What happen if you bought an airplane ticket but decide to delay the travel with, say, one week later?

Question

say that an urgency happen. Can you delay the travel?

i want to buy an international one

Answer 1

Depending on the fare there are restrictions. If you purchase online in advanced you will most likely get a restricted discount fare. Those are a $200 change fee plus or minus the difference in the fares. International can be costly when making changes. If the reason for a change is a medical reason that is verifiable you could be exempt it depends on who you purchased the ticket with. The airlines will work with you, travel sites like discount websites like Priceline, Cheaptickets, Hotwire..etc you will have to appeal to these companies and they wont change for any reason.

If you fear there will need to be a change, purchase travel insurance. This will help you in the instance of a medical emergency to make changes. Usually the airlines will work with you if the reason is verifiable and documented by a physician or in the cases of jury duty.

If you havent purchased the ticket, you may want to opt for a full fare called a Y fare. These are fully flexible, changable and refundable. The most expensive, but you can change with out penalty.

Answer 2

In travel, flexibility costs money. The more flexibility you have, the more you must pay. There are two ways to get flexibility by paying more.
1. You can buy a more expensive "changeable" ticket or pay the change fee that will be due if you make changes in a cheaper ticket. For these changes, the travel provider (airline) does not care why you have changed, they just charge to let you do it.
2. You can buy a trip interruption insurance policy that will allow you to receive reimbursement for the cost to make changes in your travel arrangements for covered reasons such as illness, accident, etc. Instead of paying the airline, you pay the insurance company. Such policies cover not only the changes in travel arrangements but also for emergency medical care, lost baggage, trip interruption (once begun) etc. For more information about this kind of insurance, go to http://www.wavehelp.com/travel-medical/index.htm and click on th red phone booth to read about "worldwide Health" insurance from the industry leader.
Best wishes.

Answer 3

Yes what the other mentioned is true
Most of the tickets come with a fare rule
If they are one of those cheap tickets - then there would be a penalty for date change
I too work in a travel agency and can vouch for the same

But there are some cases where there will be no penalty if you show them prrof of medical reasons etc

All the best

Answer 4

It depends on the fare you paid. Some involve a higher rebooking fee than others. It also depends on the destination. For long hault flights the fees are higher than for short hault. They higher price of the fare, the less is the fee. The best thing to do is when you get a ticket from your travel agent/airline, please ask for the conditions of change of date. That way you can avoid "little" surprises.

Answer 5

dear danny, i work in a travel agency. you should refer to to the airticket's fare restriction. not all fares are the same. in some case, your air tickets may have up to 01 year validity. but others way have a real strict restriction, say it... fix-date, fix-flight, non re-book, non re-fund, etc. whats u'r air ticket's type? if yours is in the first kind of type, all you have to do is only re-book it to other day of travel with same class, with or without penalty. but if you have the other kind, say it.. the "cheap" tickets, then really sorry, maybe you should not change it....

Answer 6

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Answer 7

C2 Nawangtou is 100% correct.

Answer 8

There is usually a fee to change it. $50 or more.

If you bought flight insurance, and your emergency is covered, it shouldn't cost anything more.