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Weather possibly affecting flight
Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:07 pm
So I’m flying to phoenix on Monday but having a layover in Houston. The cone of this storm keeps heading east, weather channel at this moment says winds will be be 15-25 mph with thunderstorms likely in Houston. What’s the chances of flight being delayed?
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Posted on 7/5/24 at 5:50 pm to Keithpoka
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What’s the chances of flight being delayed?
Very likely. Thunderstorms can cause a groundstops which is when the entire airport is shutdown to arrivals and departures.
Storms in the area will most certainly affect spacing for arrivals and ATC flow into IAH.
See if you can get on an earlier flight to Houston or a later one from there to PHX so you have a longer layover (more time to make your connecting flight).
Posted on 7/6/24 at 12:32 am to Keithpoka
I can't believe I'm saying this, but you might want to route through Chicago (or Denver) instead. Unless you're a big fan of booze and don't need to head to a meeting on Monday, in which case, get boozin.
If you're flying SWA, you need to figure out where the plane is coming from before it gets to you. If it's from West Texas (El Paso, in particular) it will be late, storm or not. If United, take into account you'll be hoofing it to the train from presumably Terminal A to C, and that's a 20m process.
If you're flying SWA, you need to figure out where the plane is coming from before it gets to you. If it's from West Texas (El Paso, in particular) it will be late, storm or not. If United, take into account you'll be hoofing it to the train from presumably Terminal A to C, and that's a 20m process.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 6:07 am to Keithpoka
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What’s the chances of flight being delayed?
Prob 100%. All airlines should have change exemptions going already.
I'm supposed to fly out of H-town Monday for wok, but doubt thats happening.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 1:57 pm to Lsut81
I’m flying from MSY to Kauai with a layover in Vegas. Fly out at 6:40am Monday morning. What are my chances of having issues? 2 and a half hour layover in Vegas.
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:04 pm to LSUlove
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What are my chances of having issues? 2 and a half hour layover in Vegas
You're fine
Posted on 7/7/24 at 3:05 pm to Keithpoka
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So I’m flying to phoenix on Monday but having a layover in Houston
Change now, waivers on all the airlines up for Houston. Considering today is already a mess and it's not the main storm yet, I'd highly recommend changing
Posted on 7/7/24 at 5:04 pm to CuseTiger
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Change now, waivers on all the airlines up for Houston. Considering today is already a mess and it's not the main storm yet, I'd highly recommend changing
Couple of weeks ago, I refused the waiver offer to fly out earlier because my flight technically hadn't been (and was never) cancelled, which meant the fricking hacks at MSY parking wouldn't give me a refund for my parking reservation, and wouldn't let me shift the reservation earlier because "we were within 24 hours".
After spending an extra few hours circling in the air, then getting diverted to Charlotte at 2am, then getting delayed until almost noon the next day... next time I'll just fricking eat the $150 or so
Posted on 7/7/24 at 5:10 pm to Joshjrn
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my flight technically hadn't been (and was never) cancelled, which meant the fricking hacks at MSY parking wouldn't give me a refund for my parking reservation, and wouldn't let me shift the reservation earlier because "we were within 24 hours"
I'd never use MSY parking again if that happened to me. So many other parking options near there, but to let parking influence changing a flight? I'm out
Posted on 7/7/24 at 5:28 pm to CuseTiger
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I'd never use MSY parking again if that happened to me. So many other parking options near there, but to let parking influence changing a flight? I'm out
You have to prepay, and that payment is non-refundable. You can change if there's availability, but no changes can be made within 24 hours of your reservation. The bitch of it is that I was still outside of 24 hours when I tried to change it. But because my new reservation would be slightly less than 24 hours from that moment, they wouldn't let me, neither online nor when I called. Even though there was availability. They told me I could show up the next morning and hope there was space. And if my current flight was in fact cancelled (again, it never ended up being, even with the diversion. It was simply "continued" the next day), I could email them proof and they would "probably" refund my original reservation.
I was less than fricking amused
Posted on 7/7/24 at 5:33 pm to Joshjrn
I hate shenanigans when flyingPosted on 7/7/24 at 5:39 pm to CuseTiger
Yeah, it sucked. I practically always fly out of BTR, but I decided to give MSY a shot this time because they had relatively inexpensive direct flights into the NY metro. But between needing to leave home early in case there's an issue on the Spillway, vehicle mileage, parking expense and issues, etc, I think I'm back to flying BTR into the northeast. As long as I can catch a relatively quick connection in ATL, I'm just not saving enough time with the direct flight to matter, and I don't know that I'm saving enough money to justify the aggravation.
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