Hurricane Milton: PBIA closing Wednesday night, some airlines waiving fees

Palm Beach International Airport will close Wednesday night and most major airlines are offering passengers the chance to rebook their flights for cheap or free.

PBIA will close at 9 p.m. on Wednesday and will reopen Thursday if the weather is good enough, the airport said Tuesday evening in a news release.

Shopping and dining will be limited on Wednesday and Thursday. The airport recommends checking its website, PBIA.org, or its social media for its latest updates. PBIA's handle on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter is flyPBI. Passengers should check with their airlines for updates on their schedule, the airport said. Airport staff is monitoring the storm.

Miami International and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International were both open as of Wednesday night. Those airports were also monitoring the storm.

Orlando International is closed.

Some airlines are waiving fees for cancellations

Each airline has a different set of rules for passengers seeking to rebook their flights. Not all airlines are offering rescheduling waivers for PBIA passengers.

Allegiant Airlines contacting passengers, full refunds

PBIA passengers on Allegiant will get full refunds or changes to their flight without incurring additional costs, airline spokesman Hector Mejia said Tuesday night. The company will contact passengers whose flights are affected by the hurricane, he said.

More details at allegiantair.com/travel-alerts .

American Airlines fees are waived if all of the following factors are true

Passengers can change their flights if all of this is true:

∙They bought their ticket Saturday or before

∙Are scheduled to travel between Tuesday and Friday

∙Can travel by Oct. 17

∙Don't change their origin or destination city

∙Rebook in the same cabin

∙Book these changes by Friday

∙Travel within one year of the new booking.

But, the airline notes on its website, passengers may have to pay more if the new fare is more expensive.

Delta Airlines adds PBIA passengers for eligibility

PBIA passengers on Delta whose flights were scheduled between Monday and Thursday must reschedule by next Tuesday for a flight that starts on or before that day.

Customers will not have to pay extra for a more expensive flight if it's in the same class, the airline says.

The airline added PBIA on Wednesday morning to its list of passengers whose flights are eligible for fee waivers, spokeswoman Breonna Richardson said.

More details available at delta.com/us/en/advisories/weather-alerts/tropical-storm-milton-florida .

Frontier Airlines waives rescheduling fees

Frontier is waiving rescheduling fees for passengers who booked on or before Sunday, and whose original travel dates were between Oct. 7 and Oct. 12, as long as the origin and destination cities remain the same in the new itinerary.

But passengers will have to pay more for a new flight if the fare is more expensive than that of their original itinerary. More details online at flyfrontier.com/alert .

No JetBlue fees on travel scheduled for Monday-Friday this week

JetBlue is waiving cancellation and rescheduling fees for passengers originally scheduled to travel Monday through Friday this week and who booked their flights on or before Saturday.

Passengers must rebook by Oct. 17. More details at jetblue.com/travel-alerts .

Southwest Airlines: No fees if you rebook within 14 days

Southwest customers flying in or out of PBIA between Tuesday and Saturday can rebook within 14 days of their original travel date between their original cities for free, the airline says on its website at southwest.com/travel-advisory .

Passengers can request a refund for the unused portion of their ticket, the airline says, or cancel their flight and hold onto the value of the unused part for a future booking.

Spirit Airlines — no charge until Oct. 17

Passengers whose travel dates were between Monday and Friday can rebook for no additional charge until Oct. 17.

More details on its web page, spirit.com/travel-advisory

United Airlines — no charge for flights booked on or before Saturday

Passengers who booked flights on or before Saturday can reschedule their flights for no charge, not even if there's a difference in fare, if they rebook by Oct. 19 between the cities they originally booked flights for, and in the same cabin, according to their website .

More: Frontier offers direct flights from PBIA to Chicago, Cleveland, Cinncinati this winter

Chris Persaud covers transportation in Palm Beach County. Email news tips and ideas to cpersaud@pbpost.com .

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