Some U.S. airlines are allowing free flight changes amid weather delays. What to know if you're traveling Wednesday and Thursday.
Some major U.S. airlines are allowing passengers traveling to, from or through specific airports in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this week to change their flights free of charge due to expected delays from forecasted weather conditions.
'A large area of warm and moist air already present across the eastern U.S and into [the] Deep South will be an ingredient for scattered showers and thunderstorms that are expected to be most active from late afternoon into the evening hours,' the National Weather Service said in a Wednesday update. 'Heavy rain can be expected to accompany the stronger storms through the next couple of days in these areas.'
As of 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, there were over 2,500 total flight delays, and nearly 500 were canceled, flying into, within or out of the U.S., according to data from Flightware.
Delta, JetBlue and Southwest airlines issued travel advisories on Wednesday, alerting passengers that their flights in and out of certain hubs could be delayed, diverted or canceled and offered customers the opportunity to change their flights at no extra cost.
Travelers can monitor their flight status through their airline's app, or they can enter their flight information on Flightaware to see if it's on time or delayed.
Here's what else to know for each of those airlines:
Delta
The airline issued a travel advisory on Aug. 13 for flights traveling to, from and through the following cities:
Baltimore, Md. (BWI)
Boston, Mass. (BOS)
Newark, N.J. (EWR)
New York, N.Y. (JFK)
New York, N.Y. (LGA)
Philadelphia, Pa. (PHL)
Washington D.C. – Dulles (IAD)
Washington D.C. – Reagan (DCA)
White Plains, N.Y. (HPN)
Delta passengers who were booked to fly on Wednesday, Aug. 13 or Thursday, Aug. 14, can rebook their flight at no charge on or before Saturday, Aug. 16.
JetBlue
The airline issued a travel advisory for the following five New York metro airports for passengers traveling on Wednesday, Aug. 13:
Islip/Long Island, N.Y. (ISP)
New York, N.Y. (JFK)
New York, N.Y. (LGA)
Newark, N.J. (EWR)
Westchester County, N.Y. (HPN)
JetBlue is allowing ticket holders who booked their flight on or before Tues, Aug. 12 to reschedule their flights for free through Saturday, August 16.
Southwest
The airline issued a travel advisory warning that weather-related disruptions could affect flights at these 12 East Coast airports from Wednesday, Aug. 13, through Thursday, Aug. 14:
Albany, N.Y. (ALB)
Baltimore/Washington, Md. (BWI)
Boston (Logan), Mass. (BOS)
Hartford, Conn. (BDL)
Long Island/Islip, N.Y. (ISP)
Manchester, N.H. (MHT)
New York (LaGuardia), N.Y. (LGA)
Philadelphia, Pa. (PHL)
Portland, Maine (PWM)
Providence, R.I. (PVD)
Washington D.C. – Dulles (IAD)
Washington D.C. – Reagan (DCA)
'Customers holding reservations to, from, or through the city(s) listed above on the corresponding date(s) who want to alter their travel plans may rebook 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 additional charges,' Southwest said.
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