Originally Posted by
MDFFlyer
My credit card (CC) gives me a $500 credit (You will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $500 per Account per Trip, for reasonable, additional accommodation and travelling expenses) for flight delays greater than six hours. I booked a trip for the month of October on a Sunday. A few weeks thereafter I got an e-mail saying my flight got changed to the next day, on the Monday, as the airline's schedule changed.
From my understanding, in this case, this would be characterized as a flight delay so I could be compensated $500 per the following terms and conditions: (You will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $500 per Account per Trip, for reasonable, additional accommodation and travelling expenses).
Leaving on the Sunday or Monday for me is not a big difference. In this case do y'all think it would be reasonable for me to maybe use the $500 to buy some clothes and claim it as "travelling expenses" from my CC?
Thanks!
I could be wrong, obviously (!), but I'd guess the compensation is for when there is a delay while you are traveling, and you need to get extra food, or a jacket, or pajamas, etc.
You could probably arrange to have a non-refundable ticket changed to a different day/flight or refunded, given the magnitude of the schedule change. But this would be from the airline.
GC