"If are offering you a travel waiver where they will change your ticket for free, no charge, and put you on a couple of days later after the storm, get on it now while there are still seats available, if there are still seats available" DiScala said. United Airlines: No change fee for scheduled flights between Dec 22 and Dec.Southwest Airlines: No change fee for scheduled flights between Dec.American Airlines: No change fee for scheduled flights between Dec.
Stay home or in your hotel, then travel."Īs of Monday night, several major carriers offered changes to certain itineraries for no fee. "Get on it now save yourself a miserable experience. "If you go to the airport and the flight keeps getting delayed and then canceled, all those seats that were going to be taken for a few days later are going to be gone," said travel influencer John DiScala, who runs the travel website Johnny Jet However, flight delays and cancellations caused by the winter storm could leave passengers stranded, and scrambling to find new tickets. iA4HSVlWZQ- NWS Chicago DecemWhat to Know if You're Flying this WeekĪccording to the Chicago Department of Aviation, approximately 2.9 million travelers are expected to pass through O'Hare and Midway International Airports between Dec. Dangerous cold will continue through the holiday weekend. Wind chill readings will drop to near -30F as early as Fri morning. It is going to be dangerously cold not only after the snow ends, but also as heavy snow and potentially blizzard conditions are ongoing. Wind chill readings are expected to drop near -30 as early as Friday morning. Major impacts are expected from the snowstorm throughout the day Friday.Įxpect heavy snow, strong and damaging winds, difficult or near-impossible travel conditions and dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills. This marks the time when it could could generate blizzard conditions and is expected to "severely" impact travel. The intense winter storm is expected to be widespread at this point. Icy roads could add to the hazardous conditions as temperatures rapidly fall. "Power outages will also be possible as a result of strong damaging wind gusts to 55 mph," it states. The alert warns that "falling and blowing snow may result in white out conditions with zero visibility at times, making travel extremely difficult, if not impossible." Things will "rapidly" worsen heading into Thursday afternoon, with snow growing more widespread and becoming stronger.Ī winter storm watch for Lake, DuPage, Kankakee, Cook and Will counties in Illinois, and Lake, Porter, Newton and Jasper counties in northwest Indiana, was also moved up, now beginning Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.Īccording to forecasters, the timing of the intensity was originally later, but new models show "slightly faster arrival of deteriorating conditions Thursday afternoon." Those counties include: McHenry, DeKalb, Kane, LaSalle, Kendall and Grundy. Marking a change Tuesday morning, a winter storm watch was moved up for some counties to as early as Thursday morning. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here.Īccording to the most recent predictions, snow is expected to begin Thursday morning, though it won't be the most intense.
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