Can I add an infant on lap at the airport?
May 3, 2017, 10:38 am
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Can I add an infant on lap at the airport?
I'm having a little trouble with my booking on Orbitz for an international flight on Iberia. We made a change to the booking but Orbitz wants to charge an ridiculous amount for changing the infant on lap.
$310 to change one leg just for the infant. The fare for the infant for the return itinerary was just $131.
I'm wondering if it would be better to add the infant at the airport?
Below is a separate link to a similar post on the Iberia forum with more details on the situation
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/iberi...e-booking.html
$310 to change one leg just for the infant. The fare for the infant for the return itinerary was just $131.
I'm wondering if it would be better to add the infant at the airport?
Below is a separate link to a similar post on the Iberia forum with more details on the situation
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/iberi...e-booking.html
May 3, 2017, 10:43 am
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Can you call Iberia? Worst case would seem to be that they sell you a new lap infant ticket for $131 and you just cancel and discard the current ticket for the lap kid.
It could take a lot of time to do this at the airport. Also, some airlines price tickets for lap infants on the basis of currently available fares, so doing it on the day of departure could mean 10% of a very expensive full fare ticket, plus taxes and fees of course.
It could take a lot of time to do this at the airport. Also, some airlines price tickets for lap infants on the basis of currently available fares, so doing it on the day of departure could mean 10% of a very expensive full fare ticket, plus taxes and fees of course.
May 3, 2017, 12:32 pm
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Before I called Orbitz, I actually called Iberia. They were super helpful pricing out the change however they couldn't actually make the change as it needed to go through Orbitz. When Iberia priced out the change for the in fact was just $23 and she said they typically charge 10%.
I've been looking at the fare rules this morning and it does mention 10% but its not clear to me what's referring to. My fare, the infants fare??
I've been looking at the fare rules this morning and it does mention 10% but its not clear to me what's referring to. My fare, the infants fare??
May 3, 2017, 12:58 pm
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Before I called Orbitz, I actually called Iberia. They were super helpful pricing out the change however they couldn't actually make the change as it needed to go through Orbitz. When Iberia priced out the change for the in fact was just $23 and she said they typically charge 10%.
I've been looking at the fare rules this morning and it does mention 10% but its not clear to me what's referring to. My fare, the infants fare??
I've been looking at the fare rules this morning and it does mention 10% but its not clear to me what's referring to. My fare, the infants fare??