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- inactive, on 12/26/2008, -0/+9That's crazy. I wish I had known that like a month ago.
- inactive, on 12/26/2008, -2/+11Thx for posting this after christmas when EVERYONE already took their flight *****
- mcnasby, on 12/26/2008, -2/+10...*an* airline ticket...
- sum33th, on 12/26/2008, -0/+7Airline Refund policy
AirTran No refund
Alaska Voucher with no change fee
American Voucher minus change fee
Continental Voucher minus change fee
Delta Voucher minus change fee
Frontier No refund
Hawaiian Voucher minus change fee
JetBlue Voucher with no change fee
Midwest Voucher with no change fee if consumer requests refund within 7 days of buying ticket; otherwise, a change fee applies
Northwest Voucher minus change fee
Southwest Cash refund with no change fee
Spirit No refund
United Voucher with no change fee
US Airways Voucher minus change fee
Virgin America No refund - Kruez, on 12/26/2008, -0/+6I wonder if Allegiant has this same policy
- ravan46, on 12/26/2008, -1/+6I'm an idiot if I buy a non-refundable ticket? You either have never bought an airline ticket or are filthy rich.
- alpineedge3, on 12/26/2008, -0/+4just book through orbitz, they reimbursement if someone buys your itinerary at a lower price.
How Orbitz Price AssuranceSM works
Once you book a flight on Orbitz, we start tracking to see if another customer subsequently books the same flight on Orbitz at a lower price.
If that happens, we'll issue a refund for the difference, between $5 and $250 per traveler. We?ll continue tracking until the day you fly. So each time the price drops and another customer subsequently books your same itinerary for a lower fare, your refund amount will increase.
Expect to receive your refund check approximately 30 days after your trip is complete. We?ll mail it to the billing address for the credit card used to make the booking. You?ll have 90 days from the date the check is issued to cash it.
- nick2, on 12/26/2008, -0/+3Seems like the airfare always goes up after I purchase mine. Great to know though for future references.
- modelchick8806, on 12/26/2008, -1/+3Hee Hee, *****.
- BoneStamp, on 12/26/2008, -0/+2Has anyone here actually got a full refund (not credit) without paying a penalty?
- BoneStamp, on 12/26/2008, -0/+2Usually, the cheapest tickets are non-refundable. If you fly a lot, you're better off buying the cheapest ticket whenever possible and then paying the change fee when necessary. I recommend kayak.com, awesome site that aggregates travel prices from most other travel sites, airlines, hotel brands, car rental companies...etc.
- dougmidkiff, on 12/26/2008, -1/+3yapta.com
- MM983, on 12/26/2008, -2/+4"Most other airlines make up the difference with a voucher for a future flight. A change fee — ranging from $75 to $150 for a domestic flight — may apply."
So the ticket needs to fall at least 200 bucks for it to be worth it. I've never had a domestic ticket fall that much.
*Edit: The advice in this article may be applicable if you're an idiot and purchase a ticket with no restrictions (ie: non-refundable). - gcnaddict, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1And you're being buried why?
Yapta saved me 350 dollars on a ticket to LA in October. I didn't have to use the refund feature, but they also send notes to people when the price of a purchased ticket drops enough to allow for rebooking. - slideshows, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1hey thanks for this..................it will be realy helpful in future when i buy air ticket
- ryan899, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1How likely is someone to book your exact same itinerary through Orbitz? Especially in the days of the airlines offering the same or better pricing through their own websites?
I really do wonder how likely that is, I wasn't bashing you. - AndrewMoyer, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1I was just wondering that. I fly them out of Allentown, PA to Sanford, FL... last time, about a year ago, the price had dropped like $40 each way by the time of the flight because they still had empty seats.
(That's not getting into the 8 hour delay I had because the plane's battery was dead and could not be fixed...) - Quickstrike, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1Does anyone know if this applies to WestJet?
- inactive, on 12/26/2008, -1/+2AN airline ticket. Unless you're from the south.
- Valyn, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1Haha... I fly out tomorrow.
- Danteling, on 12/26/2008, -0/+1great money saving tips - thanks!
- bartol, on 05/25/2009, -0/+1Great tips..
http://cheap-flights-to-boston.com - grachececilio, on 07/09/2009, -0/+0I did with Expedia! And they booked us with the crappiest airline ever. Check it out: http://gography.blogspot.com/2009/07/crappiest-air ...
- fm1770, on 01/22/2009, -0/+0crazy things
how they lose money after such practices - jonathaz, on 12/26/2008, -0/+0Great fact checking. The article says the change fees range from $75 - $150, then they give an example of the guy who had a $50 change fee on Northwest.
- TaterHead1, on 12/27/2008, -0/+0the info in Delta is wrong. I tried to get the lower price and they told me it would cost 150$ dollars to process the new tickets and it wasnt worth it if I was only going to make $100 dollars.
I wonder if the person who wrote this article is getting a kick back from the airlines. - snappjay, on 12/26/2008, -2/+0dugg for JetBlue
- inactive, on 12/26/2008, -3/+1SHILL ALERT!
- sherrington19, on 12/26/2008, -8/+5ever write a headline and thoughts later fell?
- jayrok, on 12/26/2008, -13/+1Has anyone here ever used proper grammar?
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