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Booked a Ryanair trip with a friend for next month but now I am going solo because of work stuff on their end. We did not reserve seats originally. I bought my seat last night and checked myself in already. My friend is basically going to be a no show. Do I need to check them in...

Sailing on Seascape in about a week and this upgrade offer has me second guessing. They put in a bid to go from a Fantastica inside to a Deluxe Oceanview, and MSC countered with an Aurea Suite for a bit more. What’s not clear is whether that “bit more” is on top of the original...

I’ll be traveling back to my home country with another couple and we decided to book two separate apartments. I offered to handle both reservations through Booking.com since I speak the language and it’s easier for me to communicate with the hosts. Both bookings would be under...

I’ve got a Southwest flight credit that expires in a couple months and I’m trying to use it efficiently. I want to book two one way flights, something like A to B and then C to D, instead of a round trip. Each one way is roughly half the value of the credit, and together they’re...

I’ve noticed this a few times now with JetBlue sales and it’s getting pretty frustrating. I’ll see a great sale fare and go to book for my family of four, but as soon as I put in 4 passengers, the price jumps. If I drop it back down to 1 or 2 people, the lower fare shows again....

Tried that trick of booking and canceling a flight to combine travel credits, but now the expiration date on the new credit is earlier than my planned trip. The system won’t let me use it anymore. Has anyone had luck getting Southwest to extend a credit’s expiration date?...

Website shows my flight at 86 dollars, but I’m not sure if Spirit adds that passenger usage fee on top. Anyone know how much it usually comes out to per person? Also wondering if it’s cheaper to just buy it at the airport.

Booked my first cruise through a travel agent because I felt like I needed some guidance, and honestly the only thing I got out of it was a basic drink package and basic WiFi. No credits, no extra perks. And after doing the math, I would’ve saved money just buying those add ons...

I always book 2 nights when I take a red-eye to the east coast so I can check in around 6–7am and have a room ready. But almost every time, the front desk tells me they won’t charge for the first night since I didn’t “actually stay.” They just roll it to the next night instead....

Booked a stay with points last week and noticed the rate keeps changing. I’ve already canceled and rebooked twice to save a few thousand points, and now it dropped again. Is it fine to keep doing that, or does it mess with the system somehow? Trip’s still a couple weeks out.

I usually book business flights from LA to Europe straight on the airline’s site, but the prices from consolidators look tempting. I’ve heard some horror stories though canceled tickets, people getting stranded, all that.

Flying Brussels–Singapore in February, and when I checked the seat map it looked almost full already. I was hoping to grab a window or a full row closer to check-in, but it seems like every seat’s already taken. Do people really pre-book that far ahead, or is Singapore Airlines...

Trying to book a trip where my son turns 2 during the journey. The site won’t let me book him as a child because of his birthdate, but phone support quoted me more than double said I’d need to buy one infant ticket and one child ticket. Does that sound right? Anyone dealt with...

Booked a Monday flight for $220, then later saw the Saturday one was $70 cheaper. When I checked again, the price changed and Breeze said it was an “even swap.” Cleared my cookies, rechecked, and boom the lower fare came back. Still like flying Breeze, but yeah… guess I’ll be...

I booked a round-trip flight to Louisville for Thanksgiving on Breeze Airways. Thinking I was being smart, I booked the outbound flight with their upgraded refundable fare and the return flight with the basic non-refundable fare. My logic was that if plans changed and I needed...