Irma.. Nonrevs Beware..

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Flights to and from many of those islands were already cancelled, or were likely going to be. For Wednesday, about 85 flights – or more than 40% of the day’s schedule – had been grounded at San Juan’s airport, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. The San Juan airport is the busiest in Puerto Rico.

On Tuesday, American Airlines canceled its normal schedules to the islands of St. Kitts and St. Maarten, but added flights earlier in the day to help people leave prior to Irma’s arrival.
Travelers should stay on top of Irma’s track and be prepared for widespread disruptions throughout the northern Caribbean. By the weekend, the storm appeared likely to affect South Florida and the Bahamas, though the precise track remained uncertain.
The hurricane will blast the northern Caribbean with flooding rain, damaging winds and rough surf over the next few days, AccuWeather warned, bringing life-threatening conditions to the islands.

We're watching closely.
Our trip to DR on Monday will likely be rescheduled. GRRRRRR

Update...Price Gouging..

Irma is an unruly passenger.
Some airlines sent empty planes to Florida and the Caribbean to bring passengers home ahead of the hurricane, while others issued change waivers and capped ticket prices.
After spiking demand for domestic flights out of Miami drove prices as high as $3,000 on some websites, the airlines faced a flurry of online criticism and moved to address the issue.
A tweet from an Arizona public relations professional who spotted a soaring ticket price on Expedia racked up tens of thousands of retweets and likes.

The woman later tweeted that Delta had reached out to her and resolved the issue — but she wasn't the only one spotting eye-popping fares.


JetBlue said it was capping ticket prices at $99 and $159, as well as waiving cancellation and fare difference fees for passengers evacuating from affected Florida cities in advance of the hurricane.
"Following updated forecasts tracking Hurricane Irma and announcements from local airport authorities, we currently have canceled 878 flights through Monday," the company told NBC News in an email. "We are working to provide additional flights where we can and communicating directly with impacted customers."
American Airlines said it was adding extra capacity to help customers in affected areas, and waiving change fees and fare differences for passengers who already had tickets. It also said it was capping pre-tax airfare at $99 for flights out of Florida for tickets sold through Sunday for travel through Wednesday.
"We have not changed our pricing structure, and, in fact have added capacity to help get customers out of the affected areas," an American Airlines spokesman, Ross Feinstein, told NBC News in an email.