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Old Oct 30, 2018, 8:57 pm
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trooper
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by weblet
According to airline rules, passengers have 24 hours to cancel without penalty. The agency should have been able to void the transaction and the duplicate ticket situation at least would have been avoided if that was the case. Can’t really address the $400 penalty the agency charged, other than it should have been disclosed somewhere and if not I would dispute on that basis.
This is NOT true. Airlines have a CHOICE of offering 24 hr free cancellation OR a 24 hr "hold". You will get nowhere demanding free cancellation if the airline offers the hold instead.
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