Hundreds of flights cancelled at Logan Airport, airlines waiving fees due to storm

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Flying on Tuesday? Find out about itinerary changes allowed by various airlines.

An airplane takes off from Boston Logan International Airport. Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe, File

Hundreds of flights are cancelled at Logan Airport and airlines are allowing itinerary changes during Tuesday’s nor’easter.

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings and advisories for Massachusetts, writing on social media that there will be heavy snow and coastal flooding on Tuesday. Mayor Michelle Wu declared a snow emergency in the city of Boston and Boston Public Schools cancelled classes on Tuesday.

Massport posted the following advisory on its website: “Due to the forecasted storm, delays and cancelations are expected. Passengers are advised to check with their airline on the status of their flight before coming to the airport and to allow extra time to travel to and from the airport.”

By 9 a.m., there were 222 flight cancellations and 29 delays at Logan Airport, according to flight tracking service FlightAware.

Ahead, check out the travel alerts and advisories posted by various airlines. Customers can check their flight status here.

JetBlue, Logan Airport’s largest carrier, is waiving change fees and fare differences for customers traveling Feb. 13 between several cities, including Boston, the airline posted in an alert. Customers can rebook flights for travel through Feb. 15 online in the manage trips section of jetblue.com before the departure time of the originally scheduled flight. Customers with cancelled flights can get a refund to the original form of payment. Original travel must have been booked on or before Feb. 11.

United Airlines will waive change fees and fare differences for flights purchased on or before Feb. 10 for travel between Feb. 10-18, the airline wrote in a travel notice. The airline listed the impacted cities, including Boston. The new flight must depart between Feb. 10-18 and tickets must be in the same cabin and between the original cities booked.

Southwest issued a travel advisory saying that travel on Feb. 13 may be rebooked in the original class of service as long as it takes place within 14 days of the original travel date and between the original cities. The airline listed the impacted cities, including Boston.

American Airlines customers can change their trip without paying a change fee, the airline wrote in a travel alert that listed impacted cities, including Boston. The change fee is waived in any fare class if travelers bought the ticket by Feb. 9, are scheduled to travel Feb. 13, can travel between Feb. 11-15, and don’t change their origin or destination city. Changes must be booked by Feb. 13.

Spirit posted an advisory that says the airline is waiving change fees and fare differences for travel Feb. 13 at impacted cities, including Boston. After Feb. 15, the change fee is still waived, but a fare difference may apply.

Delta Air Lines will waive fare differences when rebooked travel occurs on or before Feb. 16 in the same cabin of service as originally booked, the airline announced in an advisory, and listed impacted cities, including Boston. Change fees will be waived when rescheduled travel occurs after Feb. 16, but a difference in fare may apply.

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