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

i did this too after camp america, but there was a group of us, and we kept being woken by the cleaners, my own dm did this at an airport somewhere!

The airline should've covered the cost surely? Don't assume your travel insurance will - they rely on you taking other options first.

My dd got stuck abroad because of a cancelled flight and her travel insurance said she had to put a claim in with the airline first and they would top up if she was out of pocket.

This website is great.

Used it in Athens airport where I had a late (cheap) flight in and a very early flight out to one of the islands. There would not have been enough time to get to a hotel so a night on the floor was the only real alternative. Security announcements every hour but I did snatch some sleep and useful to know when the coffee shop opened.

The US recently (within the last few weeks) legislated that delayed flights require compensation to passengers. Make sure you follow up on this!!!

I hope she was OK. This is what I've done before on layovers. You're barely asleep usually. It would be unusual to see anyone at an airport properly sleeping. Mainly people slump and rest in the early hours.

Anytime I've been delayed overnight rather than just on a layover in the early hours of the morning I've been able to get a hotel room from the airline.

No help, but god, I wish I could apologise to my mother for what I put her through when I was that age! Mind you, she didn't usually find out til afterwards.....I feel for you,@DaughterStranded 🩷

She’s 20 she’ll be fine.
many a time I’ve slept on a beach while travelling between spots.
well versed with airport floors and passport in the old bra.
give her some credit and have some faith.

Ahhhh! To be young, wild, and free! We’ve all been there. My DH spent a night in a Central American airport at that age and was fine. I myself have had to spend 8 hours at a Colombian airport when I was that age… I was fine. It’s an airport! There’s security EVERYWHERE.

Since I was 18 ive slept in airport floors so many times....she'll never sleep. Airport is usually open until late at night and then between midnight ajd 4am there's lots of staff still kicking about and plenty other people who are trying to sleep. But you just keep hearing beeping and alarms. . And shops re open at 4am and it gets super busy with arrivals for morning flight departures. She's young....she doesn't need sleep. She could sit in an Internet cafe and sleep on the next flight

I’ve spent nights in airports before it’s all apart of being young

have a tendency to think that 'young people these days' are overly anxious, unable to accept things they can't control, and just generally lacking in resilience.

I agree.

Presumably she’s inside the terminal not on a bench in the pickup area. She’ll be fine.

Jesus woman, let her grow up.

She's an adult you know. She'll be able to navigate her way around and it will be the making of her. Not like she's in a country where she can't speak the language. Get a grip.

You need a hobby.

My son (32) has travelled all over, solo or with friends. There's mobiles now, which is not the case when I was travelling.

I spent nights in airports, bus stations, and train stations when I was that age and younger. My parents would not have been at all worried if they had known. Coping with inconvenience can be tiring and strange, but it's part of life, in my opinion, and actually helps us not to assume that things are supposed to run smoothly. I do think that my kids' friends sometimes have trouble telling the difference between that minor inconveniences and deeply troubling threats.

I would class a night in JFK as an inconvenience, but perfectly safe.

I'm a grumpy old person though, and have a tendency to think that 'young people these days' are overly anxious, unable to accept things they can't control, and just generally lacking in resilience. (Not implying that any of these descriptions applies to the OP's daughter though, of course!!!!)

Well I slept in Newark airport at that age, just put valuables in clothes and lay on bag. There were only cleaning staff and some security. I felt safe. This was a while ago tho.

Yup… this. If it’s mechanical or something else the airlines are pretty good. If it’s weather you are at the mercy if someone wants to do something for you.

one of the busy travel holidays in the states every where is packed with people traveling;it might take more time

What US airlines are legally required to do with weather-related delays is zippo. However, agents sometimes have leeway and will give vouchers for hotels and meals at their own discretion. I’ve gotten those multiple times when many passengers were being rude and I was simply polite and understanding.

Which airline? Took me a little while to find this summary from a lawyer in instagram that posts about delays etc

https://erika.com/flight-delay-compensation/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=stories&utm_campaign=contentdistribution&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZbcaxOZ3NCzHlKx9E8ZvTmA_szMremjVIXGXRZ2NwaBnZKWFe7vARi9ys_aem_AV5puYK9EGvelWztjwHHplZoO3HhiP8DIaqb1ZNi0i15d454RKGfKGT6an9yuPXZV62UTb9UwK0Php0dO4Oir3Ek

I slept in much worse places than a busy airport 😂. She’d have been fine. Valuable zipped inside your clothes, sleeping on your case in an area with staff around at most times. It’s an airport. People sleep in them all the time!

She’ll be much more comfy at the hotel of course, but this sort of thing really isn’t something to panic over.

That’s really neat!

I actually treated myself to a day pass at the TWA when I had a long transit time. It's expensive, but the hotel is awesome; possibly too late now for a swim but if she can, she should. Even if not swimming tell her to head up to the pool and roof bar to watch the planes and at least get some enjoyment out of the expense.

@Ohnobackagain It is worth checking. But there is way less protection than we have under the EU. We had to sleep on an airport one night as the airline did not have to give us anything as the flight was delated due to bad weather. There were lots of others sleeping there as well.

Does she not have travel insurance? That would usually cover an hotel room.

But no, she’s no more likely to be robbed at JFK than she would be at LHR.