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Old Oct 25, 2018 | 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by belfordrocks
Last year I had a booking on a US domestic route, where I needed to cancel, but the change fee outweighed the value of the ticket. Of course, there was no incentive for me to cancel, so I just left the ticket. Day of travel, weather comes along, IRROPs happens and I get a full refund. I'm sure this story isn't uncommon either.
This is most of my typical domestic U.S. tickets. There's no reason to cancel - you just wait, watch the flight, and grab a refund if there's IRROPs. Flight operates normally, no biggie...figure maybe a standby got my seat.

Southwest is, of course, the exception.
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