100%. We have an afternoon flight with Delta this Saturday, which is Plan A. But we have Plan B (finding a nonstop flight on another airline for later in the day, which is dicey) and Plan C lined up (which involves hopping in the car and driving 19 hours, which is what we will do if we are not physically in the air by 10pm). It's very stressful to fly right now.
Mid afternoon TS are a fact of life in FL. Usually, not a long event. No worries.Hi there- we have a flight from Philly to MCO, mid afternoon, at the end of June. We typically come down different parts of the year and/or fly earlier in the day. My question is- are there a lot of flights cancelled for these afternoon Florida storms? Wondering if this is something I should be concerned about and have a backup plan for. Thanks!!!
That used to be true for sure. But airlines have recently been outright cancelling flights in areas impacted by inclement weather (instead of simply delaying them) to avoid cascading cancellations due to severe staffing shortages. And even with this approach, we've been seeing major disruptions across the country when storms impact one isolated region. For example, the days-long disaster in air transportation from last Thursday through Monday was ignited by isolated severe weather in New York and New Jersey. In the past, this wouldn't have caused such widespread chaos at airports across the nation. But increased demand for travel coupled with fewer pilots/flight attendants/gate attendants/baggage handlers/customer service phone reps/etc caused a tremendous ripple effect. With no real short-term solution on the table, this is likely to happen over and over again at least through the summer.
You are preaching to the choir. We fly often. I’m at the point where I now only book mid week flights to avoid the clusters that we’ve seen accelerate on the weekends.
Absolutely agree. When its because of "weather", the only thing they have to give you if your flight is cancelled is a refund (assuming that you don't want to be rebooked). No food or hotel vouchers. No compensation for nonrefundable vacations that you will be late for/won't be getting to at all. It's very convenient.
What i would think is if Orlando is getting the typical summer late afternoon storms is your flight in Philly gets delayed a bit to allow storms to pass and then your arrive a little late but still make it. There are lots of afternoon pop up storms this time of year here jn FL many last 60-90 minutes and disappear.Hi there- we have a flight from Philly to MCO, mid afternoon, at the end of June. We typically come down different parts of the year and/or fly earlier in the day. My question is- are there a lot of flights cancelled for these afternoon Florida storms? Wondering if this is something I should be concerned about and have a backup plan for. Thanks!!!
