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Originally Posted by ascjudi
Thank-you United, for canceling my flight tomorrow (SAT) 10 am, and then rebooking me - with no notice by text, phone or email - for a flight on MON at 4:14 pm from ROC to CHI while keeping me on the original return flight (CHI to ROC) for MON at 11:45 am. Who does that? When I asked, I was told this was "the system." As if that settles things. Well, the system is not working, United. Fix it.
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Storm disrupts northeast travel in North America
By
Christine Boynton | February 8, 2013
According to flight tracker
service FlightStats, by 12:00 p.m. ET Friday afternoon New York LaGuardia canceled approximately 722 flights, counting both arrivals and departures, followed by Newark (715), Boston Logan (592) New York JFK (572), Pearson International (401), Chicago O’Hare (260), and Philadelphia (217).
“A major winter storm, with blizzard conditions, is forecast to impact the Northeast Friday night into early Saturday, as a developing nor'easter moves up the Atlantic coast,” the US National Weather Service said in a statement on its website. “Total snowfall accumulations of 1-2 feet are possible, with locally higher amounts. In addition, gusty winds will create blizzard conditions, especially along the coast, making travel extremely hazardous, if not impossible.”
United Airlines on its website advised customers of possible disruptions at 32 airports up and down the coast from Philadelphia, Penn. to Quebec City. Delta Air Lines said flight delays were expected at 23 airports in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Canada, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Maine and said it “encourages customers to consider moving up, postponing or re-routing their travel to avoid possible inconvenience from expected flight delays.”
According
to the FlightStats website Friday cancellations were led by ExpressJet with 371 canceled flights followed by United Airlines (340), Delta Air Lines (255), JetBlue Airways (251), Cape Air (218), Pinnacle Airlines (186) and American Airlines (159). It reported over 1,000 flights had already been canceled in North America for Saturday.