What should I do if my flight is canceled while traveling? What should I do if my itinerary cannot be carried out due to weather conditions?
You may encounter such a problem when traveling, that is, due to weather conditions, travel is basically impossible. At this time, you cannot go to your destination, and your vacation is ruined. What should you do at this time? ? The editor will tell you, take this time the Japanese typhoon affected the itinerary as an example. Be sure to buy travel insurance early
Most travel insurances will provide compensation when unexpected changes occur to the trip.
Travel change insurance means that during the insurance period, if the insured's itinerary changes due to an unexpected accident, the insurance company will bear the insurance liability for the travel expenses that the insured has paid in advance but has not been used and cannot be refunded. .
Natural disasters also count.
Let me take Japan this time as an example. If you purchase insurance before 5 o'clock on September 27, congratulations, you will be compensated even if you cannot fly due to a typhoon.
If the insurance is purchased after 5:00 on September 27, the insurance company will refuse to compensate for flight delays, cancellations, travel changes, etc. due to typhoons.
The reason is very simple. The path and landfall time of the typhoon have been determined. Isn’t it risky to buy insurance at this time?
SO, when you decide on your travel plan, buy the air ticket and make the reservation. After staying in the hotel, you can buy insurance. Let me take the Asia plan of American Asia Insurance as an example. The maximum compensation for travel changes is 3,000. The decision must be made early and the reference must be accurate
Typhoon Trami is headed for Japan, so the news on Japanese websites will be much more timely than domestic ones.
I know that my flight today will definitely not be possible, because the Kansai Airport has announced that the airport will be closed from 11 o'clock on the 30th to 6 o'clock on the 1st. The flight from Hangzhou to Osaka on September 29th circled around and then returned to Hangzhou. How could it be possible that it still flew?
In this case, my flight on the afternoon of the 30th did not need to go to the airport at all. .
But at this time, the domestic flight travel app still showed that everything was normal on the flight.
Based on information from overseas airport websites, typhoon path maps, and flight dynamics, I am 99% sure that I will definitely not be able to fly tomorrow’s ticket.
Since you can’t fly, then book your flight as early as possible. If you want to change your booking for another time, you should just change your destination. You need to operate quickly
Rescheduling is unreliable. The flight from Hangzhou to Osaka on September 29th was not successful. The flight on September 30th was canceled again. There were a full 300 passengers to deal with. One day How many seats are there for the A320?
What’s more, it’s the National Day holiday again, and the transportation capacity is already insufficient. There are also very few daily flights between Hangzhou and Osaka, and there is also a typhoon when connecting in Tokyo. We are traveling 6 large and 1 small, and we have to change to the same flight. Airplanes are even more difficult.
In this case, I just canceled it and went to another destination. Once you decide early, it's easy to be loss-free. Hyatt in Kyoto and IHG in Osaka both offer points-based rooms, and if you cancel 24 hours in advance, you will receive a full refund without any loss.
The meal was ordered by Centurion’s concierge. Although the cancellation time had passed, it was a natural disaster after all, and Japanese restaurants are quite reasonable. Centurion canceled the reservation even after a phone call.
The cancellation time for Ctrip chartered cars is also 24 hours in advance, so there is no pressure. The same goes for airport pick-up and drop-off.
As for the air ticket, I used ANA miles to purchase the ticket. Even if I had to cancel due to my own reasons, I would only need to deduct 3,000 miles, not to mention weather reasons, so there would be no damage.
The only thing I lost was the money for the Japanese visa. However, compared with insurance, insurance pays more.
Tips
When booking a trip in advance, there are inevitably many uncontrollable factors. In addition to insurance protection, you also need to pay more attention to the cancellation policies of these reservations.
For most hotel points rooms and C+P (points + cash) reservations, cancellations 24-48 hours in advance are non-destructive.
The refund, change and rebooking policies for mileage tickets, Y class, and two class classes will be better than those for other classes.
The refund and change policy for tickets purchased directly on the official website will be better than that for OTA tickets. For tickets purchased on the airline’s official website, if you want to cancel or change tickets, just contact the airline directly. However, for OTA tickets, you must contact an agent. , and then the agent contacted the airline, and the day lily became cold every time.
The convenience of ticket purchase, refund and change on Ctrip is significantly higher than that on other OTAs. Key points for making temporary travel arrangements
1. Hotel prices are more important than air ticket prices
Since it is National Day and it is a temporary arrangement, you must be prepared for sky-high prices for air tickets and hotels. The first thing to look at is the hotel. After all, you have to stay in the hotel for many nights, and the air ticket is just a round trip. I finally chose two destinations, Chengdu and Guangzhou. In Guangzhou, because there is an negotiated price of 500 tax including tax at the Westin at the Canton Fair, rooms are available on November 1, and I am Marriott Platinum. At the same time, if you want to live well, Guangzhou Park Hyatt C+P and Pure P also have rooms. Points-based rooms won’t have sky-high prices. After looking around in Chengdu, I found that the hotel prices in Chengdu are also pretty good. The Fairmont Palm Springs (550), the First Renaissance (700), and the Intercontinental Century City (600) all have negotiated prices. If not, the C3 Grand Hyatt is 12,000. I can accept it.
Negotiated price, points room, FHR, Xianyu, etc... are all solutions for temporary travel
2. Where is the cheapest ticket to buy temporarily
Days like National Day , and it is a temporary trip. It is almost impossible to buy very cheap air tickets. I can only buy relatively cheap air tickets. So, how to buy relatively cheap air tickets depends on the transportation capacity. Hangzhou-Guangzhou, Hangzhou-Shenzhen, Hangzhou-Beijing, there are many flights every day, and there are not many business routes (there will be fewer business passengers on holidays). Anyway, it is easy to find some cheap air tickets during the holidays. And if you want to fly to Lijiang, Shangri-La, or Xishuangbanna, there is no chance. In addition, there have been a lot of outbound flights these days. The reason why I had no choice is that all outbound flights are for outbound flights, and I didn’t want to fly for too long with my baby.
3. Relaxation, comfort and reasonable arrangements are very important
If you are traveling temporarily and you are traveling with a baby, the flight time should not exceed 3 hours. It needs to be a direct flight without connecting flights, the air ticket price cannot be too expensive, and the hotel selection cannot be too poor. To sum up, we finally chose Guangzhou. When we arrived in Guangzhou, we rented a car and went to Shunde and Foshan nearby, and continued our leisurely trip to eat and drink. If you can speak Chinese, you don’t need to make any guides. I’ll just ask you to recommend some delicious places to me when the time comes. As for the hotel, I still gritted my teeth and settled on the Guangzhou Park Hyatt. I need to be reserved as a Hyatt fan should, and not settle for the Westin just for a small price difference. It is said that you can see your slim waist in the room of Guangzhou Park Hyatt, which is quite worth looking forward to. After all these arrangements are made, it’s time to proceed with the routine operations, including booking airport transfers with credit cards, booking restaurants with Centurions, and room upgrades with suite coupons. Crowds of people are unavoidable when traveling domestically, but using some rights wisely can make your trip more comfortable.