Regarding Gromit's assertion that it should be obvious that safety considerations are the cause for my flight cancellation, there were no extreme weather conditions within 200 miles of Raleigh either yesterday or today, and the flight in question was a non-stop flight originating in Raleigh and flying non-stop to San Francisco. In North Carolina, we have hurricanes all the time, but jets still seem to fly. So it is not intuitively obvious why the flight was cancelled. It may have been that the plane was delayed by conditions elsewhere, but it may also have been, as an acquaintance connected with the local airport explained, that the airline requires a minimum number of passengers to make a profit on those long distance, coast to coast flights, and they will cancel the flights if they don't have sufficient passengers. In any event, my main complaint was the delay in refunding my money. I understand that, especially nowadays, you pay your money and take your chances that the plane will actually leave on time when you book a flight.
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