Originally Posted by
DFWFairy
Quick question: United publishes some fares marked Economy (fully refundable), how late can I cancel in order to get it refunded with no charge? My sister is pregnant and is supposed to due next week. She’s had a couple of false alarms in the past month. However, because of my job, I cannot leave days in advance. That’s my dilemma.
Check the fare rules. In general, fully refundable domestic tickets can be refunded even after departure, but for safety I'd recommend canceling and refunding them at least 30 minutes prior to departure.
Originally Posted by
Traveler56789
Do you know - does the route and airline have to stay the same? For example, I'm traveling to Lisbon via ORD-ZRH-LIS on Swiss Air, booked with United miles. If I need to cancel less than 31 days in advance (and don't want to pay the fee), could I change to something like ORD-CDG-LIS on United/TAP? The cost in miles is just 2,000 more for this segment. Or would I need to find the exact route (ORD-ZRH-LIS)?
You can change to any route, including, e.g., ORD-STL or ORD-DTW. If the new ticket uses fewer miles, those will be refunded when you make the change, and then the rest will be refunded when you cancel and refund the new ticket.
Originally Posted by
JIMCHI
We have award tickets on LH FRA-VIE-FRA for mid-December using UA miles. No status with UA. Austria has imposed a lockdown and is not permitting tourists to enter. Hopefully this will change before we arrive there. But in the event it doesn't and I have to cancel the tickets (less than 30 days before) will UA waive the redeposit fee of $125 per ticket? Or any other way of getting around the fee?
It's unlikely that they'll waive the re-deposit fee, although it's not impossible. However, the workaround is to change, for free, to some other flight that's more than 31 days distant, and then refund the new ticket.