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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 5:02 am
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Originally Posted by newhousejim
After a recent experience I have made a decision. There is never a need to pay for a ticket via AA site, and possibly others. Orbitz has a great feature where they will refund the price difference if your ticket price is lowered.

I recently paid for a few tickets on AA for $309 each. Could have gotten the same tickets on Orbitz. A month later, AA runs a sale and the tickets are now $199. I called AA and they said they don't have a price match feature. They can rebook the flight, but the $100 rebooking fee applies. If I would have purchased through Orbitz, I would have recieved a $110 refund per ticket.

Is my reasoning sound that you should never purchase tickets via the airlines site?
crhptic is right....another person has to buy the same ticket from orbitz in order for you to be eligible for the refund....i believe priceline also does the same thing....
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