's the disease or a symptom of the disease....
Had pretty good luck with UA in the past couple of years, but lately, they have cancelled us completely, no new flights, no availability, just outright cancellation.. completely stranded. This is the third time this year.
On hold for nearly 40 minutes, website completely borked, weird....
Spring break... Not sure if that's the disease or a symptom of the disease....
Had pretty good luck with UA in the past couple of years, but lately, they have cancelled us completely, no new flights, no availability, just outright cancellation.. completely stranded. This is the third time this year.
On hold for nearly 40 minutes, website completely borked, weird....
Apr 8, 2022, 7:14 am
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Prisoner of EWR
Programs: Lifetime AA Plat, UA status-less after 15 years
Posts: 153
United email said it was crew, United CSR said it was ATC, and website said it was weather.
I think it really was bigfoot
Apr 8, 2022, 7:34 am
#6
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: UA MM
Posts: 4,130
Those can all be correct, perhaps even BigFoot. Weather can be the reason for the ATC delay which may result in crew becoming unavailable due to timing.
Apr 8, 2022, 7:58 am
#7
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: TOA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott LTPP/Platinum Premier, Hyatt Lame-ist, UA !K
Posts: 20,061
Apr 8, 2022, 8:07 am
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: New York, NY, USA
Posts: 12,483
Those are pretty much the same thing. ATC restricted traffic flow, or ground stop, due to weather. As a result crew timed out, didn't get sufficient rest time or were out of position.
Apr 8, 2022, 8:49 am
#9
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC / TYO / Up in the Air
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, AA 2.1MM, EK, BA, SQ, CX, Marriot LT, Accor P
Posts: 6,322
Yes the last week has been a mess to / from Florida from the Northeast -- my wife and her friend took all day just to get to the wrong airport in Florida last weekend -- and barely made it out yesterday before it got really messy -- if they hadn't got to the airport earlier so I could switch them to an earlier flight not sure they would have made it back...
Apr 8, 2022, 8:53 am
#10
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: UA MM
Posts: 4,130
Yes the last week has been a mess to / from Florida from the Northeast -- my wife and her friend took all day just to get to the wrong airport in Florida last weekend -- and barely made it out yesterday before it got really messy -- if they hadn't got to the airport earlier so I could switch them to an earlier flight not sure they would have made it back...
Apr 8, 2022, 9:05 am
#11
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC / TYO / Up in the Air
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, AA 2.1MM, EK, BA, SQ, CX, Marriot LT, Accor P
Posts: 6,322
Yes Orlando has been particularly messy -- my wife couldn't get there so she got the last two seats to Tampa -- and then took an Uber the next day to Orlando....
Apr 8, 2022, 9:33 am
#12
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Prisoner of EWR
Programs: Lifetime AA Plat, UA status-less after 15 years
Posts: 153
I will say, that after probably 1000 flights in my life (likely more), lately, UA simply cancelling at the last minute and not being prepared to handle the onslaught of rebookings is fairly novel in my travel history at least.
Apr 8, 2022, 11:12 am
#14
Join Date: Jan 2019
Programs: HHonors Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 5
Its been a disaster since last night. I was supposed to head out of FLL to DTW at 7:25pm and we were delayed until midnight at which point two Atlanta flights and my Detroit flight were abruptly cancelled.
The DTW flight was rescheduled for 12:30pm today (Friday the 8th) but I said screw it and stayed until Sunday.
The DTW flight was rescheduled for 12:30pm today (Friday the 8th) but I said screw it and stayed until Sunday.
Apr 8, 2022, 12:51 pm
#15
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.997MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,859
22% inbound and 24% outbound flights delayed today at MCO
16% both directions FLL
yesterday was x2 worse,, MCO over 50% in both directions, AA had 32% delays
16% both directions FLL
yesterday was x2 worse,, MCO over 50% in both directions, AA had 32% delays