Originally Posted by
sports1
I think I have the answers but want to confirm (not trying to make a habit of doing this...):
1. From a FF/naughty list perspective, no penalty if I just.. no show for the return (NA - EU) flight?
2. I can expect essentially $0 fare difference for a refund? Will I get the taxes back at least? And if I get taxes, will that be in FTC or to original payment method?
3. If I do move this flight in the future, I assume it's $225 change fee + fare difference for Y Standard/Flex? What restrictions do I have on origin and destination? (for this, assume ticket was originally YYZ and CDG).
Based on my own
limited experience:
1. Nothing will happen if you no show.
2. What you get will be minimal, probably the taxes and other govt fees and maybe a small amount, if any, after the fare is re-priced.
3. Consider cancelling for a future travel credit which has more restrictions than the AC wallet but may yield a better amount compared to a cash refund. There is more info in the forum in various threads about travel credits.
As a data point, I had a EU-NA-EU roundtrip which cost around $3200 (J outbound, Y latitude on the return). I could not take the return flight as scheduled. If I wanted to cancel for a cash refund back to my credit card the amount quoted was around $200. For travel credit it was around $900. The Concierge said that using the $900 travel credit will have some restrictions such as only being usable on a NA-originating ticket to Europe (RT or one-way), but not necessarily on the same city pairs. And it has to be used within a year of the
original ticketing date.