Originally Posted by
seawolf
This has yet to be proven or disproven. I’m not in the mood to reiterate reasons why but discouraging this course of action is potentially bad advice.
You're not seriously suggesting that you could do a chargeback for a flight simply because you don't want to take it anymore? And you're also not suggesting that you should do a chargeback without asking the merchant to resolve the issue first?
Originally Posted by
DarkHelmetII
Will this plan work on a purchased domestic non-refundable ticket after Mar 1:
1) Change to international ticket (there are flights to Canada within a few $$ of my original purchase)
2) Hope they cancel my international ticket - if not keep moving it forward until it lands on a day when the flight is cancelled and there is no flight within 6 hours
3) If flight never gets cancelled (unlikely), after 12 months I can get a refund per "international rebooking" terms: "If the customer chooses not to use the credit, they will receive a cash refund at the end of that 12 month period."
Poke holes, flame away. Looking for input.
#3 won't work -- the international rebooking terms only come up if there's a schedule change.
Booking travel without intent to fly is prohibited by UA's Contract of Carriage.
If you made the change now, to a flight that you believed would be wiped off of the schedule, you could potentially get the end-of-12-month refund. Doing daily changes seems more likely to draw attention to me.