<p>R124687, obviously you can’t fly to New Haven from Atlanta. What I said was, and cangel and others said it more precisely I see, is that she should get to Atlanta, which is a huge airport, and then fly north tomorrow from there to whatever of several airports she can, whether Philadelphia, LGA, or EWR. From either city she can figure out a way to take the train to New Haven if flight connection is not feasible. Philadelphia is a USAir hub, but also happens to have a big train station. One can fly into all three of the NY-area airports from Atlanta, I think–which then leaves open the possibility of catching a train to New Haven once you make your way into the city.</p>
<p>I think I would still have her call Yale and advise them her flight has been cancelled. There will be others who cannot get there with the weather and I bet some rescheduling will be going on. Perhaps she can at least get them to move her interview to later in the day. They saw something in her to grant her an interview, I bet they’ll try to make it happen. </p>
<p>Amtrak also runs from Boston to New Haven and Boston is not expected to get as much as some of the other options. Good luck.</p>
<p>Amtrak runs trains out of NY Penn Station to New Haven about every hour to hour and a half through 7:30 p.m. After that it seems that first train out on Friday 2/12 is 3:10, getting in to New Haven at 4 something. I suspect there are more flights into NY than Philadelphia, but if she gets to Philadelphia as originally planned and takes train to Penn Station she will not have to change stations–may not even have to change trains! If NYC is reachable tomorrow by air, then New Haven will almost surely reachable by train. MetroNorth does have trains out of Grand Central to NH but site (mta) isn’t working at the moment.</p>
<p>The reservation line gave up trying to find her a way to Phil, NY, or Hartford. From Atl or Mem. Aaarrggh. I’ll have her call Yale .</p>
<p>What about flying out of Charlotte, also a USAir Hub–flights to LGA and EWR and presumably PHI cancelled today but maybe tomorrow available if she can get to Charlotte from MEM</p>
<p>Or flying from Atlanta to Boston as my-3-sons suggested, then taking train south to NH instead of north from NY or Philadephia–that was a clever idea.</p>
<p>How about MEM to LGA on USair going through Charlotte and Buf, leave MEM at 6 a.m. get to LGA at 2:06, then train to New Haven, and keep the original return?</p>
<p>BTW, the one way MEM to LGA is $251</p>
<p>Gonna try Boston now. NY was a no go. All booked.</p>
<p>Metro North runs commuter trains from Grand Central Station to New Haven also…much less expensive and also about once an hour (or less). The Metro North site is working now. Just google Metro North.</p>
<p>Well, D got a very nice lady on the phone at the med school who says they will work with her on her interview. (Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.) Time to dial the stress level back a bit. Still trying Boston.</p>
<p>What about Hartford airport? then bus to new haven</p>
<p>glad they r accommodating.</p>
<p>I’m starting to worry about flights to pittsburgh tomorrow</p>
<p>For a minor fortune there appears to be a Delta non-stop from Memphis to Boston tonight. Any chance of that working? She could then take Amtrak to New Haven tomorrow and original flights back to Memphis.</p>
<p>It has just begun to snow in Boston. Still doable, but I don’t know for how long.</p>
<p>4 different airlines have flights from atl to Hartford, each with one stop (Charlotte, Greenville, etc); I don’t know where C’s dtr is now, but perhaps some Conn people can chime in about this airport and transportation to NH</p>
<p>Curm- hi, I am at the Philly airport at a hotel. I am a very experienced traveler and I’ve never seen anything like this.
I came in town Sunday for work Monday and Tuesday, with a flight Tuesday pm. On Monday night, United cancelled (I think that’s very unusual to cancel so far in advance) and put us on Wed am. Subsequently they recancelled and put us on Wed pm. The recancelled, Thurs pm. We got on USAir and booked Wed pm. That was cancelled and rescheduled til Friday. Meanwhile, United cancelled yet again and put us on a Friday flight. My business partner is a very high mileage flyer and got us on flights for tomorrow but we are keeping the USAir flights on Friday til we know we’ve gotten out. </p>
<p>We are experienced, high mileage travelers. We looked into driving to other cities or even taking the train to Chicago. We have admin staff who can call and get us in hotels. We have the money to deal with this (we are spending $300/night x 2 nights x 2 people). I have never seen delays like this, ever. The east coast and Midwest are paralyzed. I would not send an inexperienced traveler out to deal with this. I think she needs to reschedule and only a jerk wouldn’t understand. </p>
<p>NY and Phila public schools are closed. This is just not the time. Sorry to be a downer but I, with all the resorces at my disposal, am cooling my heels at an airport hotel wearing the same clothes for days on end. It’s not happening. I haven’t seen a single plane take off through my window.</p>
<p>Other airports in warm weather locations being open isn’t the point. The planes are out of alignment and not where they need to be. It will take several days for then to realign.</p>
<p>Stand down , folks. The med school has come through with flying colors. Now to cancel and re-book through one of the discounters (air and hotel). That should be fun. D actually just got off the phone with the Dean of Admissions. :eek: </p>
<p>Pizzagirl, I’m so glad my D isn’t dealing with what you are dealing with. She’s probably flown 30 times solo and all over but …not like this.</p>
<p>I can’t began to tell y’all how much I appreciate all of you. Great job by all. Thank you very much. (Edit: On Hold to cheaptickets for 10 minutes and counting. This gonna be fun. I can already tell. )</p>
<p>Glad Mudgette will be able to reschedule. She REALLY does not want to head this way right now. </p>
<p>I have a niece who’s supposed to fly to BOS tomorrow for a huge debate tournament in Cambridge. Hmmm…the only saving grace is that Boston hasn’t had the huge storms we’ve had in the mid-Atlantic so there is less snow already accumulated.</p>
<p>Just for anyone else offering Amtrak options, better check on seats. Usually when airports in the NE are snowed in, Amtrak seats are sold out immediately. I would not assume that rail is automatically an option.</p>
<p>Thumper:</p>
<p>You will have no problem Hartford to Baltimore on Saturday – unless there’s another blizzard coming. The airports will be open by tomorrow afternoon. Actually, I suspect most will be operational tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Curm-- glad to hear it. I’m really not stressed --just inconvenienced. But it would be very stressful for a young woman who is less traveled. I told you they’d understand! This falls into “acts of God.”</p>