'Planes are incredibly full these days, especially heading into the holidays,' said Potter in an email. Kyle Potter, editor of Thrifty Traveler, said if travelers are worried about getting out before the storm sweeps through, they should change flights now. And American Airlines said Tuesday it will waive fees to change flights for passengers scheduled to fly Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to or from the airports in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Traverse City.

Southwest Airlines began offering waivers to travelers for flights departing and arriving in the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Chicago airports through Dec. Other affected airports include Baltimore Boston Cleveland New York and Philadelphia. Spirit is waiving its modification charge for those traveling Thursday through Saturday out of Detroit Metro Airport, one of several airports. The majority, 3.2 million, will travel by car while nearly 200,000 will fly, said AAA. If the winter storm impacts our region as expected, our airfield operations and maintenance crews will be working around the clock to maintain our runways and taxiways.Īccording to AAA, more than 3.5 million people are expected to travel this holiday weekend, a 3% increase over last year. 'Right now, we’re monitoring the forecast. “At Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, we prepare all year for snow season,' said Erica Donerson, a representative with the Wayne County Airport Authority. The waivers allow travelers scheduled to fly over the next several days to move flights up or back without paying change fees or otherwise hefty fare differences. American, United, Southwest, and JetBlue also have issued weather waivers, according to Thrifty Traveler, a travel website.

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