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Cancelling same day ticket
« on: January 21, 2019, 02:04:41 PM »
If I book an airline  ticket on site with 24 hour cancellation policy (such as Priceline) for the same day, can I still cancel without penalty? And until when?
e.g. in my case I may need to be in Israel for emergency. So I want to book a ticket for 11PM flight tonight from EWR to TLV. But want to be able to cancel in case I don't need to go.

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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2019, 02:11:50 PM »
I know that on orbitz you can pay a fee which I believe is percentage based that allows you to cancel the flight even after the first 24 hrs, I think priceline has a similar plan

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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2019, 02:28:59 PM »
If you book on Priceline, Orbitz and Expedia, you can cancel for free up until the time of departure. By some airlines if you checked in online, you'll have to check out (not all airlines let you do it online) before canceling.

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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2019, 02:55:04 PM »
If you book on Priceline, Orbitz and Expedia, you can cancel for free up until the time of departure. By some airlines if you checked in online, you'll have to check out (not all airlines let you do it online) before canceling.
Do any airlines let you reverse your check-in, online?
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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2019, 02:55:52 PM »
Do any airlines let you reverse your check-in, online?
Yes, most non-US airlines have that option online.
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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2019, 03:21:58 PM »
If I book an airline  ticket on site with 24 hour cancellation policy (such as Priceline) for the same day, can I still cancel without penalty? And until when?
e.g. in my case I may need to be in Israel for emergency. So I want to book a ticket for 11PM flight tonight from EWR to TLV. But want to be able to cancel in case I don't need to go.
Some site actually give you until 12AM the next day, no matter what time you book.

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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2019, 05:10:00 PM »
I was booked same day with Expedia got to the airport late didn’t make it trough security in time so I just canceled and it was never charged to my CC

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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2019, 05:12:31 PM »
I know that on orbitz you can pay a fee which I believe is percentage based that allows you to cancel the flight even after the first 24 hrs, I think priceline has a similar plan

If you are able to cancel a same day ticket then just hand it over to a travel agent, instead of booking with expedia and the let the agent deal with booking you in etc...

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Re: Cancelling same day ticket
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2019, 06:47:22 PM »
Yes, most non-US airlines have that option online.
Some US airlines as well
I was booked same day with Expedia got to the airport late didn’t make it trough security in time so I just canceled and it was never charged to my CC
It's gets charged it just doesn't post as it's "voided" same day
If you are able to cancel a same day ticket then just hand it over to a travel agent, instead of booking with expedia and the let the agent deal with booking you in etc...
That's so bad