Flights Are Massively Canceled During Holidays (18 pics)

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In case you didn't know, thousands and thousands of flights have been canceled this past week.

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According to the New York Times (via FlightAware) over 11,000 flights have been canceled at Southwest alone.

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"No where is the chaos more apparent than at luggage claims."

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"Hey look at this Southwest Airlines situation at the Denver International Airport. It's definitely the most odd thing there, and what a quandary - look at all this unclaimed baggage, and an easily treatable subject."

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"Lots of unclaimed luggage sitting at Sky Harbor tonight. This is about half of it, the rest is behind where I’m standing in this picture."

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"This person was told there were 12,000 unclaimed bags in Houston alone, and that it could take up to 30 days to get their bags back."

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"It's like a "luggage cemetery" out there."

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"From Baltimore"

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"A small representation of unclaimed luggage at San Diego Airport. That's the bad news. The good news is my friend's flight looks to be 1 of 8 actually taking off on Southwest Airlines...San Diego to Austin."

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"Southwest has turned some of its baggage carousels at Chicago Midway Airport into temporary holding pits for unclaimed luggage. The Chicago Police Department and airport security are guarding the area. The suitcases are organized by the departure city ie PHX, LAX, LAS, etc..."

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"There are thousands of unclaimed bags and AC’s priority seems to be putting up a screen so no one can see this sea of bags"

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"My mom work at the airport, she said the 3000 pieces of unclaimed luggage inside is only a fraction of it"

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"This is truly a holiday NIGHTMARE" is an understatement."

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"Lots of delayed passengers also means — lots of unclaimed baggage by the Southwest office."

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"That’s a very fair question - we’re stuck out in STL trying to come home to D.C. & lines are nightmarish! Don’t even ask how insane baggage is - 5/6 rows deep of unclaimed bags. This is the line I’m in to even talk to a Southwest agent!"

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"This morning’s view of baggage claim at Sacramento International Airport"

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"This morning’s view of baggage claim at Sacramento International Airport"