Cancel

How it is used

Airlines cancel flights because of weather, strikes or technical problems; passengers cancel bookings online or by phone. The noun is cancellation: cancellation fee, cancellation policy, free cancellation. British spelling is cancelled, American usually canceled.

Example sentences

1. All flights to Oslo have been cancelled because of the snowstorm.

2. Can I cancel this booking without paying a fee?

Common collocations

• cancel a flight
• cancel a booking
• cancelled flight
• cancellation fee
• free cancellation

Related terms

• delayA situation in which a flight, train or other service leaves or arrives later than planned; as a verb it means to make something late.
• rebookTo book again, especially to move a passenger to a different flight, train or date after a cancellation, delay or missed connection.
• compensationMoney or something else of value given to a passenger because of a problem such as a long delay, a cancellation, denied boarding or damaged bags.
• reservationAn arrangement to keep a hotel room, table, seat or car for you on a certain date; also the record of that arrangement.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• cancel · Customer Service

More terms: Delays, Cancellations & Connections

• connecting flight
• layover
• gate change
• missed connection
• overbooked
• transit
• ETA
• stopover