Until reading this, at least one person didn't know it was possible...I thought there was a $75 penalty or some such.

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As everyone knows if the price goes down you can always get the difference as a voucher with most airlines (ba seems to have something wrong with them.

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Until reading this, at least one person didn't know it was possible...I thought there was a $75 penalty or some such. How do you request the voucher, particularly if you purchased a ticket on the Internet? Thank you for the information!

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If you spot a reduction in your fare and it is available at the moment you call reservations on the exact flights and dates you hold a purchased ticket on, most airlines will reticket you and issue a travel credit for the difference. One time I had 9 tix to be reticketed and I had the rez agent go through each to document that the lower fare was available on each flight/date before returning to the more time consuming reticketing process.

If you partially paid for your purchased tix with a customer service voucher or such, that amount does not count as part of your payment for the tix. For example, if you paid $400 for the tix and then the fare, with taxes, drops to $300, you should be able to reticket and get a $100 voucher in the mail or electronic. If you paid for that $400 ticket with $300 cash and $100 voucher, you are not due anything when the fare drops to $300.

That's interesting. In my experience, I have been able to get a second voucher for a price drop on a ticket purchased with a voucher. Last September, I paid for a DEN-SJC-SNA RT ticket using a voucher on American, and when the price dropped, I was able to get another voucher that I used to purchase another ticket (a second DEN-SJC-SNA RT ticket). http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

I guess it depends on what type of voucher you are using and perhaps the airline. In this case I was using a TCV from nw and the refund will come in this case as an MCO from nw. I have never had any luck with getting a refund voucher of any sort from ba when I have had a "non-refundable ticket" even when the fare reduction is available on the exact same itinerary. (flights & dates)
Also whether you are using a valid refundable voucher or cash most airlines will waive the $75 for the lower ticket if you take it as a voucher - the reason being that only about 15% of vouchers are ever resubmitted by pax. (I am sure the percentage is higher for the members of this board - but every once in a while I see a posting of someone who has forgotten for some reason or another to cash in their voucher)

Once again, Flyertalk comes to the rescue! I actually didn't know about getting vouchers back when the fare drops -- I thought you were just screwed. Anyway, to make a long story short -- I just got off the phone with a really nice rep at UA and now have $70 in vouchers due to a fare reduction. (Here's hoping they will actually show up!) Thanks guys!

Question: Do they also waive the fees when requesting a voucher on international itineraries, or will they first deduct the $150 change free?

Yonatan

I just bought a ticket from SFO to Montreal on US Airways for $230, with no special discount. Leaving Memorial Day weekend. I fly this route regularly and this is the cheapest I've seen it in YEARS, for late spring/summer travel.

Ed

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yonatan:
[B]Question: Do they also waive the fees when requesting a voucher on international itineraries, or will they first deduct the $150 change free?

Yonatran, I had some international tickets come down a little more that the $150 change fee this spring. Delta insisted that they would have to charge the fee and therefore it would do me no good. I asked for a voucher for the difference and they said change fee still applies. The policies across the industry seem very inconsistent to me.