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New Startup: gives opportunity for a refund on overpriced airline tickets!
blogs.business2.com — "YAPTA" continues tracking prices on a flight after you purchase it, so you can qualify for a refund even on a restricted ticket if it drops." There is a little-known rule in the airline industry called the "guaranteed airfare rule." If you buy a ticket directly from an airline and the price later drops, you are eligible for a refund.
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- civperc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Badass!
- sweintraub, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1There are a few services out there a bit like this that exist. Even Kayak and Farechase havve this functionality.
But if its strictly targeted at your flight and price, it may be interesting...Little bit like stock market... - an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hmm... wish I could get into the beta. I've got a flight I need to track.
- Cumella, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yes, but do I get to keep my frequent flyer miles?!
- pr0lific, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sign up to know when they open up to the public here: http://www.yapta.com/announcements.php
- sweintraub, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1There are a few services out there a bit like this that exist. Even Kayak and Farechase havve this functionality.
- forcedfx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Wish I had known about this sooner :( I used to do a lot of flying with Continental.
- wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Hello broker, give me 1000 shares of YAPTA.
Profit - galacticdoom, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Digged to death...
- Archon810, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3it's 'dugg', ok?
- haydesigner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Or, at the very least, Digg'd.
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- Shaman760, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3People are so accustomed to being abused by the airline industry that they overlooked this fact. Perhaps this service might seek to fix the inequities.
- ImOscar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hope it does. I'm afraid that if this takes off it will just change the way airlines do business. Although this might end up being a good thing, it could result in them developing tactics that just further abuse the customer. It'd be ridiculous if other industries worked like the airlines.
Imagine seeing someone in front of you at the grocery store get a 12 pound watermelon for $4 and then you check out and pay $6 for an 8 pound watermelon. - CosmicJustice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If that's true then why are the airlines all losing money?
- ImOscar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hope it does. I'm afraid that if this takes off it will just change the way airlines do business. Although this might end up being a good thing, it could result in them developing tactics that just further abuse the customer. It'd be ridiculous if other industries worked like the airlines.
- DarqnessMaster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0this is a really cool startup, i myself had no idea of that rule :D YEEEY
- roguepixel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Given that I was booking flight tickets and watched the price go from £593 to £618 and then £800 mark before going back to £500 sites like this make things so much easier without forking out a crap load of cash (even more so when half of the money goes on taxes, yeah thanks England).
- liuite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good luck getting AA to adjust their fare, they charge the highest fees for making changes.
this past January they wanted $800 to change the date of my return flight and in turn offered other passengers $300 to get bumped ($500 profit).
for adjusting airfare price after purchase; United, will give you the entire fare difference without extracting a fee, as will US Airways Southwest and JetBlue as long as you accept the reimbursement in the form of a voucher. Northwest charges just $25, for both domestic and international fares. American and Delta extract the $100-$300 fees - TrojanGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's awesome! Hopefully it doesn't lead to airlines all ditching the policy that lets you get a refund if the price drops below what you paid.
- dusingaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I had never heard of http://www.farecast.com/ which the article talks about, it tries to predict drops based one historical data and lets you know when to buy. This might be more useful than trying to get your money back later.
- BaphometsAngel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now this I truly like!!! :)
Good job YAPTA! - Lmptk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's Awesome!!! Now if they would only solve the Blu-Ray VS. HD DVD thingy.
- cbergeron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Do they give a refund, or do the give you the difference of what you paid for the ticket?
- DaveN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.farecompare.com/articles/cheapest-airline-guarantees/same_day_cheapest_airline_ticket_guarantees_hype_or_hope.html Their alerts have saved a few Dollars over the Last few months
Dave - bentl1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yawn .... this info is common knowledge to travel agents. What the article doesn't tell you: when the price drops, they (the airlines) will reissue the tix for the new, lower price AND charge a one hundred dollar change fee for that change. This is the reason I always use a travel agent. I have never, not even once, got a better deal on the web. My agent has saved me so many times when a problem occurred, I can't even count. When Delta shafted me on a flight to Miami by refusing me boarding even though I had my credit card info showing it was paid for and even had the tix #'s, I'd never had gotten on the flight except for my agent. (I was more than a little embarrassed for not using her, but she helped me anyway) She explained the carriers prefer web-issued tickets as they are easier to deny boarding when they over-book a flight by claiming "web problems", than passengers that are ticketed by a travel agent because the agent can prove issuance. She's found me tickets for international flights that couldn't be booked through the web (they claimed sold out for next day travel) and in a couple of cases she was 2 to 3 thousand dollars cheaper than any site I've ever seen. No wonder the airlines want them out of business.
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