6 real-life strategies you can use when your flight is canceled or delayed

Between staffing shortages, winter weather and the complications due to the coronavirus pandemic, flight cancellations are an unfortunate reality of traveling right now. On Monday, Jan. 3, more than 2,000 flights to, from and within the U.S. were canceled — and disruptions are likely to continue.Around the internet and on social media, it’s not hard to find lofty advice on how to make the most out of cancellations and lengthy delays — such as finding fine print loopholes or gaming the system. While the idea of demanding a voucher for the cost of your flight or scoring a swanky stay at a nearby hotel at the airline’s expense sounds great, that’s rarely the reality of what happens when your flight is canceled or delayed.Here are the real-life strategies TPG staffers use to deal with flight hiccups.Using FlightAware to get aheadWhile there is no way to predict which flights will be canceled or delayed, you can sometimes get a heads up before everyone else by monitoring flights on sites like FlightAware.Source: The Pointsguy.com