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Old Dec 19, 2020 | 8:04 am
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Originally Posted by sydneyracquelle
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This is both good and bad. It increases the motivation for speculative bookings. I can now book 3 outbound flights and 3 return flights and then just decide at the last minute (instead of 3 days before) which ones I will take and as a PM or DM get a full refund for the others. This hogs the cheapest inventory from others.
This was the official reason for instituting the 72 hour rule to begin with.
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