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I tried to price some ticket for next April/May, so far it's looking liek the same price as the tickets we had to get refunded when Covid cancelled our flights to Ireland Spring 2020. I'm not booking yet though, want to make sure the quarantine restrictions have gone.
Price goes up as a flight fills and then back down when a new plane is added. We jsut flew to Denver from Detroit. Spirt was $53 (but we will not fly on Spirit and if ou bring a carry on or check bag is it not cheaper) We chose Delta for $150 round trip that only downside was on the way home we had to fly to salt lake City, lay over for three hours and then home. Still to save $800 between the two of us, I will sit in an airport and work or play on my computer for three hours rather than doing it at home.
I had a really great customer service experience today. Alaska Airlines changed our flight schedules for next summer and I had to call to confirm which new flights I wanted.
I figured I was going to have to endure the usual wait for who knows how long and then talk to someone in the Philippines or India. I called and the automated system took my name and phone number and said that I would get a callback in three to six minutes. Yeah; sure.
Actually in about two minutes the callback came and I spoke to a nice lady in Boise who handled my flight changes. All in all, it was one of the most pleasant customer service experiences I've had in years. It just shows that companies can do a good job of customer service if they want to.
Holiday airfares are always ridiculous. I always book tickets for Thanksgiving/Christmas/whatever as soon as I can firm up plans, and that's as early as 11 months out. Also I never, ever book connections shorter than 90 minutes for domestic, 2 hours for international. And I try to fly nonstop whenever possible, and if I have to connect, always in the southern half of the country in winter.
British Airways changed flight schedules on me twice, and somehow their computers didn't catch that they scheduled me for a -90 minute connection (e.g. leg 2 leaves Heathrow an hour and a half BEFORE leg 1 into Heathrow arrives).
Looking for input on when to buy an airline ticket for international travel next year. We want to fly Denver to Oslo in August 2022 and return from Rome to Denver in September 2022. Yes, I know how to search for multi-city fares
I've been looking around at airfares and some say "only 7 seats left at that price". Is that really true? Do I need to buy my tickets now? It seems so far in advance and I'm sure that if I bought now that the flights will be changed a number of times in the next year.
If I don't buy now, how far in advance should I wait before buying?
I've been looking around at airfares and some say "only 7 seats left at that price". Is that really true? Do I need to buy my tickets now?
It depends, but it's likely that "at that price" can be indeed true. There may only be 7 seats left in that fare bucket, but when they are sold out more seats may become available at a higher or even lower fare depending on route, time of year and aircraft type. Best advice, if you find a fare with dates and times that work for you, jump on it.
If you book a standard economy ticket (NOT a ticket sold as basic economy) directly with the airline, both Delta and United have a way now for you to switch to a different lower priced ticket without a change fee and be refunded the difference with a voucher for further travel on that airline. American is probably similar but I didn’t check their current rules.
So if you’d fly once or twice more in the 9-12 months surrounding the Norway trip, there’s not much reason to hold back now since you can effectively get a refund if there’s a big drop in price.
I’ve had a number of $30-$50 Delta credits from rebooking cheaper since the new policies kicked in
Just read the fine print before buying and stay away from basic economy
If you book a standard economy ticket (NOT a ticket sold as basic economy) directly with the airline, both Delta and United have a way now for you to switch to a different lower priced ticket without a change fee and be refunded the difference with a voucher for further travel on that airline. American is probably similar but I didn’t check their current rules.
So if you’d fly once or twice more in the 9-12 months surrounding the Norway trip, there’s not much reason to hold back now since you can effectively get a refund if there’s a big drop in price.
I’ve had a number of $30-$50 Delta credits from rebooking cheaper since the new policies kicked in
Just read the fine print before buying and stay away from basic economy
I just went to the United site and found this: "We’re allowing changes without a fee for international travel if the ticket is issued by December 31, 2021. Basic Economy tickets can only be changed if they’re issued by December 31, 2021, for travel commencing by December 31, 2021."
This wouldn't help me for international travel in August of 2022.
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