[Idyllchat] Airfare reduction and vouchers

[Powen Shiah]

This is called a "rollover," though I think there must be another name for
it that I've heard before.

It usually only works if you've bought the ticket directly from the
airline.  Here's a pretty detailed explanation of the practice:

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/103059/How-to-Get-Money-Back-When-Airfares-Drop

I've heard of the site yapta.com (your amazing personal travel assistant),
but I'd be curious to hear from anyone who has used it before.

--Powen

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Russell Crum <rrcrum1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had the same experience a year couple years ago with NWA. The price we
> paid had dropped by about $250/person. I called them and they reissued the
> tickets at the lower price and issued us vouchers good for one year. It did
> cost us about $25/person for the change however. We had paper tickets at
> that time. I was under the impression that if we had e-tickets we might have
> been able to handle the whole thing on line without the $25 fee, but I am
> not sure.
> Russ
>
> Russ Crum
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2008, at 22:41 , Robert A Meyer wrote:
>
> Ron,  Are you saying you bought tickets some time ago for 849.21 (567.60 +
> 281.61) and UAL is, in effect, refunding the excess over the current sale
> price?   I never imagined any airline would be that fair or that generous.
> Did you buy the original tickets directly from UAL?
> Bob Meyer
> Rockville, MD
>
>
>
> *f you made your own airline reservations, you may want to check the
> current  prices from time to time.   I looked last week and found that our
>  April 22-May 7 flights had dropped to $567.60   ( IAD-AMS on United )  I
> called UAL, spoke to a wonderful agent, and am getting two  $281.61 vouchers
> good for one year.  I was also advised to call back if the price went any
> lower and additional vouchers would be issued* **
> *Ron Keeler*
> *Woodstock, VA*
>
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