<p>I have no idea why, but Northwest canceled my son’s 4 p.m. flight our of Boston today “due to weather” and they canceled it literally hours before it started snowing. I was just checking the status online and saw they had canceled it.<br>
The next available flight is Monday evening! I spent over an hour on hold with them before we finally got him re-booked. I am not a happy mom (or NWA customer). Hope everyone else has better luck.</p>
<p>over30, I’m so sorry. So far so good here. DS is at Logan and bag is checked in for 4:45pm flight. American still says it will go. Yup, they cancelled hours before the snow started.<br>
Not sure if makes a difference but lots of American flights go through DFW so bad weather in ORD doesn’t affect them. NW may have cancelled because the flight couldn’t get to Boston.<br>
I know I won’t feel good about any of it until he is on the plane and it is in the air.</p>
<p>I figured it was because the plane couldn’t get to Boston. Many of them go through Detroit.</p>
<p>Alaska cancelled the flight out of SEA to BOS due to BOS weather (it is sunny and flyable in SEA), and of course, without a plane in BOS, the return flight is cancelled, too. JetBlue is still a go, so I’m a bit mad at myself. OTOH, D was still working on her essays last night…</p>
<p>Never mind DS got to the airport, checked bag, etc. and then they cancelled flight.
Luckily his dorm doesn’t close. The freshman dorms close so not sure what those kids are doing.
I rebooked for Sunday pm but am now trying to rebook for Monday because I don’t trust that the Sunday flight will go either.
Sigh.</p>
<p>ebeeeee, so sorry he did not make it! The dang JetBlue still shows that the today’s flight is “delayed”! D says it snows hard at her place. What a PAIN!</p>
<p>The JetBlue flight just took off from BOS! Rats. At least D enjoyed her first collegiate traying experience. I hope the tomorrow’s flight will be able to land at SEA (we’ve been promised high winds and snow).</p>
<p>Our kid flies from Winston Salem to the dreaded Charlotte Airport and then to Hartford on December 24. Of course there is snow forecast for that day and Charlotte cancels MORE flights than any other airport in this country…for no apparent reason. It’s not supposed to snow in Charlotte…and they DO plow the runways here. Hope DS makes it Christmas eve.</p>
<p>Sorry everyone’s in the same boat. I canceled the NWA flight altogether and booked him on another airline, leaving Boston Sunday afternoon. Hope that one works!</p>
<p>And it’s 60 degrees here! Hard to imagine all that snow.</p>
<p>over30
I went ahead last night and cancelled my BOS Sunday departure for DS. Just didn’t want to take a chance again and if that flight got cancelled then Mondays would be full. So now with any luck he will be here Monday night and American bumped him to first class in order to get him on Monday’s flight.<br>
I was on the phone for 45 minutes and sweet as pie to the ticket agent the whole time.<br>
(Not my usual nature believe me!).</p>
<p>Good move, ebeee. We’re expecting more snow/sleet/rain/ice on Sunday here in the Boston area. But Monday should be clear.</p>
<p>over30… maybe it will still work out, it is supposed to be more rain along the coast (ie Boston) and snow inland) :/</p>
<p>DS is working at the Patriots game on Sunday. Sounds like more fun than it is, especially if the weather is miserable.</p>
<p>I hope so. If he doesn’t get home on Monday I’ll really be bummed. In the meantime, he is in an empty dorm for three days but he has microwave, heat, his own bed, a freezer full of food and his own computer so all is well.
I’m wondering about parents of freshmen where dorms close. Everyone okay out there?</p>
<p>I hear it is still snowing in Boston. Has anyone’s kid gotten home since Friday afternoon?</p>
<p>DD drove from NH to CT today (western part of CT)…she said the driving was fine.</p>
<p>Alaska took off from BOS just fine today. @$%^& JetBlue flight got delayed for 2 hours, then it got even WORSE. I’m sitting at home, dog-tired after running errands all day long, and don’t even know if my D is going to be home tonight!!! The plane is in the AIR! On the JetBlue’s website the flight status is shown as “delayed”. According to one flight tracker, the flight is currently 400+ miles west from Boston, 34,000 feet in the air. According to the other flight tracker, the plane is diverted to another airport!!! Local airport’s arrivals website says the flight is supposed to land on time. Arrrgh!</p>
<p>Son’s friend had a flight out of Boston today that was cancelled and she was rebooked for tomorrow. I don’t know what airline. Son said there’s more snow forecast tomorrow. His friend is staying the night in his dorm since her dorm (at another college) is closed.
I wonder if he’ll ever get home?</p>
<p>It did snow here lightly all day today (Saturday), tomorrow is supposed to be yucky (mixed wintery bag). So sorry for all of you waiting for your kids to get home for the holidays. On the bright side, Monday & Tuesday are supposed to be clear!</p>
<p>BB did she get home?</p>
<p>ebeeeee, no 
Their flight made a 90-degree turn and landed elswhere! Seatac shut down because of high winds and snow! We’ve never had a winter like this here in Western WA since I moved here a couple of decades ago! So D’s travel saga continues this morning…</p>
<p>Well, BB, at least she got out of Boston. It’s snowing to beat the band again - or maybe I should say still… it hasn’t stopped since Friday afternoon. we’ve got a foot plus on the ground, and they haven’t plowed our neighborhood since Friday night. </p>
<p>ebeeee, did yours get home?</p>