U.S. airlines are cautioning passengers and waiving change fees ahead of a massive winter storm expected to barrel through the eastern half of the country later this week.
According to the National Weather Service, the storm will drop snow and freezing rain from Texas to New England between Friday and Monday. The Upper South, including parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, is most likely to see widespread heavy snow and dangerous ice, NWS analysts said.
Several large airlines have alerted passengers to the storm system and are waiving change fees to help them switch flights if needed. Each has its own conditions for changing flights, though at least four – United, Delta, American, and Spirit – all allow free changes for flights scheduled Jan. 23-25.
Each airline also has its own list of affected airports, mostly in the South and Mid-Atlantic. American lists 34 airports, Delta 41, United 26, and Spirit 13.
Atlanta, Austin, Texas, Charlotte, North Carolina, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Memphis, and Nashville in Tennessee, Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina, and San Antonio appear on all or most of the lists, with many smaller cities also named.
