Posts in the category "Weather":

Airlines waive change fees due to tornadoes

Posted on May 20th, 2013 by Harriet Baskas

Monday’s severe weather and tornado touchdowns in Oklahoma have wreaked an incredible amount of havoc and a still undetermined number of deaths.

Many flights to and from Oklahoma City have been canceled and, if you were headed that way for a business event or some other non-essential visit, you probably want to stay away for now.

Here are a list of airlines that posted notices about refunds and change fee waivers as of Monday evening.

I’ll add others as I find them.

Delta Air Lines

Frontier Airlines

Southwest Airlines

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Sequestration cancels Passport Day; storm cancels flights

Posted on March 3rd, 2013 by Harriet Baskas

This Saturday, March 9, was supposed to be “Passport Day,” and annual event that allows people to go to passport-issuing government offices without an appointment to get their passport papers processed quickly – and without the usual $60 expedite fees.

But due to the budget sequestration, Department of State Passport Agencies will not be participating in this year’s Passport Day and will be closed on March 9.

If you were planning to participate in Passport Day, you still have some options: many non-Department of State Passport Acceptance Facilities, such as post offices, clerks of court and some libraries will still participate.

Check here to see if there’s a participating acceptance facility near you.

And… airlines, airports and travelers are gearing up for another round of flights delays, disruptions and cancellations due to another storm.

This one is bearing down on the Northern Plains and some airlines are already urging passengers to change or cancel their flight plans for March 4-5 and offering travelers the ability to make one-time changes to reservations without incurring fees.

On Sunday, Delta was offering change-fee waivers to passengers flying to, from or through these cities:

Bismarck, N.D.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Fargo, N.D.
Grand Forks, N.D.
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Minot, N.D.
Moline, Ill.
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Williston, N.D.

Here are links to weather-advisories posted Sunday evening for other airlines:

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Airlines issue change fee waivers for latest storm

Posted on February 26th, 2013 by Harriet Baskas

Yet another storm – a real whopper! – is disrupting travel in the Midwest and beyond. Here’s a list with links to waivers being offered for changes in travel plans over the next few days.

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Another winter storm; more change fee waivers from airlines

Posted on February 19th, 2013 by Harriet Baskas

Updated Feb. 21, 2013

The airlines listed below had issued travel advisories about a winter storm in the Rocky Mountains and Midwest regions of the United States. Most are offering passengers the ability to change their travel plans without incurring change fees.

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Storm Nemo on the way; airlines waive change fees

Posted on February 6th, 2013 by Harriet Baskas

Updated: February 7, 2013

Another winter storm – named Nemo – is on the way and airlines are getting ready for it by issuing weather-related fee waivers and encouraging travelers to change their flight dates, postpone travel or re-route their trips to and from a long list of cities in the northeast.

Here’s are links to most of the airline waiver policies: