@SouthWORST wrote:
Where are you getting your info?
It's not hard to look up:
https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/airlines-reinstating-change-and-cancellation-fees.html
Airlines Reinstating Change and Cancellation Fees
Excerpt:
American Airlines became the first carrier to resume reservation restrictions when it made its basic economy fares non-changeable and non-refundable. However, the airline is still allowing changes for international flights originating outside North or South America through May 31 (with the exception of Asia).
Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have also tightened ticket flexibility. As of May 1, all three carriers have scrapped their travel waivers for basic economy tickets and will revert back to non-changeable and non-refundable fares. Therefore, customers that worry about a new wave of COVID-19 affecting future travel should avoid booking the ultra-budget fare.
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Also:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/03/08/flight-credit-covid-pandemic-canceled-...
An airline-by-airline look at pandemic flight credits
►United Airlines, which was blasted for its early pandemic refund policies, extended the expiration date of tickets purchased as far back as May 1, 2019, to March 31, 2022.
►Allegiant Air issued a blanket expiration date of two years from the date of ticket purchase for all vouchers issued
►Delta extended travel credit expiration dates to the end of 2022 but only if you bought your ticket by April 17; otherwise, you have a year from the date of purchase. That means travelers who bought a Delta ticket in May and beyond have looming expiration dates.
►American is giving travelers until December 2021 or a year after ticket purchase to use flight credits issued last year, but only if the canceled tickets were purchased by Sept. 30;passengers who bought tickets after that date are covered by the standard one-year expiration date.
►JetBlue is giving passengers 24 months to use travel credits issued by June 30, 2021; credits issued after that are good for one year.
►Alaska Airlines travel credits issued on or after March 1, 2020, are valid through Dec. 31, 2021.
►Frontier Airlines initially stuck with its standard 90-day voucher expiration date but has since extended it to one year.
►Spirit Airlines extended the expiration date of credits issued from March 2020 to Dec. 31, 2021, but the flight has to be booked by Sept. 30, 2021.
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Southwest was the most generous from the start by going out to September 2022 - most airlines did not offer that much compensation until much later, and because they waited a select few like Delta has gone to the end of 2022 - but very few are doing that, most have expirations in 2021.
--Jessica
