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PSA: If you have future reservations on any airline, check them every Monday. And I mean every Monday. The reservation may have changed. -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Oct 16 '17, 09:43

And the airline may or may not notify you. And if they notify you at all, it may not be for a while.

Airlines change flight schedules, especially for flights more than 2-3 months out, quite commonly. Some of these changes are big, some are small. Sometimes the change is just a flight number change or and aircraft type change and nothing more. Nonetheless, depending on the airline logic, this could cause you to get moved to a different flight, lose your seat, etc. Or a big change could occur that no longer works for you.

These changes normally load on Saturdays though sometimes it takes until Sunday to finish. So keep a record of your current reservation (Flight number, times, etc) and check each Monday.

The good news is: With significant schedule changes, you are usually entitled to a A) refund if you want it or B) to basically choose whatever new flights you want that day between your origin and destination. This can vary by airline, but usually a major change gives you free reign to make a free change.

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btw, Travel Advisor ty97. I booked two tickets via Chase and two via United for the same flight. Both are in my United reservations on the website - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 10:17 6
- Not familiar with the combining reservations option, but would totally do it - ty97 Oct 16, 10:20 4
  - Looks like it made a "Trip Plan" tying the two together - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 10:21 3
    - I expect it probably notated the PNRs in each other behind the scenes (hopefully). - ty97 Oct 16, 10:22 2
      - What kilbo heard: blah blah notated blah blah notes - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 10:23 1
        
        hahahaha, I'm just regurgitating terms I've heard and know a little about. - ty97 Oct 16, 10:31
- Depends on what they mean by combine. It's probably just a note in the file which is meaningless. - spamlet Oct 16, 10:20
They changed my 9:15am flight to 9:30am! -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 10:15
Kim just had this happen, too. She's now supposed to spent five hours at The Worst Place on Earth on Christmas. - David Oct 16, 10:08 6
- Dubuque, Iowa? -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 10:11
- How significant was the change in itinerary? - ty97 Oct 16, 10:09 4
  - I just looked. She had a layover of 94 minutes. Now, it's almost exactly four hours. -- nm - David Oct 16, 10:11 3
    - And I assume this is DL, though that should matter, but DL tends to be good about this. Nonetheless, she should get a free change. - ty97 Oct 16, 10:17 1
      - Alternatively, she is probably eligible for a full refund of the round-trip itinerary if you want, but then she'd have to book something new - ty97 Oct 16, 10:18
    - Is there another flight she could get on? - spamlet Oct 16, 10:17
I’m flying delta this week. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 09:58 2
- Delta seems to make changes all the time, though most of the are minor, but every airline is making changes, and they are dreadful at notification. - ty97 Oct 16, 10:01 1
  - Thanks for the heads up. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 10:17
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- I would escalate that one to a DL supervisor or customer service to find out why AM canceled it. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 10:02 10
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    - That would be super illegal, I'm sure. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 10:05 8
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        DL site, DL flight number? Keep pushing and escalating, this is their problem to fix. Keep going up the line. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 10:07 2
        
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        I would keep pushing to have them reinstate you on AM b/c thats what you were confirmed on and it still exists - ty97 Oct 16, 10:12
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        Right, that's why I would push DL (and escalate) until they reinstate. You booked, you have confirmation, you did not change anything, it's DL's job - ty97 Oct 16, 10:07 2
        
        (assuming you booked the DL code?) -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 10:07 1
        
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We charge you $10 every time you want to check your flight, and $15 dollars on Mondays. -- nm - Spirit Airlines Oct 16, 09:55
Got one for our flights in June this weekend but so far just a flight number change! -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 09:46 11
- AA was making major changes to the January schedule over the weekend so you've got a while before they really screw up June :) -- nm* - ty97 Oct 16, 09:47 10
  - I had a flight number change as well, for January. - ty97 Oct 16, 09:48 9
    - Worse, it's on Delta. - spamlet Oct 16, 09:50 8
      - Where are you flying into? Delta doesn't seem to fly to the island? -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 10:04 5
        
        PLN. You still have to take a ferry but it's 2 hours closer than Traverse City (AA). - spamlet Oct 16, 10:05 4
        
        And you get to go through DL's DTW terminal, which is pretty nice. - ty97 Oct 16, 10:08 3
        
        Is it? Haven't been in DTW since 2010. - spamlet Oct 16, 10:16 2
        
        The Delta terminal at DTW is nice, don't think I've been in the other terminal. - ty97 Oct 16, 10:21 1
        
        Nah, was just there. Maybe time to run for pommes but I don't need to get contact high again. -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 10:23
      - oh, it will change at least 5 times between now and June - ty97 Oct 16, 09:52 1
        
        Yup. "Are we still on the flight? Do we still have seats? Ok, we're fine" -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 09:54

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