janine is with orbitz.com. she s at o hare right now. janine, how long before things get back to normal? well, it s going to take a few days. we had 1,900 flight cancellations yesterday. 6,400 today. expecting 400 to 500 more tomorrow. so it s going to take a few days. if you don t have a ticket or a seat, don t head to the airport. the flights are booked. if you re looking to get a seat, take it thursday or friday. the good news is that when we see ripple effects in these types of situations, that can cause havoc on other regions of the country. the good news here was that because there weren t very many aircraft in the sky today, we didn t see a lot of air traffic issues and other regions of the country. janine, one question. if my flight was cancelled say yesterday because it s weather event, do i get my money back?
deflategate. as far as motivation and keeping the team focused, i don t think that will be an issue. interesting to see what s going to mote them as a team feeling they have to prove something. ben, thank you so much. i appreciate it. thank you. coming up next, 35.5 million people are expected to drive somewhere this holiday weekend. that s the highest volume since 2008. maybet s because gas prices are at some of the lowest levels that we ve seen in more than a deck a. down a dollar from last year. where is everybody going? according to orbitz.com, the third most popular destination is chicago, then orlando, florida. home to disney world and universal studios. the number one destination this labor day, vegas, baby! yeah. what happens there stay there s. but you get cheap gas when you go. we re back with more after this. let s discuss medical supplies i m kind of happy with my guys. i think you ll love our newest line the stuff my vendor sells works fine.
sooner as opposed to later. if you show up at the airport, depending on the airline you re flying, don t expect to take off on time. if it does get there on time, your baggage is going to get there, we think. at the end of the day, we got to figure out other ways to travel if airfares continue to rise. another thing is on-time performance very, very bad. it s getting worse. so i always think of luggage that doesn t make connections or make it at all. sure. you mention connections. one of the biggest challenges is connections. a lot of the secondary markets don t have nonstop service to, let s say, destinations like cancun. now you have to route through atlanta or cincinnati or route through salt lake city depending where you re going. the challenge with that is there s so many combinations that you can see layovers of 16 hours on orbitz.com. that s why 16 hours? an $899 fare. then you look at the details, it s a 16-hour layover. you go that doesn t make any sense. you want to
travel nightmare. 6,000 flights have been canceled for today, raising the total to nearly 16,000. there are headaches on the rails as well. amtrak canceling for a second day. let s bring in orbitz.com senior editor john tornatore. good morning. how long will it take to get things back to normal? do we even have an idea at this point? no one knows exactly when air travel will get back to normal, but certainly it won t be until late this week this coming weekend or early next week. it all just depends on when the airports in the new york metro area open back up and flights start resume schedules and certainly travelers who are planning to head out later this week should keep checking back with their airlines, but don t expect it to be so early next week. is there any trick of the trade if you re unlucky enough to be stuck somewhere?