Flights keep getting canceled wwyd?

[Anonymous]

I was supposed to be home Monday morning. My flights keep getting canceled and when I go to rebook it keeps getting pushed another day or two out. Now there’s nothing until Thursday. Should I just go sit at the airport and ask every gate agent if I can go standby? I don’t travel a lot.

[Anonymous]

Where are you and how badly do you need to be home? If it were me, I’d stop the fight, stay at the hotel to work remotely and then enjoy a different city/town for the next couple of evenings. Sounds way more pleasant than sitting in an airport constantly monitoring flights and moving between gates.

[Anonymous]

Where are you, where is home and who’s paying? How do you feel about driving?

[Anonymous]

I can’t work from here. I’m in Florida. Live in NY. Driving is about 19 hours which is a lot for me. I was with a group but everyone else got out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t work from here. I’m in Florida. Live in NY. Driving is about 19 hours which is a lot for me. I was with a group but everyone else got out.

Well yeah, you just have to wait or drive. Or drive most of the way and take the train.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t work from here. I’m in Florida. Live in NY. Driving is about 19 hours which is a lot for me. I was with a group but everyone else got out.

Well yeah, you just have to wait or drive. Or drive most of the way and take the train.

Hadn’t thought of train thank you for that suggestion. Anyone familiar with greyhound? Think it has bedbugs?

[Anonymous]

Call the airline. See if they can rebook you back to NY thru another city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t work from here. I’m in Florida. Live in NY. Driving is about 19 hours which is a lot for me. I was with a group but everyone else got out.

Well yeah, you just have to wait or drive. Or drive most of the way and take the train.

Hadn’t thought of train thank you for that suggestion. Anyone familiar with greyhound? Think it has bedbugs?

Bedbugs? Not sure why you would think that, never heard of that as an issue on buses.

Greyhound certainly not good, I wouldn't rely on it for any kind of connections, and going to get some interesting people on board with you, most likely. But they were acquired by Flixbus, who seem to know what they are doing from what I have read. I'd go with Amtrak though if possible and not canceled. In terms of flying, just look on Google Flights and see what's available to anywhere within 4-5 hours of home, then you can figure out the next step as you go, if you truly need to get back ASAP.

I am surprised you can't get a flight by tomorrow (Wednesday), things seem to be opening up with available tickets by then. Where are you in Florida, and are you going to NYC? Have you checked flights from all nearby airports?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t work from here. I’m in Florida. Live in NY. Driving is about 19 hours which is a lot for me. I was with a group but everyone else got out.

Well yeah, you just have to wait or drive. Or drive most of the way and take the train.

Hadn’t thought of train thank you for that suggestion. Anyone familiar with greyhound? Think it has bedbugs?

No, but it will have drug dealers. A lot of them. Most of them will be fine but don’t touch anyone else’s bag, especially if it’s a hardback suitcase.

[Anonymous]

If you only have carry-on, go to the aiport and ask an agent if you can go on standby. Decent chance there will be at least one no-show.

On most airlines (especially United), it shows how many are on the standby list when you chedck Flight Status on their site. That can give you some clues to your chances. For example, certain times of day will be lower demand, at least on normal days.

[Anonymous]

You could ask for standby to DCA or BWI or Philadelphia as well, and take Amtrak the rest of the way to NY.

[Anonymous]

You could see if they could book you to a city that’s close enough to drive home from. But I don’t know where you’re trying to go - NYC or Buffalo or Albany? Lots of travel got messed up this week, sorry.

[Anonymous]

Amtrak service in NE Corridor is still limited, but improving day by day.

Agree with the idea of flying to DCA or IAD and then taking any train that is running to NYC. IAD has many more flights today than DCA, but both are open.

[Anonymous]

Yes you need to be more assertive and try all sorts of routes. The last time this happened to me I spent hours glued to my phone on the airline app and also chatting with the airline agents at the same time to rebook. You have ti constantly refresh. Going to the airport to go standby to any area airport with a train or Amtrak connection as well - so that means NY, white plains, Philadelphia, Dulles, DCA, BWI, Boston. I wouldn’t try for a bus unless you see that the buses aren’t getting cancelled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t work from here. I’m in Florida. Live in NY. Driving is about 19 hours which is a lot for me. I was with a group but everyone else got out.

Well yeah, you just have to wait or drive. Or drive most of the way and take the train.

Hadn’t thought of train thank you for that suggestion. Anyone familiar with greyhound? Think it has bedbugs?

No, but it will have drug dealers. A lot of them. Most of them will be fine but don’t touch anyone else’s bag, especially if it’s a hardback suitcase.

Ok this is clearly not my wheelhouse. Will not be taking a bus.