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I was looking at flights from NYC to Tokyo on ANA and the normal roundtrip price is around $6,300 in business class. But I found an interesting workaround. A flight from NYC to Delhi on American Airlines is about $2,000. Then there’s an ANA business class ticket from Delhi to...

I just discovered something pretty stressful and I’m still trying to figure out what to do. A few months ago I booked roundtrip tickets to Japan for me and a friend through Priceline. When I first paid, there were a bunch of weird separate charges showing up on my card like $27,...

Posting this in case it reaches the right person. On Lufthansa flight VL2478 from Munich to London Heathrow on March 8, a black Dell laptop backpack disappeared from the overhead bin near seat 31C after landing. It looks like someone may have taken the wrong bag by mistake. The...

I’ve got a flight this weekend and just realized my phone autofilled my details wrong. It put my surname in both the first name and last name fields, so now it shows as “firstname surname surname”. Missed the 48 hour window and they want £115 to change the name, which feels...

First, don’t use someone else’s Gold or Diamond number. That can cause bigger issues if they verify identity. It’s not worth risking your booking over that. If online won’t allow changes and the US line is closed based on European hours, try: Calling right when their European...

I’m currently waitlisted on Lufthansa LH2220 for Feb 7 and trying to figure out what my chances actually look like. I know some folks here have ways to see seat maps or internal availability that gives a better idea than what LH shows. If anyone can check the real status or has...

I was booking a JetBlue Mint transatlantic flight and had everything picked out. One way was 52k points, the return was 83k. While filling in passenger info I accidentally hit the X instead of back, so the whole search reset. I searched again maybe two minutes later and suddenly...

PLEASE HELP. Due to overbooking, my checked luggage did not arrive with me at my final destination. Route was: NQZ → IST → Rome → Milan Malpensa I filed a PIR immediately, but it has now been 10 days and Turkish Airlines still has no confirmed information on where my suitcase...

I’ve got a Lufthansa ticket AMS to MUC to Charlotte, all on one booking. With all the delays and cancellations at Schiphol right now, I’m worried the AMS–MUC leg could mess up the whole trip. The thing is, I’m already in Munich. Would it be possible to call Lufthansa and just...

I’ve heard this story so many times, and it still blows my mind that gate agents say it’s illegal. It’s not. You didn’t break any law by getting off in Charlotte, especially with a legit reason like your wife being sick. What they usually mean is it breaks airline rules, not the...

Flew Rome to Jeddah on Saudia on the 8th, did Umrah on a transit visa, and had a ticket to continue on to Lahore the next day. At the gate they suddenly refused boarding, saying there was an “error” on the same boarding pass they gave me earlier. They issued an EMD but there’s...

Had a business class ticket HKG to DFW via ICN, and the ICN to DFW leg got canceled right before departure. AA told me I could either wait two days for another J seat or take premium economy, so I took the downgrade. Paid around 8k for the round trip. Filed for a partial refund...

Last year on an AA flight from ATL to CLT I got really sick, threw up, and fainted in the lav. Hit my head and blacked out again a little later. Nobody called EMS after landing and there was no incident report. I ended up going to the ER on my own and had a concussion. When I...

Booked Canada → Zurich → Delhi → Ahmedabad for Jan–Apr (last leg on Air India). Now need to shift it to Mar–Apr and Lufthansa’s system has basically melted down. The website won’t let me rebook at all either errors out or shows no options. So I called, and the agents also...

Got denied check-in for my Brazil trip because Qatar (ticket booked through LATAM) couldn’t read my visa, the machine-readable numbers at the bottom were basically invisible. I honestly didn’t notice when I got the visa months ago since all my personal info/validity looked fine....

My company booked my ticket and it has my name as “xyz g,” but all my official documents only have “xyz.” First time flying, and now I’m worried if this will cause issues at boarding. Flight is Delhi to Bangkok from T1. Anyone know if this kind of mismatch gets flagged?

My friend and I were supposed to fly Milan to Paris tomorrow. Checked the booking today and both our flights out and back are just straight up canceled. No email, no notification, nothing. And it looks like Wizz isn’t even flying this route anymore. We booked back in August, so...

I’ve got about 100k Bilt points and no idea how to use them well. I’m not a big traveler, I don’t have time to hunt for award deals (baby = no sleep), and the one trip I reliably take each year is with Turkish to visit family. Those flights are pricey, so using points there...

Planning a move from DC to Wisconsin next June. One dog is a 9 year old Chinese Crested who can fly in a carrier with me. The other will be a 6 or 7 month old Standard Poodle puppy. Trying to figure out what’s realistic. Does the puppy have to go in cargo at that size? Is buying...

Frontier just shifted my flight by six hours, from late morning to basically the crack of dawn. No other directs that day, and the connecting options turn a two hour trip into an 11 hour slog. Anyone ever had luck getting Frontier to cover a different airline when they do this?...

Tried to cancel a Business Flex ticket and was surprised to see they kept 70 euros. Thought these were supposed to be fully refundable. Chat bot was useless and the phone wait time has been 3+ hours for two days straight.

Booked a US–India trip on Lufthansa in Economy Flex so I could change dates easily. Called to move my flight, and the agent somehow downgraded it to Basic Economy without telling me. Now my ticket says Flex but acts like it’s not. One good agent finally admitted it was...

Flight canceled with no reason given. No other direct options tonight, and EasyJet only has one tomorrow night at 9:30PM. Other routes have 5+ hour layovers and cost way more. We’ve got a nonrefundable Airbnb and a paid excursion tomorrow in Lisbon. Anyone know if VentureX...