Flights and bad weather

[DogDaysNeverEnd]

Putting this in chat for traffic and because it might be useful to others...

Can anyone tell me what might happen with my flights tomorrow given that;

• Connecting flight from regional airport (Newcastle) to LHR then on to USA.
• Wind forecast gusts of 66mph, steady 30mph from the north at flight time (midday)
• Runway is E-W

There are earlier regional flights into LHR before the storm is forecast to hit, is there any chance I could get moved onto one of those in advance or do I have to wait for what I expect is the inevitable cancellation of my flight?

If the regional flight is cancelled what will happen?

Is there anything i can do, or do I just have to wait and see how it plays out? This is work travel and it's more faff to make changes than if it was up to me.

Thanks for any wise words.

If you are booked on one ticket so one booking Newcastle / LHR / USa then you are the airlines reposnsibility to reprotect / re route you . Yes I know of airlines that do put peple on earlier flights to avoid strikes/ bad weather but generally you need to be proactive! If you are booked on 2 separate tickets so 2 different ref numbers then I would try to get yourself on an earlier flight. NOte that if circumstances are beyond the airlines control =weather then you have no comeback .

Following, I'm on edinburgh to Gatwick tomorrow, not sure it'll happen and with a 16 month old in the mix I'm preparing for a trying day!

Thanks @Rosa . I'm on a through ticket. Check in opens soon so may try and get through to them to ask.

@Imisscoffee2021 good luck!

Luckily you're on a through ticket so they'll have to get you onto a new flight. We had a similar experience in a slightly snowy Paris a few weeks ago as we were returning from the ME and connecting to a Heathrow flight.

We had to stay overnight in Paris and in the end they put us on a BA flight the next day as all the Air France ones were full. They have just refunded the hotel, meals and overstay parking that we paid for but there was no compensation for the delay because it was due to weather.

I guess if i can't fly down then there will be no lost cost as such but wondering when I'll be able to go.

Just wish I could pre bump myself to the earlier departure. Thought I was being clever building in some recovery time before meetings but seems like I'll be lucky to get there!

Ugh, but then I didn't think about the lhr flight not being able to take off, so maybe they wouldn't want me the travel down anyway in case they then have to cover costs if the next leg is cancelled. Maybe lhr is more robust than ncl. I wish I knew what the weather would do...