While I just wrote a series on what to do if your flight is cancelled (also, Part 2 and Part 3), I thought it might be worth visiting how to strategize if you have travel booked near an impending blizzard, hurricane or massive storm. I managed to take the last flight out of JFK on Monday. […]
We reviewed a number of tactics to remember the next time you have to rebook a cancelled flight. Guide to Rebooking Cancelled Flights: Part 1 Guide to Rebooking Cancelled Flights: Part 2 Here are some more weather-related and airport logistics tips. (7) Choose connections that are connected airside - Avoid terminal changes If you live […]
Last week, I started putting together a guide of behind the scenes strategy you should keep in mind if your flight gets cancelled and you have to rebook. Here’s the second part of the series, covering other pitfalls and preferences that have served me well and which tend to be corroborated by DOT statistics and Flyertalk threads. Don’t get stuck waiting at […]
Flying from Chicago to San Francisco last month, my flight was cancelled and I had to rebook. Every other flight on American into SF was cancelled, but there was space available on United through Denver. I didn’t take it, and thought it might be a good idea to write down why. Here is a strategy […]
As everyone comes home from the holiday weekend, many of you are likely to be getting into a car or plane to get to work. I spent about two and a half years commuting by air to glamorous destinations like Seattle, Minneapolis and Denver, while spending two more commuting more than an hour and twenty […]