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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 11:43 pm
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I just don't think it is correct for passengers who bought tickets prior to March 15, and paid a lot higher fare on the same routings (same fare class and same dates), and ended up having to pay $50 to get the remaining refund. Early March, I wanted to buy two separate tickets from Houston to Honolulu and Houston to Los Angeles. The first came up at 800+ while the second one was 400+, and I decided to postpone the trips. I knew from my last year trips, a ticket to Honolulu (S, W, V fares) normally cost around 550-650. And W fare to LAX never exceeded +/- 320. And then here it is after March 15, both routings go back to the price range I bought last year (same dates as per my original plan). I just bought one to HNL at 600 (end of May) and one to LAX in June at 300 something. Only if I bought them prior to March, I would have to pay another $100 to get a small refund. How is this reasonable?
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