American, Delta, United and others offer Hurricane Florence fee waiver

This
Sept. 10, 2018, GOES East satellite image provided by NOAA shows
Hurricane Florence as it threatens the U.S. East
Coast.
NOAA via
AP

• Hurricane Florence is
  expected to make landfall on Thursday along the coast of
  North and South Carolina. There is now a mandatory
  evacuation for coastal areas in the path of the 130 mph
  storm. 
• Airlines are preparing for disruption to air travel
  caused by Florence.
• American, Delta, United, JetBlue, Spirit, and Frontier Airlines are
  all offering fee waivers for ticket holders who need to make
  changes to their reservations. 

Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall on Thursday
along the coast of North and South Carolina. If current forecasts
hold up, Florence could be the most
powerful storm to ever make landfall north of Florida. There
is now a mandatory evacuation for coastal areas in the path of
the storm. 

Air travel to and from parts of the Southeastern United States is
expected to be severely impacted over the next few
days. 

Major airports such as Charlotte Douglas International and
Raleigh-Durham International look to be in the storm’s projected
path inland. However, the storm is unlikely to be a hurricane by
the time it reaches the two airports. 

American has not yet canceled any flights due to the hurricane,
an airline spokesperson told Business Insider, but the airline is
monitoring to storm as it approaches its fortress hub in
Charlotte. 

Delta Air Lines announced on
Monday that it is preemptively capping prices for select
coastal and inland airports from Savannah, Georgia all the way
north to Richmond, Virginia.

American Airlines has not formally capped prices, but the
spokesman did tell us that its team is “closely monitoring
fares in markets that will be impacted by these storms.”

In addition, Almost all major airlines operating in the region
including American, Delta, United, JetBlue, Spirit, and Frontier
have all issued fee waivers for ticket holders who need to make
changes to their reservations. 

According to the National Weather Service, the storms currently
boasts sustained winds of 130 mph as a Category 4 hurricane.
Hurricane force winds have been recorded as far as 60 miles away
from the eye of the storm while tropical storm for winds can be
found as far as 170 miles away. The NWS also expects
“life-threatening storm surge along the coast” and up to 30
inches of rainfall in some parts. 

Click here for United’s travel waiver
information.

Click here for American’s travel waiver
information.

Click here for  Delta’s travel waiver
information.

Click here for JetBlue’s travel waiver
information.

Click here for Frontier’s travel waiver information.

Click here for Spirit’s travel waiver
information.