Originally Posted by
cordelli
Once you changed to the other flight, any relation to the first flight doesn't matter. Would everybody who paid $1,150 on the earlier flight be asking for money back because the later flight was less expensive? Of course not.
They will not refund the $550, nor should they.
+1. I can't believe all the advise about getting a refund. IRROPS happen and airlines don't give refunds because of them. If the OP's friend really needed to be there for a meeting, and booking the first flight out was cutting it close, they should have booked a flight for the day before. If they had put her on a later flight that was not the same as her original, but she still missed her meeting, do you still think she should get a refund? Simply because this IRROP happened to put the friend back on their original flight in this circumstance is not grounds for a refund.