Winter Weather Can Disrupt. Here’s What To Do If Your Flight Is Canceled

A digital display shows cancelled flights in the Southwest Airlines luggage area, December 28, 2022 at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. – The perfect storm of fierce snow squalls, howling wind and sub-zero temperatures forced the cancellation of thousands of flights in recent days, including around 5,900 on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to tracking site FlightAware.com. Most of the cancellations on December 27-28 were at Southwest Airlines, which pulled more than 60 percent of its flights due to cascading logistics issues. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Winter weather is causing flight delays and cancellations. Experts have tips on what to do when your itinerary gets scrambled by a storm. Airlines are required to provide refunds for customers whose flights are canceled for any reason. Airlines will try to put you on a later flight, but that depends on the availability of open seats. Go ahead and ask if the airline will book you on another carrier. They aren’t required to, but some airlines will on a case-by-case basis. Airlines also aren’t required to cover lodging and meals for passengers who are stranded, although the Biden administration is trying to change that.