If you are faced with a natural disaster on the horizon, don't panic, follow this advice from a well seasoned traveler. First, make sure that you have a plane. If your plane is not in bad weather chances are you will have a plane to board. Your flight may be late, real late, but you will fly.
If you are going to reschedule, choose the earliest flight out. Airlines delay first, then cancel. They NEVER reschedule a flight. They reschedule your ticket. So the earliest flight always fly.
2. Know your locator numberS!
If you are flying a "partner" airline (American & Alaskan Air) you will be given two separate locator numbers. The locator number is your golden key, it is the only way the airlines know who you are. Despite common sense telling you that there computer systems are synched, this is the airlines, assume idiots and little communication. United and it's Continental merger is horrible. The United help desk couldn't even look me up in there system. If I would have had both numbers, I would have been golden.
3. Make nice with the help.
Yelling only irritates the gate and flight attendants. I have so mellowed out, I can still deliver the salvos when needed but Try not too. They are the lowest paid airline employees, self actualization is retributive smackdown to the loudmouth.
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