Originally Posted by
Firstboss
It might be known to other expert flyers here, but to me it was a discovery that the Skymiles price of an award ticket can go down after booking
Yes, it is a ridiculously short and cheap flight (LAS- LAX), but with this learning it is useful to check your more expensive ones.
I bought the original ticket 3 weeks before the flight for 5900 Skymiles, and a week later I re-booked it at 4600 miles, cancelling the first booking. Surprisingly, the buy-up to first class offer costs the same. Finally, the dollar price they ask for the flight hasn't changed.
Discovered this accidentally looking for different options.
Thank you for advising of this. I have never thought of going back to check once I have booked a flight. I'm going to have to from now on. I had a o/w on DL for a trip in Dec. I just looked at it. Same flight, same cabin is now $20 cheaper. I cancelled rebooked and got the $20 difference as an ecredit.
Last edited by AJNEDC; Nov 4, 2023 at 7:59 pm