(Washington Insider Magazine) -Heavy snow, ice, and gusty winds caused the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights to, from, and across the United States; all is not lost, airlines have policies that allow you to fly on other dates.
As announced by the National Weather Service, the bad weather will not only bring strong gusts of wind, but also snowfall that will impact travelers; Yesterday the suspension of more than 2,000 flights to, from and through the United States was announced, leaving millions of Americans wanting to spend Christmas with the family.
According to the FlightAware flight tracking website, as of early Friday morning, just over 2,790 flights have been cancelled, yesterday there was a delay of more than 10,028 and almost 2,539 were cancelled.
Delta, American, United, Frontier, Alaska, Southwest and other airlines waived change fees and offered travelers the option of choosing new flights to avoid bad weather, but there are clauses that must be made on time in order to recover the travel, for example, passengers must book within a certain period of time and buy a seat in the same cabin, in addition, they must book again the same cities that they would fly to previously, finally, the travel dates will differ according to the country area.
The Department of Transportation’s new online dashboard shows what kind of guarantees major national airlines offer, and FOX Business looked at Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit and United to see what they guarantee passengers if a flight is cancelled.
These are the categories that make up the “Controllable Cancellation Commitments” section on the DOT customer service dashboard. These airlines offer that service or amenities.
Rebook with a partner airline or another airline with which it has an agreement at no additional cost:
Alaska
American
Delta
Hawaiian
jetblue
United
With these airlines you can rebook the same flight at no additional cost:
Alaska
Loyal
American
Delta
Border
Hawaiian
jetblue
south west
Spirit
United
Offering of Hotel Accommodations
These airlines offer complimentary hotel accommodations for any passenger affected by a nightly cancellation:
Alaska
Loyal
American
Delta
Hawaiian
jetblue
south west
Spirit
United
If a passenger waited more than three hours to get out to their destination, these companies offer food or food in cash/voucher
Alaska
Loyal
American
Delta
Border
Hawaiian
jetblue
south west
Spirit
United
If a traveler was affected by a nightly cancellation, these airlines offer complimentary ground transportation to and from the hotel
Alaska
Loyal
American
Delta
Hawaiian
jetblue
south west
Spirit
United
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This article is written by La Opinion.
