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How to Avoid Flight Delays and Cancellations and Secure Refunds
Despite "record-breaking levels of air travel" in 2024, the US flight cancellation rate -- 1.4% -- is the lowest in decades, according to the Department of Transportation. That's the good news. The bad news is that extreme weather or …