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Is that real money or vouchers? If it is vouchers, do you still need to pay fees on top of that?
by Jonnax 9y ago
Is that real money or vouchers?
If it is vouchers, do you still need to pay fees on top of that?
- paulmd 9y agoAlso, vouchers can usually only be redeemed directly through the airline, which usually means you'll be paying a "full price" fare. That $300 flight you buy on Orbitz is considered a hugely discounted fare. The same seat at "full fare" would be $900-1000. So in this example, if you got a $400 voucher for being bumped from another equivalent trip, the expected value of the voucher is -$200 because you would have to pay the airline ($900 - 400 = $500) to book that $300 seat. You would need to combine multiple vouchers before it made financial sense.
- chx 9y agoI respectfully disagree and even question how experienced you are with the flight industry. The reality is that the lowest fares are often found on the airline website and the airline website only and the voucher is good there. There are sometimes but rarely real good offers on these OTAs but it's literally getting rarer and rarer day by day.