Am I going to have problems flying to Florida this Saturday?

[Anonymous]

My oracle says saturday should be ok.

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Anonymous wrote:You'll be fine. Ignore the scaremongering.

Agree that OP is more likely than not fine for her current flight, but it's foolish to not even acknowledge the situation and that the forecast is still quite fluid. It's hardly "scaremongering."

And it’s not a local snow event. It’s a monstrous storm that’s covering much of the southeast. OP’s flight is scheduled for right when it’s supposed to start snowing in the DC region, but the storm will be on day 2 of disrupting flights at that point.

Florida flights tend to just be between 2 cities. I fly there all the time and the same planes just make roundtrips all day long.

That's simply not true across the board. Here's a Southwest flight going from BWI to West Palm Beach right now.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n8787k

Last two days:

Las Vegas-Nashville-Phoenix-Chicago-BWI-West Palm Beach

Do you understand the word "tend"? Did you read the post where it said "tend"?

Well you presented zero evidence to back your claim. I know a lot about airplane operations and your description is not accurate from what I know about how they plan their network. Planes bounce around A LOT all over the network for a lot of reasons

[Anonymous]

NP here, piggybacking on the post -- my family is supposed to fly down to Orlando on Friday and come back Monday evening. Debating whether to cancel the trip or not. Flying down should be fine, and I'm feeling like the airports will be open again by Monday evening, but it's hard to know how messed up the flight schedules and airplane positioning will be. Also, it feels possible that we wouldn't be able to drive back to our house on Monday depending on plowing; I checked my facebook memories from the 2016 big storm, and it took two full days after the snow stopped before we were plowed out. Any thoughts? My family would much rather be having fun and being warm in Orlando, but we also don't want to get caught in a mess coming home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here, piggybacking on the post -- my family is supposed to fly down to Orlando on Friday and come back Monday evening. Debating whether to cancel the trip or not. Flying down should be fine, and I'm feeling like the airports will be open again by Monday evening, but it's hard to know how messed up the flight schedules and airplane positioning will be. Also, it feels possible that we wouldn't be able to drive back to our house on Monday depending on plowing; I checked my facebook memories from the 2016 big storm, and it took two full days after the snow stopped before we were plowed out. Any thoughts? My family would much rather be having fun and being warm in Orlando, but we also don't want to get caught in a mess coming home.

I choose option 3: See if you can push your return flight to Tuesday and extend the long weekend, since schools will likely be closed on Tuesday too. 😊

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here, piggybacking on the post -- my family is supposed to fly down to Orlando on Friday and come back Monday evening. Debating whether to cancel the trip or not. Flying down should be fine, and I'm feeling like the airports will be open again by Monday evening, but it's hard to know how messed up the flight schedules and airplane positioning will be. Also, it feels possible that we wouldn't be able to drive back to our house on Monday depending on plowing; I checked my facebook memories from the 2016 big storm, and it took two full days after the snow stopped before we were plowed out. Any thoughts? My family would much rather be having fun and being warm in Orlando, but we also don't want to get caught in a mess coming home.

I would go and if bad weather, they'll likely give you the option to change your flight home. Can you come home later than Monday? I think school will be canceled if there's a big storm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP here, piggybacking on the post -- my family is supposed to fly down to Orlando on Friday and come back Monday evening. Debating whether to cancel the trip or not. Flying down should be fine, and I'm feeling like the airports will be open again by Monday evening, but it's hard to know how messed up the flight schedules and airplane positioning will be. Also, it feels possible that we wouldn't be able to drive back to our house on Monday depending on plowing; I checked my facebook memories from the 2016 big storm, and it took two full days after the snow stopped before we were plowed out. Any thoughts? My family would much rather be having fun and being warm in Orlando, but we also don't want to get caught in a mess coming home.

I choose option 3: See if you can push your return flight to Tuesday and extend the long weekend, since schools will likely be closed on Tuesday too. 😊

I like the way you (and the other person who responded) think! We are working out a backup plan to return on Tuesday. Will still check the forecast tomorrow to make sure it doesn’t feel too irresponsible to go, but we are hopeful.