Originally Posted by
humanoid94
At least ask them for a refund on some of your taxes and facility charges. It should be like 10 dollars cheaper as a direct flight instead of a connection.
I was just denied that request (maybe I didn't push hard enough). I was told that would require a re-issue, which would require a $50 fee, blah blah blah. I then said, ok, cancel the reservation and I'll rebook, but then got denied with the 60-minute rule (first time I'd ever heard that rule actually invoked), and my outbound change had only been pushed back by about 40 minutes.
I'm sure I could have fought it more, but the agent was nice and the $4.50 per ticket didn't matter that much. Granted, that fee is supposed to go DTW, paid by NW, right? So now NW doesn't have to pay it. Oh well.