flight stupidness redux
Aug. 2nd, 2007 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerWell, I really, really tried. I got hold of someone at Expedia by (dependable) phone, and she was a trooper. She dug out all the rules and read through them. She tried all sorts of tricks to circumvent the BA restrictions. But after an hour and a half, she gave up and told me I had to call BA directly (again) because they were the only people who could rebook my ticket. She strongly advised me to not tell them I had booked through Expedia, just to say I had a past-date ticket to rebook and that I had been told I could so don't tell me you can't.
Needless to say, I am not confident that this is going to go anywhere, though I will give it a try (later). I strongly suspect that BA are going to refuse to do anything at all. Which will mean I am out $780, even though I paid for cancellation insurance.
This experience presents me with a variety of possible lessons, but what I think I'm taking away from it is: don't book a flight unless you are sure you want to take it, and once you have taken it, don't even *think* of canceling it for anything short of a serious emergency.
Needless to say, I am not confident that this is going to go anywhere, though I will give it a try (later). I strongly suspect that BA are going to refuse to do anything at all. Which will mean I am out $780, even though I paid for cancellation insurance.
This experience presents me with a variety of possible lessons, but what I think I'm taking away from it is: don't book a flight unless you are sure you want to take it, and once you have taken it, don't even *think* of canceling it for anything short of a serious emergency.
