Any one else stranded due to Jetblue

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The best thing to do if there is snow in the forecast is to check the airline website the day before. If JetBlue has posted that travel waivers are available for X dates for anyone flying to/from X cities, it's a good bet that you are either not going to get out on your scheduled date or will be affected by delays and/or missed connections.

If you see that notice and do nothing, you're simply rolling the dice and really shouldn't complain if your flight ends up canceled or massively delayed.

I agree with this notion.

We New Englanders often have our Winter travel plans affected by an uncooperative winter storm and have to make decisions about air travel near our travel dates, adjusting accordingly. Sometimes my family has just gotten caught up in the fray at the airport like the OP did during the lead-up to this weekend's storm and sometimes we've decided to absorb cost and leave a day or two early (and on return from Florida flights we've decided to postpone our return by a day or two). To make those decisions to extend a vacation does take flexiblity and adds cost one way or the other so that might not work out for everyone.

As aggravating as it is when you just want to go on vacation like you've planned, I think that every traveller has choices to make in these situations. The unfortunate side of all this is when a traveller isn't experienced in how a storm, pending storm or the aftermath of a storm might affect their plans. Afterall, how do you know that you should do something when you haven't any past experience to rely on?

And so begins another winter when we'd all rather be at Disney!

Dick Taylor