2012 Hurricane Sandy and impacts on US Airways
Oct 29, 2012, 10:23 am
#91
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Location: PHX
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Flight to BOS for this morning cancelled in the middle of the night. It was a quick turnaround so an obvious trip in vain. Full refund, no questions asked. Also received redposit of miles I'd used to upgrade, no questions asked. About 5 minutes hold time on the gold line.
Oct 29, 2012, 11:17 am
#92
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Location: BOS, PIT
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Photo of all the planes repositioned to PIT from the PIT facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/PITairport/photos_stream
https://www.facebook.com/PITairport/photos_stream
Oct 29, 2012, 11:18 am
#93
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Virginia
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Just read that all operations out of DCA, PHL, NY airports and BOS are canceled for Tuesday as well.
Oct 29, 2012, 11:21 am
#94
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Here in Philly, they are stating that PHL is closed tomorrow too for ALL US operations. Good luck.
Oct 29, 2012, 11:59 am
#95
Join Date: Apr 2012
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My flight was also canceled overnight (from PHL). I just got off the phone, and I was also get through in only a few minutes via the gold line. I canceled my whole trip as they couldn't fly me till thursday.
Oct 29, 2012, 12:34 pm
#96
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Location: TPA
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• all flights cancelled tomorrow Tuesday.
Philadelphia (PHL)
• Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport (DCA) and Dulles (IAD)
• New York’s LaGuardia (LGA), JFK and Newark (EWR) airports
• Albany (ALB), Binghamton (BGM), Elmira (ELM), Islip (ISP), Ithaca (ITH), Newburgh (SWF), Syracuse (SYR) and White Plains, N.Y. (HPN)
• Boston (BOS)
• Bangor, Maine (BGR)
• Burlington, Vt. (BTV)
• Hartford (BDL) and New Haven (HVN), Conn.
• Harrisburg (MDT) and Williamsport (IPT), Penn.
• Providence, R.I. (PVD)
Philadelphia (PHL)
• Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport (DCA) and Dulles (IAD)
• New York’s LaGuardia (LGA), JFK and Newark (EWR) airports
• Albany (ALB), Binghamton (BGM), Elmira (ELM), Islip (ISP), Ithaca (ITH), Newburgh (SWF), Syracuse (SYR) and White Plains, N.Y. (HPN)
• Boston (BOS)
• Bangor, Maine (BGR)
• Burlington, Vt. (BTV)
• Hartford (BDL) and New Haven (HVN), Conn.
• Harrisburg (MDT) and Williamsport (IPT), Penn.
• Providence, R.I. (PVD)
Oct 29, 2012, 12:47 pm
#97
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Hope everyone is safe and sound and somewhere where they can wait things out.
From a service restoration standpoint, what will be the timetable on restoring regular operations once the storm has moved through? Just curious because I have flight next Monday connecting through DCA and I was just wondering.
From a service restoration standpoint, what will be the timetable on restoring regular operations once the storm has moved through? Just curious because I have flight next Monday connecting through DCA and I was just wondering.
Oct 29, 2012, 1:45 pm
#98
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: PHX
Posts: 3,796
Assuming there's not much damage, operations should be back to normal by next Monday.
However, they've now extended the advisory window to Thursday, Nov. 1.
However, they've now extended the advisory window to Thursday, Nov. 1.
Oct 29, 2012, 2:13 pm
#99
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I dont see anything for ABE
Oct 29, 2012, 2:36 pm
#100
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Oct 29, 2012, 3:29 pm
#101
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: CLT
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Catching up on cancelled flights
Hey everybody,
What's the procedure for us airways catching up on all of sunday/monday/tuesdays cancelled flights? I have an evening flight out of DCA on Thursday (to CLT). By then the airport should be open, I just wasn't sure if I'd get bumped to fit some cancelled flight folks instead.
Cause for concern? As a chairman? No idea how they get everything sorted out after a massive disruption like Sandy.
Thanks!
What's the procedure for us airways catching up on all of sunday/monday/tuesdays cancelled flights? I have an evening flight out of DCA on Thursday (to CLT). By then the airport should be open, I just wasn't sure if I'd get bumped to fit some cancelled flight folks instead.
Cause for concern? As a chairman? No idea how they get everything sorted out after a massive disruption like Sandy.
Thanks!
Oct 29, 2012, 3:49 pm
#102
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Location: District of Columbia
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I'm also scheduled to fly out of DCA on Thursday morning (to PHX). Hope everything goes smoothly for us!
Oct 29, 2012, 4:04 pm
#103
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Catching up on cancelled flights
Hopefully they add extra flights where needed, but otherwise usually people with confirmed seats on the upcoming flights do not get bumped. Instead, the stranded travelers get put on any possible flights available, sometimes involving a few connections.
There are also probably a lot of passengers who were to travel that will outright cancel if they were to be business trips.
There are also probably a lot of passengers who were to travel that will outright cancel if they were to be business trips.
Oct 29, 2012, 4:07 pm
#104
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Oct 29, 2012, 4:31 pm
#105
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: SAN
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Posts: 322
Question on behalf of a friend, US Silver.
She used miles for PHL-DFW round trip and the return flight yesterday was cancelled, unsurprisingly. I called Saturday AM but was told that her flight wasn't covered under the waiver and that fees would be charged. So she left it as is. Needless to say, flight gets cancelled, US is unable to get her to Philly in a reasonable amount of time (they were saying Thurs to PIT was the best they could do) so she bought on her own dime, DFW-ORD and drove 14 hours to Philly.
Is it possible to get half of the miles she used back?
She used miles for PHL-DFW round trip and the return flight yesterday was cancelled, unsurprisingly. I called Saturday AM but was told that her flight wasn't covered under the waiver and that fees would be charged. So she left it as is. Needless to say, flight gets cancelled, US is unable to get her to Philly in a reasonable amount of time (they were saying Thurs to PIT was the best they could do) so she bought on her own dime, DFW-ORD and drove 14 hours to Philly.
Is it possible to get half of the miles she used back?