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Worried about canceled flights? How to avoid losing money if you have a trip coming up - CNBC
The airline industry still owes customers billions in reimbursements for canceled flights. Here’s what you should know about refunds and flight credits.
If we’ve learned anything from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it’s that circumstances can quickly change. At the same time, most of us didn’t expect things to drag on this long.
Though many people are delaying plans like weddings and vacations well into 2021, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against all nonessential travel and customer service reps work around the clock to process billions of dollars in airline refunds, there are some brave souls who are booking flights and dreaming of far-flung locales.
But before you make plans, thoroughly read your airline and credit cards’ flight cancellation policies. Whether you can get a refund — and how that refund is delivered — depends on both how you booked your trip (with points or in dollars) and who you booked it with.
The airline industry still owes customers billions in reimbursements for canceled flights. Here’s what you should know about refunds and flight credits.
If we’ve learned anything from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it’s that circumstances can quickly change. At the same time, most of us didn’t expect things to drag on this long.
Though many people are delaying plans like weddings and vacations well into 2021, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against all nonessential travel and customer service reps work around the clock to process billions of dollars in airline refunds, there are some brave souls who are booking flights and dreaming of far-flung locales.
But before you make plans, thoroughly read your airline and credit cards’ flight cancellation policies. Whether you can get a refund — and how that refund is delivered — depends on both how you booked your trip (with points or in dollars) and who you booked it with.