{"id":530865,"date":"2026-09-05T17:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/us-airlines-no-longer-owe-meals-hotels-uncontrollable-delays\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:30:06","slug":"us-airlines-will-no-longer-owe-you-meals-or-hotels-for-10-uncontrollable-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=530865","title":{"rendered":"US Airlines Will No Longer Owe You Meals Or Hotels For 10 ‘Uncontrollable’ Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

US airlines<\/span><\/span> will no longer have to treat certain flight delays<\/a><\/span> and cancellations as their responsibility, meaning fewer passengers will be eligible for meals, hotels and ground transportation. From October 19, ten types of disruption \u2014 ranging from unscheduled maintenance to medical emergencies, cybersecurity attacks and unruly passengers \u2014 will no longer be classified as airline-controlled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A DOT rule recategorizes ten types of delays, including unscheduled maintenance and unruly passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,608,1094,49,423,5309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-delay","category-delays","category-passenger","category-united-states","category-united-states-department-of-transportation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t