[71Corvette]

My wife is currently trying to make a cross-country flight. She had a layover in Detroit where she was supposed to make a connecting flight into Portland, Maine. Her flight was scheduled to depart at 4:30 tonight for a 7:30 arrival in Portland. However, when she arrived in Detroit she called to say her flight had been cancelled due to "weather". However, I'm sitting here in Maine, about 10 miles from the airport, and all is fine - no rain, snow or wind. In fact you could still see stars in the sky when she first called me. Flights are leaving and departing from the airport here as usual. The weather for tomorrow is rain/snow/wind but after hearing the forecast it doesn't sound bad enough to cause major flight issues tomorrow.

I then figured maybe the inbound flight was delayed, but that wasn't the case either. Per Flight Aware the inbound flight arrived on time so that wasn't an issue.

I suspect Delta cancelled the flight more for their own operational convenience than for weather. Perhaps they didn't have a full flight or something. They offered my wife a "discounted" hotel but the reality is I could have booked for the same price online. To my wife and I it was a hollow gesture of good will. Obviously, we're not happy about this since we think the reason for cancellation is BS.

As a family on a tight budget incurring extra food and lodging costs that don't seem truly necessary has really rubbed us the wrong way. We feel, considering the circumstances, these costs should be comped. Is this even worth pursuing at all with Delta, or would we be wasting our breath?