How to get reimbursed for hotels and alternative transportation if your Southwest flight was canceled

How to get reimbursed for hotels and alternative transportation if your Southwest flight was canceled

Southwest Airlines is battling a severe operational meltdown that has — and some have paid hundreds in extra costs to get to their destination this holiday weekend. Between Wednesday and Monday, the Dallas-based carrier canceled 8,305 flights, amounting to 36% of its operation, . On Monday alone, Southwest canceled 74% of its operation and it is struggling to get back on track with already canceled as of 11:00 a.m on Tuesday. For comparison, the US' second-worst offender between Wednesday and Monday was Delta Air Lines with 1,865 flights canceled, which was 12% of its operation, according to FlightAware. On Monday, the carrier canceled just 10% of its flights. Southwest CEO Bob Jordan , with the carrier blaming the busy travel weekend and the winter storm on the disruptions. Due to the cascading snowball of cancelations, many travelers have been forced to rebook travel on different airlines or find a last-minute hotel. This has amounted to over $1200 for Pensacola-based passenger Elizabeth Noe, whose Southwest flights on December 23 and December 29 were canceled and she had to shell out money for new flights on a different carrier, extra hotel nights, and a rental car. Flight confirmations and rebooking receipts were