hsmamato2
<font color=magenta>Tink in Training-Good Girl,Bad
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- Mar 28, 2005
A long while back there was a really good thread here about the best way to deal with weather issues while traveling (hello horrible spring weather here) In the past week I've had to help two friends rearrange their flights due to weather upsets (snowstorms!!!) the first was very difficult b/c the friend had used a TA who didn't keep them up to date,and didn't know their flight was canceled until the notifications went out to people. I helped them reschedule,but they lost 3 days off their vacation. The 2nd ,I notified her as soon as I saw the weather forecast. She said"I don't have to do anything unless I get an email from airline,right?".....NOPE!
I explained (passionately) that as soon as a notice went up on the airlines website, to go online,locate an alternate flight,and call in at the same time to reschedule BEFORE any notices get sent out. By the time 2nd friend rebooked ,all flights for two days after were booked solid(notice hadn't gone out yet) they got a flight home 3 days after storm forecast,and it's all good. Moral of story here is it's up to you personally to watch the weather forecast for anything obvious,and don't rely on waiting for a text from the airline. (this doesn't always work if weather is unexpected) I just figured I'd share that here for anyone who doesn't know this already. If a storm is coming,and it's big,it's going to disrupt flights,and it pays to know this ahead of time to 'beat the crowd' and rebook with no penalty.
I explained (passionately) that as soon as a notice went up on the airlines website, to go online,locate an alternate flight,and call in at the same time to reschedule BEFORE any notices get sent out. By the time 2nd friend rebooked ,all flights for two days after were booked solid(notice hadn't gone out yet) they got a flight home 3 days after storm forecast,and it's all good. Moral of story here is it's up to you personally to watch the weather forecast for anything obvious,and don't rely on waiting for a text from the airline. (this doesn't always work if weather is unexpected) I just figured I'd share that here for anyone who doesn't know this already. If a storm is coming,and it's big,it's going to disrupt flights,and it pays to know this ahead of time to 'beat the crowd' and rebook with no penalty.