It’s a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines

I have about 2400$ worth in travel credits from United that will expire at the end of the year and that I won't be able to use :pensive:. Do you know of any place/way to resell them?

if something like a voucher, you might be able to reuse it for some flight then get the remainder reissued as a new credit with a 1 year expiration out.

you're generally not allowed to sell or transfer these (or miles) - what i've done in the past is shared an offer with facebook friends to buy them a ticket at a discount. eg. you want to fly somewhere for $1000, i have $1000 voucher, i'll buy your ticket, you give me $900, win/win.

since you're not allowed to sell them the person who you do this for must understand if asked (which they probably won't be, and this would be most likely to happen for points purchased flights where you have a pattern looking like they are going to strangers) about why/how your their ticket was purchased, they should say it is a gift and not that they paid anyone for anything or that you got compensated. this would risk both them going on the flight and you having your account culled (like lose miles/have it closed)

i'm under the impression shadier operators out there might exist who would compensate you less, facilitate this same transaction with a stranger, and keep some money for themselves, but everything about that is the same as the above with less money and more risk for you.

Thank you! That's really useful ☺️

Currently on my first flight with working USB-C and high speed WiFi. Literally has never happened one time before today. Life is grand.

Which airline?

British Airways.

For context we’ve traveled numerous airlines this year. Not one USB-C point worked, very few of the USB-A points worked, and on 4 occasions I was refunded my WiFi payment because I couldn’t even browse basic internet.

I am truly impressed.

New plane or a retrofit? What model plane?

By the way, I had a great experience with LatAm Airlines, definitely some whiplash after how bad Avianca was LOL

Do carriers fly over Syria, Iraq and Iran? Or do they avoid? Tried asking customer service and they said "don't know". Looking at a flight from Istanbul to Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) and straight line goes over them.


Would you avoid?

take a look at flight radar. syria mostly avoided, iraq and iran -- no

Believe they don't. Don't think any _aviation insurance company_ would allow them to. But I don't know anything about that, this purely makes sense in my head. 🤷‍♂️

Most carriers don't avoid Iraq airspace afaik, I took Fly Emirates to Iraq in July when I flew there and I believe Turkish airlines when I left.

you can in paid version, in free version just search by the same two airports

mbcaeacyh Thank you for _enriching_ my reply 🙏

😅

chances of getting into a motor vehicle accident orders of magnitude higher i imagine

yeah, absolutely. chances are pretty small but that would be up to you to decide 😆

An interesting (but safe) situation happened in 2018–2019 when a jet had to land in Iran with a mechanical failure. Because of US sanctions on Iran, it was impossible to bring in the spare parts to fix the plane until special permission was granted. I think it was stranded there for a couple months. The passengers left the next day on a different flight. www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/world/middleeast/iran-norwegian-air-jet.html

When buying flights from Europe to Asia with unclear dates, is it generally better to get flexible returns, rather than two one-way tickets?

Usually the one-way tickets aren’t much cheaper than the return tickets. Just set the return super far into the future.

Flexible return for sure, even at a fee (say turkish, their date change fee is just usd100).

Any tips on how to get a cheap flights?

I am extremely uneducated on this

Jack’s Flight Club is pretty good at finding awesome bargains if you’re flexible

Just a heads up. I have a skyscanner account, and when I select "Poland" > "Whole world" for October 21st with direct flights, Albania doesn't appear in the search results. However, if I choose "Poland" > "Albania" for October 21st with direct flights, it immediately shows up. When I switched to private mode and performed the first search while logged out, Albania suddenly appeared. It would be nice if this website had some actual features for account holders, as I haven't selected any preferences, yet I'm getting worse results just because I have an account.

That’s weird

I think that's likely software implementation

As anyone here traveld to japan with United Airlines? its my first time with united and when i see the " checked bags" optiones it appears with 0$ dlls fee does it mean i have one for free?

i believe you get 1 check in for free unless you got the very basic lowest fare class economy

can confirm, did this abt a month ago

Question about skipping the second leg of a flight, when you book a one way ticket.
I am planning to visit Mexico City and for many reasons at the moment I want to book a one way ticket ( don't worry I will have a return ticket, that I will buy separate before I arrive.)
Last time I checked one way ticket was at around 500 pounds, and today it went up to 2.000! Bare in mind I have book long haul flights one way tickets in the past, and this sudden jump was not expected. The same prices applies for that route if I decide to depart from Paris/Brussels etc. when looking at those routes only few days ago, prices were at the range of 450-600 pounds.
However I found a one way ticket Madrid-Mexico city-Cancun for a super low price. What will happen if I don't take the 2d leg of the flight which is Mexico City Cancun? I understand that having a checked baggage might complicate things... Has anyone done this before?
thank you in advance.

I did SFO-AMS-BER once and they charged me 275€ to get my luggage out in AMS. I think they're on to that trick 😅 probably no consequences if you don't have checked baggage (this was KLM)

Your checked baggage will be automatically transfered to your 2nd flight to Cancun. What you can do is this:
Intentionally "miss" your 2nd leg of the flight. If you don't board the plane, the airline will have no choice but to offload your check-in luggage for security reasons (they can't carry check-in luggage of someone that did not board the flight). Just go up to the gate after the departure has closed and tell the airline people you fell asleep and missed the flight. If you have a very short layover, you can also say you got stuck at immigration. If they rebook you for another flight soon after without need to take your luggage, you can just say you have to take medicine which is in your luggage.
Anyway once you have your luggage, you are good to just leave and abandon your 2nd leg. There shouldn't be any penalty involved.
I haven't tested this or know anyone that has done this but thats my theory.

275€ for a luggage? wow! If I do this, I am not going to check any luggage, I will just have a carry one with me.

if you have checked bags it's typically going all the way, if you don't check it... you may still end up needing to check it at the gate.

the airline doesn't like this big time, depending on which one and your status they may do various things. eg. charge you, ban you from flying in the future, confiscate all your points.

can I just go to the gate and say a lie that something personal happened and I will not be boarding the second leg of the flight, and there is no check in baggage? and then I will just exit with one small carry on, to mexico city

romdkemszavtrnjmk if you don't say anything, either your luggage will go to the next destination, or you'll be delaying the flight because they have to get your bag out, which doesn't seem very nice 🙄

No but they can't do that because of security reasons, they have to assume you might have a bomb in the luggage.

qnupiwtrmqjmuxqv may I ask you please, did you go to the gate once you arrived at AMS to let them know that you will not board at the 2d leg of the flight? Or when you checked in from SFO ?

zcojyzqnnpjdopbrs I always thought that, but recently heard from someone who missed their second leg where the luggage continued on. Maybe the rule only applies to your first leg, since it's very unlikely a terrorist would wait for the second leg 🤔

different rules based on wether US is involved or not. I wouldn’t use this “trick” with checked luggage. with hand luggage only however, sure

> I did SFO-AMS-BER once and they charged me 275€ to get my luggage out in AMS. I think they're on to that trick 😅 probably no consequences if you don't have checked baggage (this was KLM)
I have a similar story, I was flying SCL - CDG - FCO with AirFrance and wanted to exit in Paris. So I went to the air france lady once I landed in Paris and told her I'm not flying to Rome. She told me it would cost me 200+ euros to get my luggage. I didn't really have options so I said sure :man-shrugging:

Now the funny part. I just went to the area to reclaim my luggage and it was sitting there next to luggage belt. So I have just picked it up and left 😂 I think luggage handlers at CDG couldn't care less about stupid FlyingBlue policies

I have already booked my ticket! I will only be taking a hand luggage so I am good. Will advise desk on my arrival , prio immigrstion, cause I dont want the whole plane to wait for me ( its. 2,5h connection for the next flight)
I will update how its goes next month 😄

forgot one other piece of advice if you do that, don't put in your frequent flyer number because if airline thinks you break the rules on purpose it might cancel your frequent flyer status. at least that's what I heard, I don't know how true is that because I never had a status that I would care to lose 😆

I did not have a frequent flyer number with them so all good! Thanks for the advice , I appreciate it 🙂

That’s plenty of time. Singapore is so fast to get through anywhere. However, if your first flight is delayed… then there is your problem.

The only risk here is delay of first flight

When booking fake flights to show proof that you're leaving the country upon entry, instead of using Onward, which airline is the easiest to get a refund from or is the most flexible with this? 👀

Usually book on Expedia.com|Expedia.com (USA site) that has 24 hour free cancelations on most flights - it's a law in the US).

Is there any fee for canceling at all? I know some european airlines offer a “free” cancelation. But they require you to call them and then charge a service fee for processing your request over the phone facepalm

thanks for the tips guys

Hey all! I have a flight that requires me to change airports in London (Heathrow to Gatwick). I didn't think too much of it when I booked, as I have about 5.5 hours in between, but now reading that it might be more of a pain than I expected. Any advice out there?

National Express bus is probably easiest…. but if there’s any way to change to depart same airport I recommend that.

Plan for about 60 minutes just for transfer through customs, picking up luggage and walking to the bus area. Then 90 minutes for the transfer itself

This sounds like such a pain 😅 I'll see if can change the flight but I don't think it's an option.

Change the flight if you can! They’re pretty far from each other, you can do it within probably a couple hours but might be hard if you’re checking in luggage

I think 5.5 should be enough time, but yeah, it's a pain

yeah, 6 hours should be enough given no major delays but it's stressful

totally doable but if you have the option to easily change the flight it will make your life much easier

Hi everyone, I have airline credit expiring in early April but don't want to use it that early. Does anyone know if I can book a flight before it expires, but then change the flight time to a later time? does this work?

i think that's pretty safe, you also just have to use the credit by the time it expires but not do your flight by then

I just checked and these are the requirements:
"
• Additional ticket restrictionsTo rebook online using your airline flight credit, you must travel with the same passengers as your original flight.
• Your airline flight credit is valid for air travel on Iberia only, and credits can not be combined.
• Your new travel must be completed on or before April 12, 2024.
• If your new trip requires an additional payment it must be paid for using your credit card.
"

I see it says the flight must be completed by april 12, but i wonder if i book it for before april 12 and then change the flight if it would work... that's my question

ah interesting. i'd call if you can't find the info elsewhere (probably flyertalk if anything) to see what their policy is

[resolved]

Booked a ticket with Ryanain for my dad and misspelled his last name. They want €115 for fixing it. I explained to the support that it was a mistake and I’m not transferring to another person, it didn’t help. The flight is within the EU.

I was wondering if it happened to someone and you managed to just show up and resolve it on the spot without paying such a high fee?

I think up to 2-3 letters screwed you can just show up and fly. I don't know, it's ryanair though, they have their own rules

If it would be for me I’d just show up as is. For my dad it could be too stressful therefore asking :blush:

I assume that the only place where his passport will be checked is manually at the gate before boarding, so there’s a chance that they won’t notice or just let it slide (I hope)

so how badly is it misspelled?

yeah,
Real last name DZIMENT
Name on the 🎫 DZIMIR

yeah, different enough. I wouldn't risk it but up to you

I wouldn't risk it. They always check tickets and IDs, but i wouldn't say that they are as scrupulous for flights inside the EU/Schengen.

> Real last name DZIMENT
> Name on the 🎫 DZIMIR
I don't know your ethnicity, but perhaps claiming that is a result of non-standardized Latinization (transcribing from a different alphabet) is an option. 😅

What is the airport? If it is spain, I would go for it, they dont care.

haha, not Spain but Lithuania

I am considering buying a one way flight with delta to Mexico City that actually starts in Orlando, with a layover in ATL. It’s about $200 cheaper than buying the one way from ATL to CDMX (I will be in ATL, not MCO).

What are the chances my flight plan would be canceled? I’ve done the skiplag thing in not going to my final destination but I haven’t tested out the skipping the initial flight. I have too many points with delta to be banned which makes me nervous 😰

Literally impossible to do this. If you don’t take the first flight, the ticket for your second flight will be canceled.

Damn it. Ok thank you