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Apr 24, 2024
9:15:51am

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Plane tickets about to increase in price

Huge change—Airlines operating in the U.S. will soon have to AUTOMATICALLY REFUND you when your flight is cancelled or delayed (3 hours domestic, 6 hours into’l) or bag is lost. Refunds within 7 business days. The new Biden DOT rule starts in 6 months.pic.twitter.com/PzOqT8Ifg7
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 24, 2024

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1783101779741114812

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Plane tickets about to increase in price

Indy Coug

Apr 24, 9:15am

Refund = no more reservation = you could be stuck for a while?

Apr 24, 9:22am

And the rebook will cost way more. This one might have some unintended consequences that hurt consumers.

Tokolosh

Apr 24, 9:24am

Shocker.

mulletino

Apr 24, 9:27am

How is that different than it already is?

YOHONOMOTO

Apr 24, 9:40am

Most carriers right now automatically rebook you on next available without

seacougar

Apr 24, 9:41am

Oh I see. I assumed this would essentially be considered a refund in the

YOHONOMOTO

Apr 24, 10:41am

Especially for only 3 hours, that’s not all that long, ramifications considered.

seacougar

Apr 24, 10:03am

Wonder if the goal of this is to get people to fly less

Pepe Silvia

Apr 24, 9:31am

Bring on the high-speed rail

Doogal McCougar

Apr 24, 9:40am

Genuine question: have you really looked into the feasibility/cost, performance

seacougar

Apr 24, 9:52am

No. But I wish the government would throw money at high-speed rail over a lot of

Doogal McCougar

Apr 24, 9:54am

How is that high speed rail from LA to Bay Area coming along?

SierraCoug

Apr 24, 3:31pm

The government has no business telling companies when they have to give a refund

Skeptical Optimist

Apr 24, 9:32am

I’m pretty anti-government but it seems like charging money and then

YOHONOMOTO

Apr 24, 9:39am

Also, airlines should be regulated more than say Nike.

Jeremy

Apr 24, 9:45am

They most certainly are.

seacougar

Apr 24, 10:01am

“Should be regulated”

Skeptical Optimist

Apr 24, 10:34am

More than half of my flights out of Sioux Falls are delayed

The Dark Knight

Apr 24, 9:40am

You may find that route gets less service now. If the airlines don’t think they

seacougar

Apr 24, 9:44am

We’ve already seen prices rise due to previous rule changes in current admin.

seacougar

Apr 24, 9:50am

“Airlines make your life difficult”. Yeah, being able to have a lunch mtg in NYC

seacougar

Apr 24, 9:59am

You're not making your daughter's dance recital after a Manhattan lunch meeting.

DubuMfalme

Apr 24, 10:10am

too much slack in that schedule

Dataguy

Apr 24, 10:30am

Pretty sure LaGuardia doesn’t fly nonstop to Seattle. Anyone who lives in

califcougar

Apr 24, 12:53pm

Instead of a rule, why not have our reps pass a law?

Updating...

Apr 25, 1:35am

My flight was just delayed the other day and AA offered a flight change free of charge. It wasn’t like that before.

Apr 25, 1:24pm

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