Government shutdown - flights?

[DCLMP]

Sure it’s been worse than I thought they’d let it get but goodness me, this is exaggerative. I think right now it’s actually about not letting emotions guide you, logic says keep your plans and prep your backup- not spiral into doomsday thinking.

I got space in my brain for all scenarios. I have for a couple of decades.

 

[japanese maple]

I'm so sorry for everyone going through this for your upcoming trips - Disney and non-Disney.

While we were very lucky to have no issues when all was said and done, I can't lie and say this did not put a damper/dark cloud on our trip. Worrying about getting home was always in the back of our minds.

Good luck everyone!

 

[SL6827]

So are people's travel insurance paying out or denying claims for those who miss thier cruise because of flights?

 

[sam_gordon]

So are people's travel insurance paying out or denying claims for those who miss thier cruise because of flights?

Probably depends on how the insurance cert is written.

When Delta cancelled our flights because of their computer issues in 24, our trip insurance paid for our rental car, gas, and food for the trip back (Delta reimbursed the cost of the flights).

That was on the return though.

 

[FreeTime]

Anyone able to share their TSA precheck experience out of MCO?

No issues on Monday. It was empty and so were the regular lines at noon.

 

[dreamer17555]

So are people's travel insurance paying out or denying claims for those who miss thier cruise because of flights?

Its going to depend on the policy. Missing a cruise due to a flight cancellation or delay normally falls under trip interruption and requires a delay or cancellation with no chance to rebook for 24 hours. So if you are booked for a flight arriving the night before at 6pm and it is cancelled they will not cover missing the cruise due to the 24 hour rule.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It looks like my husband's coworker made his 6:45am flight out of Vegas and my husband messaged me about 20 mins ago as he was on the plane watching the luggage be loaded (he has golf clubs) so his Vegas flight should be leaving just about now.

I know my husband has pre-check not sure about his coworker.

DISer friend is scheduled to leave from KCI to Orlando Monday and as far as he has notification of his flights are okay.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Its going to depend on the policy. Missing a cruise due to a flight cancellation or delay normally falls under trip interruption and requires a delay or cancellation with no chance to rebook for 24 hours. So if you are booked for a flight arriving the night before at 6pm and it is cancelled they will not cover missing the cruise due to the 24 hour rule.

From what I can find it's not necessarily tied to what you're talking about.

It's what type of trip insurance did you have (like cancel for any reason) and what the airline codes it as. If the airline doesn't coded it as a qualifying reason regardless of whether you have cancel for any reason or credit card insurance it may not be covered.

This is tied to something the airlines can't control so it isn't a "normally" type situation

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/faa-flight-cancellations-credit-card-travel-insurance.html

https://www.cnbc.com/select/does-travel-insurance-help-government-shutdown/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/shutdown-airports-flights-refund-rcna242464 which actually states "How travel insurance policies will be impacted by the shutdown is unclear."

This is just not something any trip insurance would have been able to account for.

 

[sam_gordon]

Its going to depend on the policy. Missing a cruise due to a flight cancellation or delay normally falls under trip interruption and requires a delay or cancellation with no chance to rebook for 24 hours. So if you are booked for a flight arriving the night before at 6pm and it is cancelled they will not cover missing the cruise due to the 24 hour rule.

That doesnt make sense. If the flight arriving at 6p the night before is cancelled and you can't get a new flight that arrives before 6pm the day the ship departs, how would that not be covered?

 

[DCLMP]

I feel bad for the people having travel issues, but I feel a lot worse for the people not getting paid. Not all government employees are high earners or have savings. I was thinking about that as I was driving past the Air force base today. Lots of young families in that area. I wonder if the banks, landlords, utilities companies etc are giving federal workers an extension to pay their bills.

 

[japanese maple]

I feel bad for the people having travel issues, but I feel a lot worse for the people not getting paid. Not all government employees are high earners or have savings. I was thinking about that as I was driving past the Air force base today. Lots of young families in that area. I wonder if the banks, landlords, utilities companies etc are giving federal workers an extension to pay their bills.

That goes without saying.

But this is a Disney travel board so I understand people posting on a Disney travel board about their worries of flight issues.

 

[DCLMP]

That goes without saying.

But this is a Disney travel board so I understand people posting on a Disney travel board about their worries of flight issues.

Relax, I never criticized anybody for worrying about their flights. Sometimes it's ok to put things in perspective.

 

[japanese maple]

Okay, have a great night!

 

[dreamer17555]

That doesnt make sense. If the flight arriving at 6p the night before is cancelled and you can't get a new flight that arrives before 6pm the day the ship departs, how would that not be covered?

Basically for most travel insurance to kick in under trip interruption for cruises your flights need to be booked 24 hours prior to all aboard (including enough time to arrive at port)

The chances of zero flights being available for 24 hours is extremely rare but what is more likely is a flight that say gets you in at 5PM the day of sailing and you still missing your cruise. 6 PM was not the best example but many ppl take flights that leave after work and arrive late the night before in which case travel insurance is not going to help unless you have cancel for any reason coverage

 

[sam_gordon]

Basically for most travel insurance to kick in under trip interruption for cruises your flights need to be booked 24 hours prior to all aboard (including enough time to arrive at port)

The chances of zero flights being available for 24 hours is extremely rare but what is more likely is a flight that say gets you in at 5PM the day of sailing and you still missing your cruise. 6 PM was not the best example but many ppl take flights that leave after work and arrive late the night before in which case travel insurance is not going to help unless you have cancel for any reason coverage

Thanks. I'd have to look up my old insurance to see if it's written that way.

 

[pens4821]

What time was your flight? I heard SW was cancelling a lot of 6 am and 6 pm flights to Orlando.

930 am. But the plane that we were on that was coming from Tampa was 630 I think.

 

[Best Aunt]

Anyone able to share their TSA precheck experience out of MCO?

Going through security at Terminal C was a piece of cake on Thursday afternoon. The posted times for the standard line were shorter than the posted times for Pre-check, but both were just a few minutes. Of course, Terminal C is different from A or B.

Our problem was different. The plane was at the airport. It had landed at midnight. It needed to be towed to our gate. They didn't get around to towing it until after our flight was supposed to have taken off. Then they had to do some kind of security check on the plane before we could board, because that was its first flight of the day. Thus we were late departing. I don't know which employees are responsible for the towing and for the security check.