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Hurricane Matthew: Airline Change Policies

By Jason Cochran

  Published: Oct 04, 2016

  Updated: Aug 23, 2018

With Hurricane Matthew scraping across the Southeast U.S. coast, the airlines serving the region have issued change fee waivers to help travelers get out of the way.
These could change as conditions do (and they may, since one prediction track has Matthew potentially looping around to strike twice), so click the name of any airline to be taken directly to its updated policy page:
Alaska Airlines: If your travel was from Oct. 4 to Oct. 7.
Allegiant: No official policy yet. "Call Customer Care at 702-505-8888 for available options."
American Airlines: For travel through Oct. 7.
Delta Air Lines: For travel through Oct. 6 or 9, depending on the city.
Frontier Airlines: For travel through Oct. 8, can rebook through Oct. 29.
JetBlue: For travel through Oct. 9. Can rebook through Oct. 16.
Southwest Airlines: For travel through Oct. 7 or 8, depending on the city. Can rebook until 14 days after original flight date.
Spirit Airlines: For travel through Oct. 7 or 8, depending on the city.
United Airlines: For travel through Oct. 9, depending on the city.
Virgin America: For travel through Oct. 7. Can rebook through Nov. 16.
Unless noted, the airlines expect disrupted passengers to finish their rescheduled travel by about Oct. 12 or 14.