United Airlines Flight Delays Wednesday After Temporary Grounding

All United Airlines flights were temporarily grounded nationwide Wednesday morning due to a technical glitch with computers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. CBS News reported there was a problem with United’s reservation system.

The Federal Aviation Administration lifted the ground stop of all United Airlines flights as of 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.

United is waiving change fees due to the disruption:

• The change fee and any difference in fare will be waived for new flights departing between July 8, 2015 and July 10, 2015, as long as travel is rescheduled in the same cabin (any fare class) and between the same cities as originally ticketed.
• For wholly rescheduled travel departing after July 10, 2015, or for a change in departure or destination city, the change fee will be waived, but a difference in fare may apply. Rescheduled travel must be completed within one year from the date when the ticket was issued.

Passengers should expect some delays due to the earlier grounding of flights due to technical issues.

United issued an apology to passengers: “We experienced a network connectivity issue this morning,” United said in a statement. “We are working to resolve this and apologize to our customers for any inconvenience.”

United serves nearly 400 airports and about 5,000 flights daily, according to StarAlliance.com. United is headquartered in Chicago.

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PHOTO: United Airlines Boeing 787 photo by John Taggart