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I've had companion pass for about three years, and I find myself not bothering to check for price drops on flights with my companion added because of the extra step to cancel and rebook them if I need to make changes.
If I left my companion off the booking until like 2-3 weeks before my flight, am I running a serious risk of the flight selling out?
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Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
08-06-2024 04:39 PM
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If you would be kind enough to provide the routing, date of travel and time of travel, I might be able to give you an learned opinion. Absent that information the answer to your question is "Who Knows"
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
08-06-2024 05:16 PM
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@quant wrote:
I've had companion pass for about three years, and I find myself not bothering to check for price drops on flights with my companion added because of the extra step to cancel and rebook them if I need to make changes.
If I left my companion off the booking until like 2-3 weeks before my flight, am I running a serious risk of the flight selling out?
If you go to pretend book the flight and try to book eight WGA tickets and see if you are allowed - if so then probably you can go ahead and cancel and then re-add the companion comfortably. Adjust your behavior if the flight seems to be about to sell out or sold out.
If you do get stuck though keep checking at T-24 hours you'll get some people who are reminded of their flight and forgot about it and cancel shortly after that, or become open to make same day changes, and then the same day people start making changes and/or get delayed and re-routed - I've added companion tickets while at the airport checking in before, it's very uncomfortable but often a seat will free up at the last minute if you keep checking. I don't recommend this, just offering that even if your flight did sell out there would still be a chance to recover.
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
08-06-2024 05:17 PM
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@DancingDavidE wrote:
@quant wrote:
I've had companion pass for about three years, and I find myself not bothering to check for price drops on flights with my companion added because of the extra step to cancel and rebook them if I need to make changes.
If I left my companion off the booking until like 2-3 weeks before my flight, am I running a serious risk of the flight selling out?
If you go to pretend book the flight and try to book eight WGA tickets and see if you are allowed
Thanks to @bec102896 for the original idea about the "eight ticket check" method.
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
08-06-2024 05:21 PM - edited 08-06-2024 05:22 PM
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@DancingDavidE wrote:
@DancingDavidE wrote:
@quant wrote:
I've had companion pass for about three years, and I find myself not bothering to check for price drops on flights with my companion added because of the extra step to cancel and rebook them if I need to make changes.
If I left my companion off the booking until like 2-3 weeks before my flight, am I running a serious risk of the flight selling out?
If you go to pretend book the flight and try to book eight WGA tickets and see if you are allowed
Thanks to @bec102896 for the original idea about the "eight ticket check" method.
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You can actually do 9 now 😂
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
Re: Have you ever been unable to add a companion 2-3 weeks out?
08-07-2024 12:40 PM
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If it is a popular route or time of year (like Christmas or Hawaii) then I would not risk it and would add the companion.
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