Delta, American, United and USAirways suspend all flights to Israel indefinitely

[jaywhy]

Lufthansa Group suspending flights to  Tel Aviv for the next 36 hours (airlines include Swiss Air, Lufthansa, Austrian Airline)

https://twitter.com/IsraelHatzolah/status/491630067252883456

Is this confirmed?
I don't see it anywhere.

[Chaikel]

All LY flights sold out for remainder of the week barring a handful of full fare F

[Novo]

Notice that credit cards such as Chase Sapphire Preferred DO NOT cover trip cancellation due to declared or undeclared war.

now showing:  Canceled due to aircraft availability

[icapd1]

Funny...

Code: [Select]

>an23julfratlv/alh
AN23JULFRATLV/ALH                                                               
** AMADEUS AVAILABILITY - AN ** TLV TEL AVIV YAFO.IL           1 WE 23JUL 0000 
 1   LH 122  J9 C9 D9 Z9 P9 Y9 B9 /FRA 1 MUC 2  915P   1010P  E0/321           
             M9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9                                               
     LH 688  J9 C9 D9 Z9 P9 Y9 B9 /MUC 2 TLV 3 1120A+1  415P+1E0/321      18:00
             M9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9                                               
>an23julmuctlv/alh
AN23JULMUCTLV/ALH                                                               
** AMADEUS AVAILABILITY - AN ** TLV TEL AVIV YAFO.IL           1 WE 23JUL 0000 
 1   LH 123  JL CL DL ZL Y3 B2 M2 /MUC 2 FRA 1  900P   1005P  E0/319           
             U1 H1 QL VL WL SL                                                 
     LH 686  JL CL DL ZL Y3 B2 M2 /FRA 1 TLV 3 1020A+1  325P+1E0/321      17:25
             U1 H1 QL VL WL SL                                                 


When I pull it up in Sabre that connection shows availibility

 23JUL  WED   FRA/Z‡2     TLV/‡1                               
LH RESPONSE ** DIRECT CONNECT PARTICIPANT **                   
** LUFTHANSA - AN **                       1 WE 23JUL 1300     
 7LH 122 J9 C9 D9 Z9 P9 Y9 B9 M9 FRAMUC    915P 1010P 321 0     
         U9 H9 Q9 V9 W8 S5                                     
 8LH 688 J9 C9 D9 Z9 P9 Y9 B9 M9    TLV 1‡1120A  415P 321 0

but when I pull up the second segment it's all cheerios
                                               
 24JUL  THU   FRA/Z‡2     TLV/‡1                               
LH RESPONSE ** DIRECT CONNECT PARTICIPANT **                   
** LUFTHANSA - AN **                       2 TH 24JUL 0000     
 7LH  686 J0 C0 D0 Z0 Y0 B0 M0 U0 H0 Q0 FRATLV 1020A  325P     
          V0 W0 S0         
 
muc-tlv shows sold out now
                                   
 23JUL  WED   MUC/Z‡2     TLV/‡1                               
LH RESPONSE ** DIRECT CONNECT PARTICIPANT **                   
** LUFTHANSA - AN **                       1 WE 23JUL 0000     
 7LH 123 J0 C0 D0 Z0 Y0 B0 M0 U0 MUCFRA    900P 1005P 319 0     
         H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0                                         
 8LH 686 J0 C0 D0 Z0 Y0 B0 M0 U0    TLV 1‡1020A  325P 321 0

[yitzf]

Is this confirmed?
I don't see it anywhere.

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Lufthansa-says-suspends-service-to-Tel-Aviv-for-36-hours-368503
https://twitter.com/AP/status/491635541503672320

[yitzf]

https://twitter.com/AirCanada/status/491640355175936001

We have cancelled our Tel Aviv  flight tonight AC84 YYZ-TLV and return AC85 TLV-YYZ 23/07. Will continue to evaluate going forward & update.

[ice man]

What about Alitalia?

[Chaikel]

What about Alitalia?

Cancellation in progress

[Mech]

Notice that credit cards such as Chase Sapphire Preferred DO NOT cover trip cancellation due to declared or undeclared war.

Is this confirmed?? The insurance company that chase uses, chubb, says that they cover "terrorist action". Does this situation not fall under that category??

[jr611]

US Airways flying out empty http://i.imgur.com/rJZhReR.png

[urifin]

Is this confirmed?? The insurance company that chase uses, chubb, says that they cover "terrorist action". Does this situation not fall under that category??

Just got of the phone with Chase, said they only cancel due to weather, mechanical or strike.

[SRM]

is there any form of flight insurance that does reimburse in this situation? I have tickets for later in the year and I'm thinking of purchasing flight insurance.

[icapd1]

is there any form of flight insurance that does reimburse in this situation? I have tickets for later in the year and I'm thinking of purchasing flight insurance.

You can purchase a plan that includes cancellation for any reason. Usually they only allow you to purchase such a policy within a specific amount days after you purchased the ticket and many times they will only reimburse a certain percentage of the trip cost.

[Mech]

Just got of the phone with Chase, said they only cancel due to weather, mechanical or strike.

Chase doesn't know what covers and what doesn't. They will redirect anyone filing a claim to a third party company called Crawford. You fill out the claim thru Crawford who then claims in with the insurance company Chubb. The following is part of the email I got from Chubb explaining legit reasons to get reimbursed.
Trip Cancellation/ Trip Interruption insurance reimburses you or your Immediate Family Members for each Covered Trip if a Covered Loss prevents you or your Immediate Family Members from traveling on or before the departure date and results in cancellation of the travel arrangements.   

Covered Trip means any pre-paid tour, trip or vacation when some portion of the cost for such travel arrangements less any redeemable frequent flyer miles, points, coupons or certificates, or other types of redeemable Rewards has been charged to your Account:

Covered Loss means one of the following events that occur when you or an Immediate Family Member is insured under the policy and the event causes cancellation of the travel arrangements:
·        Accidental Bodily Injury, Loss of Life, or Sickness experienced by you, a Traveling Companion, or an Immediate Family Member of you or a Traveling Companion   
·        Severe  weather, which prevents a reasonable and prudent person from beginning or continuing on a Covered Trip
·        Change in military orders for you, your Spouse, or your Domestic Partner
·        A terrorist action or hijacking
·        A call to jury duty or receiving a subpoena from the courts, neither of which can be postponed or  waived   
·        Finding your or your Traveling Companion’s dwelling to be uninhabitable
·        Quarantine imposed by a Physician for health reasons
·        Financial insolvency of the Travel Agency, Tour Operator, or Travel Supplier whose services you booked

[Mech]

Sry I pasted the whole thing here. Couldn't find the link on their website

[dvol]

For anyone trying to see the status of flights for the next few days:

http://www.iaa.gov.il/Default.aspx?PageNumber=0

[etech0]

and most travel insurances as well

+1
But this is not war, it's "Civil unrest", or "an ongoing conflict that at times escalates".

[SRM]

You can purchase a plan that includes cancellation for any reason. Usually they only allow you to purchase such a policy within a specific amount days after you purchased the ticket and many times they will only reimburse a certain percentage of the trip cost.

Thank you, can you recommend any good ones?

[dvol]

You can purchase a plan that includes cancellation for any reason. Usually they only allow you to purchase such a policy within a specific amount days after you purchased the ticket and many times they will only reimburse a certain percentage of the trip cost.

In general those premiums are double and they give you back 75% of what you paid.

[etech0]

In general those premiums are double and they give you back 75% of what you paid.

www.allianztravelinsurance.com/ will give you back 80%, but they exclude war even from their "Cancel Anytime" plan so you my have to fight with them to cover you.