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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2018, 02:45:11 PM »
Learning the hard way.

1. RJ doesn't fly daily out of NYC.
2. These tickets are 100% non-refundable. Trying to change this ticket with a connection via ORD due to medical emergency, results in them asking for around $3,000. Can buy brand new ticket on TK with better connection for less.

Time to see how good Citi coverage is.
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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2018, 03:13:42 PM »
Didn't buy travel insurance? Didn't you post in the travel insurance thread that you always buy a plan? Or could be I mixed you up with someone.

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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2018, 04:04:30 PM »
Didn't buy travel insurance? Didn't you post in the travel insurance thread that you always buy a plan? Or could be I mixed you up with someone.
I don't always buy insurance.

I bought this ticket with quite strong certainty that I would stick to these travel dates (Yahrzeit).

I did buy with Citi Premier card, that does provide certain coverage (and when I called them to ask about the current situation they said it would be covered, but I'm not sure how this might be handled in this situation where I have to travel 2 weeks early because of medical emergency on the other side). Will report back once I get everything figured out.
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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2018, 05:33:58 PM »
Good luck!

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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2018, 03:24:12 AM »
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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2018, 09:11:35 AM »
I don't always buy insurance.

I bought this ticket with quite strong certainty that I would stick to these travel dates (Yahrzeit).

I did buy with Citi Premier card, that does provide certain coverage (and when I called them to ask about the current situation they said it would be covered, but I'm not sure how this might be handled in this situation where I have to travel 2 weeks early because of medical emergency on the other side). Will report back once I get everything figured out.
Update?

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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2018, 10:27:36 AM »
Update?
Called RJ in TLV to cancel.

They said they are canceling the flight segments but ticket remains valid. I guess we'll have to see what happens when I try to book flight segments for the ticket.

Next step is claiming with Citi. Will work on that next week.
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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #27 on: March 14, 2018, 06:53:45 PM »
Called RJ in TLV to cancel.

They said they are canceling the flight segments but ticket remains valid. I guess we'll have to see what happens when I try to book flight segments for the ticket.

Next step is claiming with Citi. Will work on that next week.
I don't think I'll book RJ again.

Phone reps won't deal with Web bookings, can only deal via email. Response time is measured in days. Even if I was able to change ticket for a fee, their 3x schedule out of JFK means that not many options exist.

Luckily in this case I didn't lose anything, as Citi covered anything RJ didn't refund (they only refunded taxes of about $100 out of roughly $1400 paid for ticket).
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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #28 on: March 14, 2018, 07:02:20 PM »
I don't think I'll book RJ again.

Phone reps won't deal with Web bookings, can only deal via email. Response time is measured in days. Even if I was able to change ticket for a fee, their 3x schedule out of JFK means that not many options exist.

Luckily in this case I didn't lose anything, as Citi covered anything RJ didn't refund (they only refunded taxes of about $100 out of roughly $1400 paid for ticket).
Well for $1400 I wouldn’t expect a better customer service...I guess convenience is also worth $$ I would buy if they have this sale again

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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #29 on: March 14, 2018, 07:11:01 PM »
Well for $1400 I wouldn’t expect a better customer service...I guess convenience is also worth $$ I would buy if they have this sale again
I had to give up this ticket and bought one on TK for under $2,100. While TK isn't perfect, there are a lot more schedule options when flying NYC-TLV-NYC. Also on TK Wifi is free in J (unlike many other airlines, which either don't have it, or charge for it).
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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #30 on: March 14, 2018, 07:21:39 PM »
I had to give up this ticket and bought one on TK for under $2,100. While TK isn't perfect, there are a lot more schedule options when flying NYC-TLV-NYC. Also on TK Wifi is free in J (unlike many other airlines, which either don't have it, or charge for it).
That’s a great price! Where did you book ? On gf cheapest price is $2910 throughout schedule...

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Re: Royal Jordanian 40% off today
« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2018, 12:36:02 AM »
That’s a great price! Where did you book ? On gf cheapest price is $2910 throughout schedule...

I probably searched Kayak or Momondo, booked with Justfly.com for same day departure.

When I needed to change the return on that ticket TK call center wouldn't do it, so I had to call Justfly.com (they charged extra for the change - luckily that too was reimbursed by Citi). When I had to change the return a second time, I called TK ticket office in TLV. While they did it, they do require sending in a signed credit card form for the change fee (which they won't waive even in cases of medical emergency).
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