Airlines and Hurricanes

[JerJan]

I just got this off of weather.com:

Fluctuations in intensity are likely, but Wilma is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane through Thursday. The projected track of the storm takes it through the Yucatan Channel into the extreme southern Gulf of Mexico Friday. After that, Wilma is expected to come under the influence of westerly winds aloft blowing across the Gulf. That should hurl the hurricane toward the Florida Peninsula, probably the southern part of the peninsula, this weekend. Wilma is expected to be weakening by then, but weakening is a relative term and Wilma may still be a major hurricane (winds over 110 mph) when it makes landfall.

 

[DianeV]

Did you notice also on Deltas site that at this point they are only waiving the change fee and not any diffrerence in fare which at this last minute will be quite a bit for most flights!

 

[laurabelle]

Travel Weather Advisory

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Hurricane Wilma
At this time, we are operating our regularly scheduled flight service to/from Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Fort Myers (RSW), Orlando (MCO), Tampa (TPA), and West Palm Beach (PBI). We continue to monitor the storm's development and direction, and we will post updates to this page.

As such, Southwest Airlines Customers traveling to/from FLL, RSW, MCO, TPA, and PBI after 1:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 19 through the close of business on Sunday, October 23 wanting to alter their travel plans may rebook in the original class of service or travel standby (within 14 days of their original date of travel between the original city-pairs and in accordance with our accommodation procedures) without paying any additional charge.

We invite you to please visit Flight Status Information and/or sign up for our convenient Flight Status Messaging to receive the latest information regarding your flight. You may contact our toll free Reservations (1-800-435-9792) for additional assistance. We also encourage our cruise Customers to contact Southwest Cruises (1-888-744-7792) for cruise line information.

Please read our recommendations for travel during inclement weather.

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Inclement Weather Travel Tips
In order to expedite checkin, we are encouraging all Customers holding Ticketless reservations to check in online and print their Boarding Pass at southwest.com or to use our self-service Kiosks at the airport.

Additionally, we ask that you consider:

Limiting your checked baggage.
Observing our limit on carryon baggage. Please limit your carryon baggage to one carryon item that must fit beneath the seat in front of you or in an overhead compartment, plus one smaller personal item.
Having proper identification ready when proceeding to the Security Checkpoint.

 

[DianeV]

Well Spirit got with the program and we were able to change to coming in Friday evening..we didnt want to give up the trip for one bad weather day so getting in sooner will be fine for us.

Now to deal with the car rental as I got a good rate and cant get it if I revise the reservation...they say I would have to book a new one for the new arrival to be returned when we are due to have picked up the other one and then return it and get the new one...which means going to the airport on Sunday morning which we didnt want to do! Stinks

 

[CarolA]

Did you notice also on Deltas site that at this point they are only waiving the change fee and not any diffrerence in fare which at this last minute will be quite a bit for most flights!

Not always. If there are seats in the fare class then you get them without a change fee. I routinely make changes to return flights for only the change fee since they have "fare class" seats. (I actually think this is how AA works too, but not sure about USAir and United)

 

[Jeanne B]

Did you notice also on Deltas site that at this point they are only waiving the change fee and not any diffrerence in fare which at this last minute will be quite a bit for most flights!

Yes, I noticed that plus they're not including Orlando even though the other major airlines are. Maybe that will change in the coming hours.