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Hurricane Florence could cause an air travel disaster in the United States later this week.

Although some uncertainty remained on the The way Florence would take, it seemed more and more likely that the storm would reach the Atlantic coast by Friday.

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In addition to the possibility of disrupting flights at airports located along the coast, Florence could also disrupt flights in inland cities depending on the trajectory of the storm after arriving on shore.

All major airlines, with the exception of United serving the region, have implemented a flexible redistribution policy for flyers to airports likely to be on the way to Florence. It seemed likely that United would finally issue its own waiver.

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Southwest will allow customers to fly to six Carolinas and Virginia airports later this week to make a change to their tickets at no extra charge. Technically, Southwest never charges a change fee on its tickets, but the Florence waiver also allows eligible customers to make a change without having to pay a recalculated rate.

American has waived its change fees – which can cost $ 200 or more – to customers who purchased tickets for 23 airports in Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas.

While the derogations from Southwest to Florence were announced over the weekend, other major airlines opted for the rollout of tolls. This has attracted criticism from social media, who said they had to deal with change fees and rate differences while trying to change flights to face the storm.

American, Delta and United each of them was among the companies facing these questions via Twitter.

Delta is expected to release its derogation for Florence around 4 pm ET, said spokesman Anthony Black.

He added that Delta had also capped tariffs in the region to prevent prices from rising sharply as travelers rushed to reserve seats before the storm.

Airfares generally increase when flights are exhausted. Although this measure allows carriers to charge late-minute business travelers high fares, a ticket race in anticipation of an impending storm could also trigger a surge in prices. This has led to complaints of abuse in previous storms, a burden that airlines are eager to avoid. Many major airlines are now suspending the usual last-minute pricing schemes at such events.

Another airline, the low-cost airline Allegiant, warned on its website that Florence-related disruption was possible, but did not say it offered fee waivers for flights on the flight path. storm.

In the early afternoon, United had released a storm, but that was for tropical storm Olivia, which could affect flights to Hawaii. Similarly, Delta has published a waiver for Olivia, but not yet for Florence.

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