Originally Posted by
djibouti
I'm looking at some of this business fares west coast to Europe. I found one SJC-AMS that is labeled as "Refundable" so I follow it through to the payment page. In the T&C I read:
So it's "refundable" for $300? That seems rather misleading. I guess what they mean is they actually refund the remainder to your form of payment rather than a voucher? Strangely I wasn't able to find similar threads on this although I bet it's been discussed before...
This started with the European carriers and then xEurope. Now, it's pretty common to have:
1. Fully refundable to original form of payment at anytime.
2. #1 but with time of cancellation restrictions.
3. #1 but with fee.
4. Non-refundable, but credit + fee (typical discounted fare in the USA)
5. Non-refundable (DL's E fares)