Years ago it was common to be able to request a credit when you bought a ticket, and the fare for the same flights dropped. Airlines used this to give you confidence buying and not waiting. You could lock in a price, protecting yourself against price ...

Don’t Forget to Get Money Back When the Price of Your Airline Ticket Falls and more...  In This Issue...  Don’t Forget to Get Money Back When the Price of Your Airline Ticket Falls  Southwest Disavows Responsibility for Bags Left in the Rain and Layoffs at Gogo Inflight Internet  Delta Introducing Pay With Miles to Upgrade Any Fare By End of Year  Chase Takes $330 Million Charge Due to High Cost of Points Redemptions  How a Pilot Smoking in the Cockpit Caused His 737 to Lose Pressure and Descend 21,000 Feet  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. Don’t Forget to Get Money Back When the Price of Your Airline Ticket Falls Years ago it was common to be able to request a credit when you bought a ticket, and the fare for the same flights dropped. Airlines used this to give you confidence buying and not waiting. You could lock in a price, protecting yourself against price increases, while not worrying that you might be overpaying. Of course most people didn't claim any money back. Most people buy a ticket and don't check the price again later. Services popped up to automate this, and airlines because less customer-friendly. However several airlines are still fairly flexible giving you credits back. Continue reading Don’t Forget to Get Money Back When the Price of Your Airline Ticket Falls...          • Email to a friend • Southwest Disavows Responsibility for Bags Left in the Rain and Layoffs at Gogo Inflight Internet A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading Southwest Disavows Responsibility for Bags Left in the Rain and Layoffs at Gogo Inflight Internet...          • Email to a friend • Delta Introducing Pay With Miles to Upgrade Any Fare By End of Year Delta President Glen Hauenstein said in the introduction to the airline's second quarter earnings call yesterday, "We continue to roll out more options that our customers are asking for, including the ability to paying with miles by the end of 2018." He didn't elaborate on what exactly Delta plans to allow customers to pay for in his remarks. However later in the call CEO Ed Bastian explained. Continue reading Delta Introducing Pay With Miles to Upgrade Any Fare By End of Year...          • Email to a friend • Chase Takes $330 Million Charge Due to High Cost of Points Redemptions You're costing Chase more than they expected, and they've revealed how much more to investors. Continue reading Chase Takes $330 Million Charge Due to High Cost of Points Redemptions...          • Email to a friend • How a Pilot Smoking in the Cockpit Caused His 737 to Lose Pressure and Descend 21,000 Feet I've held off writing about the Air China flight which lost cabin pressure and quickly descended 21,000 feet because there were missing pieces to the story that just didn't make sense. The incident was being blamed on a pilot smoking in the cockpit. While it's understandable that a pilot doing so wouldn't want to be outed out of fear for their job, it was not clear how the smoking was in any way related to the incident. Until now, that is. Continue reading How a Pilot Smoking in the Cockpit Caused His 737 to Lose Pressure and Descend 21,000 Feet...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Delta President: United and American are Losing Business Because of Harsh Basic Economy American Airlines Buy on Board Fraud and a Pilot's Most Interesting Moments Peak Hipster: Austin Gets the World's First App-Based Robotic Specialty Airport Coffee House Stealing a Car Instead of Renting One and Most Miles Ever Earned for a Single Roundtrip? Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.     Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC • 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123 • Sudbury, MA 01776, USA