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Scott, the travel season can be rather trying, you say you can help yourself out by knowing the weather not only where you are but where youre going. and also where you may be connecting. explain. >> reporter: yeah, where youre connecting could be the most important factor in your trip. if you know the weather will be bad in charlotte, even though youre going from say florida, to california and the weather is fine in both places you may be suffering big-time delays. the quicker you figure that o...

>> yeah, they really can. and not just from your airline, but also a service like flightstats.com, and flightaware.com. flightstats gets information from faa computers and airlines, at the airport. you can be standing at the gate and get information from the flight service long before the agent figures out your flight has been cancelled. you get a little jump on everybody else and you will be first in line for rebooking, or get that early alert of gate changes. it can really help. it really give...

Flights, canceling flights, thats not a good sign. >> oh no. its not a good sign but its a good sign for consumers that airlines are precanceling because they need to know things are canceled so they can make other plans. you dont want to be stuck on the tarmac for hours, flying around trying to get to an airport, diverted, your family not able to pick you up and theyre in a snowstorm. i like that airlines are proactive and canceling flights. one in five will be delayed or canceled historically ...