TSA expects around 2.8 million people expected to travel for Thanksgiving in 2024, and refunds available for airports from delays and added connections

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) As Thanksgiving approaches here in Pennsylvania and beyond, travelers are ready to get away to see those they love, and according to the Transportation Security Administration, more than 2.8 million people will be traveling today. Airlines in Pennsylvania and beyond are experiencing new offers to customers that cause refunds to be made automatically because of a rule from the Department of Transportation that was made at the conclusion of October. If the cancellation of a flight occurs or there is a delay lasting several hours, there will be an immediate refund to the traveler with no paperwork required. Delays of three hours for a domestic flight to six hours for an international flight count as well as a connection to a flight being given to the original flight. These refunds also cover luggage being late as well, with twelve hours late being the set point for a domestic flight, while refunds occur when baggage appears within a range of fifteen to thirty hours late.