United Airlines piloting technology to manage the problem of oversold flights

Re:United Airlines piloting technology to manage the problem... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:10PM (#14764234)

Regular airlines offering ultra-low fare deals (such as those offered by Spirit Airlines) is a new trend.

Not being able to cancel / refund your ticket is NOT a new trend.

Other than Southwest most airlines would not let you change your tickets without paying a fee, and this has been the case since quite a few years.

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Re:United Airlines piloting technology to manage the problem... by jonknee on Thursday July 13, 2017 @04:36PM (#14764952)

> Other than Southwest most airlines would not let you change your tickets without paying a fee, and this has been the case since quite a few years.

The new bit is you can't even pay a fee with the new basic fares--it's use it or lose it.

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Re:United Airlines piloting technology to manage the problem... by URSpider94 on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:26PM (#14764366)

I agree, and I never said differently. Almost all US tickets are non-refundable, and have been forever. Likewise, almost all US tickets are changeable FOR A FEE, which I said pretty high up in the thread -- and the airlines are pretty flexible on what constitutes a change (you can pretty much book a new ticket for yourself within a year, after they deduct the fee).

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