Airfare - what a racket

[~bs]

doesnt a lot of hotels have 2 tier pricing? with and without cancellation? of course without cancellation is a lot cheaper.

airlines could adopt a similar model, charge people less that willing to accept without cancellation. If someone wants to book and be able to cancel over the next couple months, charge them a premium

[disneysteve]

doesnt a lot of hotels have 2 tier pricing? with and without cancellation?

Sometimes. I've often found that the gap between the regular price and the non-refundable price isn't big enough to take the risk, though I have on occasion especially when booking very close to the travel date.

As a general rule, though, I book the best rate at the time and I just go in every couple of weeks and check if the rate has dropped. If it has, I make a new reservation and cancel the old one. I've probably saved a couple thousand dollars by doing that over the years.

[~bs]

Sometimes. I've often found that the gap between the regular price and the non-refundable price isn't big enough to take the risk, though I have on occasion especially when booking very close to the travel date.

As a general rule, though, I book the best rate at the time and I just go in every couple of weeks and check if the rate has dropped. If it has, I make a new reservation and cancel the old one. I've probably saved a couple thousand dollars by doing that over the years.

Yeah I think it kinda depends. I've seen some that were 20-30% difference.

Generally for hotels in popular destinations, it's usually better to book far in advance. Prices only skyrocket as the date gets closer and the hotels have few rooms left.

[moneybags]

The difficult thing with plane tickets is you can't play the game the way you can with hotels. I've posted numerous times about cancelling and rebooking a hotel reservation as the price has come down, sometimes 2-3 times before our stay. The airlines don't let you do that unfortunately.

You can do this on Southwest using points. I book tickets one-way so it is easier to change. If the flight price goes down, you can re-book and get points refunded. I guess you can do it with dollars also, but then you have credits that expire. The points just go back in your account.

[QuarterMillionMan]

More on the 60 minutes piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=_PR6P3bmcrs

Coincidently Southwest came on the news today about a passenger killed mid-flight when an engine blew and cracked a window which depressurized and sucked a woman half way through the window which killed her, very tragic.

[QuarterMillionMan]

In my inbox from Allegiant today.

http://pages.allegiantdeals.com/page.aspx?qs=1550dccf35ce5f74eea64e60074d4fbef7c23f752bfc1695b460218ff3eb064542f7b73ccc1bfb1b43d280c02634fd50006369ba68a01ebe12ffecde70d5ffdf07b7beb9951ad26aff56b8ce065671ca&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HNL_896010&utm_campaign=20180417_Allegiant_1

[greenskeeper]

More on the 60 minutes piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=_PR6P3bmcrs

Coincidently Southwest came on the news today about a passenger killed mid-flight when an engine blew and cracked a window which depressurized and sucked a woman half way through the window which killed her, very tragic.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue