20 year old daughter having to spend night at JFK airport.

I suspect autocorrect. Scheduling not signalling.

Still confused TBH by why the signaling word has been used at all….I guess at a stretch it might be used to describe in some really old fashioned way quaint way communications in general, but it’s not in the aviation vernacular in that context…the days of “sending a signal” or similar have long gone.

About the only context I actually can think off where “signaling” might be used would be at a techie level in discussions between the flight crew and engineers, not really the level of vocab that pilots, or the cabin crew or the ground crew go in to when telling passengers about delays…

Looking at the news and other reports I can see at least one legit reason why flights were delayed or cancelled ex-JFK on the 27th, but as for “signaling” think something has got lost in translation…

Maybe one of the guys who waves those paddles around on the tarmac called in sick 😂

Signalling where though? At the airport?

Never ever ever heard of “signaling failure” in my time in airline flying, sounds like a railway term TBH…

TBF if that was offered by ground crew they may well have been having a hard day and have been known to offer up vague/inexact terms.

What is undeniable is the weather up the eastern seaboard and elsewhere was really bad PM 27th (widespread thunderstorms) and there were lots of flights disrupted as a result, including many of JFK…so if your DD got stuck PM 27th I suspect that’s the reason.

Could there be a scam here ? Have you spoken to your daughter or just had a message ?

Second that. And I would have counted myself lucky that there was a vacancy over the Memorial Day Week-end.

Christ! I've just seen it was £440 for the room?! 😂

There's no way on earth I - or DH - would spend that on a room for our DD just to avoid a few boring slightly uncomfortable hours in a perfectly safe airport, regardless of how easily affordable it would be. Our daughter is 24 now and was off travelling around North America and then Asia herself at 20/21; I don't think she'd have even bothered to mention this issue, let alone accept spunking such a sum on a room.

If she was genuinely in danger obviously money would be no object in helping her sort the problem, but wow, £440 to avoid sitting in JFK? Bonkers!

I'd be reluctant to even spend company money on such an extortionately expensive room for just a few hours waiting at an airport when I'm away on business.

And yes, I would totally wince at the cost of the room, but I'd do it if I possibly could.

My daughter is 20. I would 100% help her in this situation. I would help my son out if he asked and he works for the police!

I know my mom would help me and I'm in my 50's!

There are some very harsh vipers on here.

You paid nearly FIVE HUNDRED QUID for a few hours in a hotel room rather than saying "Oh bad luck darling but I'm sure you'll be fine in the airport. Text me in the morning"?! You are an absolute mug OP.

American carriers flying within the US - i.e. not to/from the UK/EU - are not bound the same or similar rules that airlines in other countries/regions may be, though.

I have had multiple flights cancelled and rescheduled in the US and have never had any recompense beyond refunding or rebooking the ticket.

That includes with our US business travel agents tightening the thumb screws on them and me personally phoning and emailing the various airlines' customer services all over the world. With Delta, for example, if you're booked on a connection with them by Virgin Atlantic they'll send you to KLM customer services as they deal with their European codeshares and tickets.

I must have had at least 20+ long flight delays and cancellations within North America over the past decade on business.

Working on the assumption from the OP that we are talking about Monday 27th, PM into evening.,.

For info on the 27th the weather agencies such as NOAA were warning of widespread thunderstorms down most of the US eastern seaboard and westwords from Florida across towards Texas for much of the later part of the day.

That certainly translated into airspace closures and as a result what’s known as “ground stops” either for a whole airport or just for selected routes at places such as JFK.

As others have said EU rules/EU261 may not apply.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ground-stop-one-americas-busiest-airports-one-years-busiest-travel-weekends
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What was the actual reason? They often try to get away with that first to avoid paying out.

Yep, you won’t get homeless walking in off the street and going through security to airside.

One problem at some US airports is that the baggage belts can actually be landslide, which can make for some perhaps slightly misleading images.

As for Heathrow, there was at least one regular homeless man at LHR T5 who was pretty much adopted by the resident crew and staff ..but he was always very definitely landslide.

Sorry i meant stuck solo without their family … I worried enough when teens 🤦🏻‍♀️😆

That’s brilliant 😃 thank you for letting us know .. I have grown lads with families and if they was on their own I’d worry you know ? … so I can only imagine how worried you were ! Take care both 😉

For those saying US airlines don’t have to help, read this:
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/guide-eu261-flight-compensation/

although the U.K. isn’t in the EU anymore, this is one of the laws we kept, so it also covers the U.K.

They do if your flight departs or arrives in/ from the U.K. and EU I believe

That will be before departures though, not in the ticketed area.
certainly didn’t see it when I was at JFK in June 2023 or July 2022

If she can’t get a hotel then maybe the Chapel ,Prayer room is a good quiet place to kip for a bit. Keep passport and money etc close in clothes etc obs.