Southwest Airlines cancellations snarl holiday travel plans
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
A person looks for lost luggage near the baggage carousel at Chicago Midway International Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 27, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during winter storm Elliott.CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
Signs that read "DCA, ONT and MHT" are posted behind lost suitcases near the baggage carousel at Midway Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 27, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during a winter storm.CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
Airport staff and a person walks around a pile of lost suitcases near the baggage carousel at Midway Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 27, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during a winter storm.CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
Airport staff walks around a pile of lost suitcases near the baggage carousel at Midway Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 27, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during a winter storm.CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
Itzel Enciso, 19, who is visiting Chicago from Los Angeles and said her bag was mistakenly tagged to arrive in Cleveland, looks for her lost luggage near the baggage carousel at Midway Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 27, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during a winter storm.CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
People looking for their lost luggage line up outside Southwest Airlines' office near the baggage carousel at Midway International Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 27, in Chicago, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during winter storm Elliott.CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
Hundreds of unclaimed suitcases and a box wrapped in Christmas wrapper sit near the baggage carousel at Midway Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 27, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during a winter storm.CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP
Airport staff looks at a tag on a pile of lost suitcases near the baggage carousel at Midway Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 27, after Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and delayed during a winter storm.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Southwest Airlines' aircraft parked on the tarmac of LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 27, in New York.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Passengers wait in line to check in for their flights at Southwest Airlines service desk at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 27, in New York.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cancelled Southwest Airlines flights are seen on the flight schedules at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, Dec. 27, in New York.