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‎Using Price Tracking

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Editor: /* Price prediction services */

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‎Price prediction services

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 <li>'''Price tracking is built into Google and Kayak / Momondo'''. On Google Flights, look for the option on the flight results page:</li>
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 <li>'''Price tracking is built into Google and Kayak / Momondo'''. On Google Flights, look for the option on the flight results page:</li>
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 If it is far enough ahead of time, there is a good chance that you can capture a fare sale between the time you set up the alert and when you feel you shouldn't wait any longer to lock in the price. Or you can capture some of the natural variability in ticket pricing and buy at one of the dips in ticket pricing.
-<li>'''Price tracking is built into Google and Kayak / Momondo'''. On Google Flights, look for the option on the flight result page:</li>
+<li>'''Price tracking is built into Google and Kayak / Momondo'''. On Google Flights, look for the option on the flight results page:</li>
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 <li>'''If you rebook your flights, you'll wind up with a flight credit (not a refund)'''. While airlines won't add on extra fee, they also won't give you a true refund (unless you pay much more for a fully refundable ticket). Instead, you'll get a credit good for a future flight (often only for the same passenger). So there is still an incentive to initially book at a lower price and avoid having to rebook later.</li>
-<li>'''With United and Hawaiian, it's even worse'''. If you change to a flight with a lower price, they won't give you a credit for the difference in fare. To get around this, you'll need to pay out-of-pocket for the new ticket, hold onto a credit for the entire amount of the original ticket, and wait for an opportunity to use the credit on a more expensive ticket sometime in the future. Of course, if you simply need to make a change and the new ticket is around the same price, you might just decide to take a small loss. But you probably shouldn't consider these tickets to be truly flexible.</li>
+<li>'''With United, Delta, and Hawaiian, it's even worse'''. On United and Hawaiian, if you change to a flight with a lower price, they won't give you a credit for the difference in fare. On Delta, you'll get the difference on fair if you switch to a different trip, but you won't if you reissue for the same dates, origin, and destination. In other words, Delta won't let you simply get a partial refund for a cheaper ticket on the same flights or even on a cheaper flight on the same day.</li>
 <li>'''These credits will usually expire in a year'''. If you don't think you'll be flying again on the same airline, you may want to treat your flights more like a non-refundable reservation. In some cases, you may be able to extend the expiration date by using the credit to purchase another refundable ticket. </li>

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-<li>'''Only Alaska, American, Delta, United, and Hawaiian "permanently" waived their change fees''', and Southwest never charged them. You'll still pay them on JetBlue and some of the smaller carriers. However, JetBlue Mosaic members don't pay change fees and can take advantage of this rebooking strategy.</li>
+<li>'''Only Alaska, American, Delta, JetBlue, United, and Hawaiian "permanently" waived their change fees''', and Southwest never charged them. You'll still pay them on some of the smaller carriers.</li>
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 <li>'''Basic economy tickets still have change fees'''. If you don't need the other benefits of "standard" tickets, you'll need to pay more upfront to maintain the opportunity to potentially pay less later (and the flexibility to cancel altogether if necessary). The lowest priced tickets are still basic economy tickets purchased at the "right time". If you want to save money with basic economy tickets, you'll need to pay more attention to the rules of thumb and price prediction tools discussed below.</li>
-<li>'''This usually only works on tickets originating in North America'''. On United, the tickets must originate within the United States or be between the US and Mexico or the Caribbean. On American, tickets may originate in South America as well. Alaska and Hawaii extend the fee waiver to all flights, but they don't have many options that don't originate in North America.</li>
+<li>'''This usually only works on tickets originating in North America'''. On United, the tickets must originate within the United States or be between the US and Mexico or the Caribbean. On American, tickets may originate in South America as well. Alaska, JetBlue, and Hawaiian extend the fee waiver to all flights, but they don't have many options that don't originate in North America.</li>
 When you are flying internationally with a US airline, you ideally want to buy a round-trip or multi-city ticket (rather than separate one-way tickets), so that you have the ability to change your return flight without any cancellation fees.
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 <li>'''When you book tickets without a change fee, it is a good idea to set up a price alert'''. You'll be notified if prices drop and there is an opportunity to rebook your tickets at a lower price (more details below). This is a lot more convenient than periodically checking fares manually.</li>
-<li>'''If you rebook your flights, you'll wind up with a flight credit''' (not a refund). While airlines won't add on extra fee, they also won't give you a true refund (unless you pay much more for a fully refundable ticket). Instead, you'll get a credit good for a future flight. So there is still an incentive to initially book at a lower price and avoid having to rebook later.</li>
+<li>'''If you rebook your flights, you'll wind up with a flight credit (not a refund)'''. While airlines won't add on extra fee, they also won't give you a true refund (unless you pay much more for a fully refundable ticket). Instead, you'll get a credit good for a future flight (often only for the same passenger). So there is still an incentive to initially book at a lower price and avoid having to rebook later.</li>
 <li>'''With United and Hawaiian, it's even worse'''. If you change to a flight with a lower price, they won't give you a credit for the difference in fare. To get around this, you'll need to pay out-of-pocket for the new ticket, hold onto a credit for the entire amount of the original ticket, and wait for an opportunity to use the credit on a more expensive ticket sometime in the future. Of course, if you simply need to make a change and the new ticket is around the same price, you might just decide to take a small loss. But you probably shouldn't consider these tickets to be truly flexible.</li>

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