Airline ticket question

[Cumberland]

I bought our tickets for our holiday trip a month ago or so. I just read that NWA drastically cut plane ticket prices, and sure enough, the exact same route is over $100 cheaper per ticket. If I call them, will they refund me the price difference? I am really steamed about this right now!!!!!!

[alison]

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Doesn't hurt to call!

[Cumberland]

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I did call- they refunded me the difference minus fifty dollars. And it is in the form of a credit. And the credit is not combined, there is a different credit for all four of us. So kind of a pain, and we lost fifty dollars each but we did get something at least.

[alison]

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This is good to know. It happens! I should look into some tickets that I purchased a little while ago!

ETA: I just did this, and Alaska gave me a credit for the entire difference!

[MDPhDWife]

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We're going to Disney World for Christmas and I bought the tickets in July thinking I'd be getting the best price. WRONG! Last week SWA lowered the prices by over $100 each! I called and luckily Southwest was awesome and allowed me to change to a more desirable itinerary which was even cheaper with no change fee and since they were non refundable tickets gave me a credit to use in the future for the difference. Just another reason why I think SWA rocks!

a credit. And the credit is not combined, there is a different credit for all four of us. So kind of a pain, and we lost fifty dollars each but we did get something at least.

At least you got something. :huh:

[madeintaiwan]

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We're going to Disney World for Christmas and I bought the tickets in July thinking I'd be getting the best price. WRONG! Last week SWA lowered the prices by over $100 each! I called and luckily Southwest was awesome and allowed me to change to a more desirable itinerary which was even cheaper with no change fee and since they were non refundable tickets gave me a credit to use in the future for the difference. Just another reason why I think SWA rocks!

Just know that you have to use your credits a year from the date of the ORIGINAL purchase or you will lose them. We have done this many times. We pretty much only fly SWA and I always check on line for cheaper flights and switch accordingly. We did this when E graduated and various family members flew out and ended up with enough credits to fly the 4 of us to CA for our Maui trip!

[McPants]

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Wow, I guess I'm so used to flying Ryan Air whenever I'm travelling within Europe that it's incomprehensible to me that an airline would reduce their prices post-purchase. That is indeed excellent service!

[moonlight]

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Back when we lived in the Caribbean I had tickets home on American. Prices had dropped several hundred dollars...... I was upset..... I called them and they ended up giving like 80% of the money back. I can't remember if it was a credit (which I ended up using) or if they credited back my credit card. Either way it was very painless. Give them a call and see what happens!

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Moonlight, where did you live in the Caribbean? We used to live in San Juan, Puerto Rico (I was in optometry school and my bf was in med school).

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We're going to Disney World for Christmas and I bought the tickets in July thinking I'd be getting the best price. WRONG! Last week SWA lowered the prices by over $100 each! I called and luckily Southwest was awesome and allowed me to change to a more desirable itinerary which was even cheaper with no change fee and since they were non refundable tickets gave me a credit to use in the future for the difference. Just another reason why I think SWA rocks!

We are going to be at Disney again this year for Christmas too. Are you guys staying on site?

[MDPhDWife]

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We're going to Disney World for Christmas and I bought the tickets in July thinking I'd be getting the best price. WRONG! Last week SWA lowered the prices by over $100 each! I called and luckily Southwest was awesome and allowed me to change to a more desirable itinerary which was even cheaper with no change fee and since they were non refundable tickets gave me a credit to use in the future for the difference. Just another reason why I think SWA rocks!

We are going to be at Disney again this year for Christmas too. Are you guys staying on site?

Yep! PM me so maybe we can schedule a meet up!