Originally Posted by JpMaxMan
I understand it is my mistake, but the things that made me irate about this:There are times when one is traveling when things happen. Maybe you get a flat on the way to the airport. Maybe your meeting is unavoidablely late and you miss your flight. I understand there are penalties when the unexpected happens. However, when these things do happen do you want to be on a carrier that's going to try to help you out and get you on your way or one that's going to put a thousand+ dollar road block in your way?
Yes, but for the most part these things are
uncontrollable. However, when the booking was made on
continental.com you
controlled the dates of travel and also received an e-mail confirmation as stated by
empedocles. You would have also received an e-ticket receipt by e-mail confirming your payment and flight schedule.
Probably at this stage, you might just want to consider re-booking NYC-BJX-NYC and omit the AUS stop, this will probably lower your new fare considerably, there also some 3 day advance purchase fares between these 2 cities. If some of your AUS friends are also attending the wedding, then this would help ease the frustration of not visiting them in AUS.
¡Mucha suerte!