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- When a Las Vegas Flight reservations agent asks you to buy your
tickets by a specific time or date, this is a deadline. And if you don't
make the deadline, the airline may cancel your reservations without telling
you.
- Bring a photo I.D. when you fly, and have your
airline ticket issued using your name as it appears on that I.D. Many
airlines are requesting such identification at check-in in order to reduce
the re- selling of discount tickets. (Airlines don't permit tickets to be
sold or given to other persons.) On international
flights, make sure your
name is the same on your ticket and your passport. If your name has recently
changed and the name on your ticket and your I.D. are different, bring
documentation of the change (e.g., a marriage certificate or court order).
- Try to have your tickets in hand before you go
to the airport. This speeds your check-in and helps you avoid some of the
tension you might otherwise feel if you had to wait in a slow-moving
ticketing line and worry about missing your flight.It's a good idea to reconfirm your
reservations before you start your trip; flight schedules sometimes change.
On international trips, most airlines require that you reconfirm your onward
or return reservations at least 72 hours before each flight. If you don't,
your reservations may be canceled.
- Check your ticket as you board each flight to
ensure that only the correct coupon has been removed by the airline agent.
- If your reservations are booked far enough
ahead of time, the airline may offer to mail your tickets to you. However,
if you don't receive the tickets and the airline's records show that they
mailed them, you may have to go through cumbersome lost-ticket procedures
(see the end of this chapter). It is safer to check the telephone directory
for a conveniently located travel agency or airline ticket office and buy
your tickets there.
- As soon as you receive your ticket check to
make sure all the information on it is correct, especially the airports (if
any of the cities have more than one) and the flight dates. Have any
necessary corrections made immediately.
Paying for and refunding airline tickets
- If you plan to pay in person and with your own
bank check, take at least two forms of identification with you like a
driver's license, major credit card, or employee I.D. card. Particularly
when you purchase tickets far from your home town, airlines, travel agencies
and other ticket outlets will want to confirm your identity.
- If you paid for your ticket with cash and you
have a refundable fare, you can often get an immediate refund from the
issuing airline or travel agency. If you paid by personal check, the refund
will generally have to be mailed to you. NOTE: In some cases tickets
purchased overseas in foreign currency can only be refunded in that same
currency and country, due to foreign government monetary restrictions. Keep
this in mind if you are considering buying a ticket in a foreign country.
- When you pay by credit card, your charge
account is billed-whether you use your tickets or not. You won't receive
credit unless the original unused tickets are returned to the airline. You
usually can't get a cash refund for a credit card purchase.
- If you buy your tickets with a credit card and
then change your flights, the ticket agent may want to credit the amount of
the old tickets and issue another set with a second charge to your account.
You may want to insist that the value of your old tickets be applied to the
new ones, with the difference in price charged or credited to your account.
While this creates a little extra work for the airlines, it prevents
double-billing to your charge account.
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