Fare difference problems after first leg flown
Apr 19, 2019 | 6:45 am
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Fare difference problems after first leg flown
Hi all, slightly odd one.
I had a good Inverness to Las Vegas fare originally booked in business:
INV-LHR-PHL-LAS-PHL-LAS
At Inverness I got news that someone was taken seriously ill so got off the plane at Heathrow and told AA that I wouldnt be flying. No problem, very nice and they removed the segments, held the return just in case, but it turns out I couldnt fly that either.
Ive now called to reprice this ticket, and I cant get a fare change for any date for the rest of the year for less then 3400. A big part of the problem is that since Ive flown the INV-LHR segment is that the ticket has to be repriced as a LHR-LAS ticket, which are always insanely priced. He checked if I could route from somewhere else like DUB but it wasnt allowed.
It wasnt an expensive ticket (~1100) so its not the end of the world to loose it, its just a little annoying to loose a business class return...
theyre waiving the 300 change fee for family emergency, but cant waive things like 7 day advance purchase rates, or over ride the origin issue.
any ideas?
I had a good Inverness to Las Vegas fare originally booked in business:
INV-LHR-PHL-LAS-PHL-LAS
At Inverness I got news that someone was taken seriously ill so got off the plane at Heathrow and told AA that I wouldnt be flying. No problem, very nice and they removed the segments, held the return just in case, but it turns out I couldnt fly that either.
Ive now called to reprice this ticket, and I cant get a fare change for any date for the rest of the year for less then 3400. A big part of the problem is that since Ive flown the INV-LHR segment is that the ticket has to be repriced as a LHR-LAS ticket, which are always insanely priced. He checked if I could route from somewhere else like DUB but it wasnt allowed.
It wasnt an expensive ticket (~1100) so its not the end of the world to loose it, its just a little annoying to loose a business class return...
theyre waiving the 300 change fee for family emergency, but cant waive things like 7 day advance purchase rates, or over ride the origin issue.
any ideas?
Apr 19, 2019 | 7:36 am
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Yea, not much you can do. I've had a few instances over the years where I've had to cancel trips mid-itinerary like this. Every time it was cheaper to just book a brand new ticket to wherever than to try and salvage any value from the cancelled ticket.
Apr 19, 2019 | 7:40 am
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Hi all, slightly odd one.
I had a good Inverness to Las Vegas fare originally booked in business:
INV-LHR-PHL-LAS-PHL-LAS
At Inverness I got news that someone was taken seriously ill so got off the plane at Heathrow and told AA that I wouldnt be flying. No problem, very nice and they removed the segments, held the return just in case, but it turns out I couldnt fly that either.
Ive now called to reprice this ticket, and I cant get a fare change for any date for the rest of the year for less then 3400. A big part of the problem is that since Ive flown the INV-LHR segment is that the ticket has to be repriced as a LHR-LAS ticket, which are always insanely priced. He checked if I could route from somewhere else like DUB but it wasnt allowed.
It wasnt an expensive ticket (~1100) so its not the end of the world to loose it, its just a little annoying to loose a business class return...
theyre waiving the 300 change fee for family emergency, but cant waive things like 7 day advance purchase rates, or over ride the origin issue.
any ideas?
I had a good Inverness to Las Vegas fare originally booked in business:
INV-LHR-PHL-LAS-PHL-LAS
At Inverness I got news that someone was taken seriously ill so got off the plane at Heathrow and told AA that I wouldnt be flying. No problem, very nice and they removed the segments, held the return just in case, but it turns out I couldnt fly that either.
Ive now called to reprice this ticket, and I cant get a fare change for any date for the rest of the year for less then 3400. A big part of the problem is that since Ive flown the INV-LHR segment is that the ticket has to be repriced as a LHR-LAS ticket, which are always insanely priced. He checked if I could route from somewhere else like DUB but it wasnt allowed.
It wasnt an expensive ticket (~1100) so its not the end of the world to loose it, its just a little annoying to loose a business class return...
theyre waiving the 300 change fee for family emergency, but cant waive things like 7 day advance purchase rates, or over ride the origin issue.
any ideas?