By George Hobica
From Tribune News Service
One of the good things to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic is that airlines eliminated those despised $200 and $300 change fees. I was sure that once things got back to “normal,” the airlines also would return to their former ways. But they haven’t, and this bit of airline largesse provides two ways for fliers to save on fares.
First, you won’t be charged extra for changing a flight; if the fare is nonrefundable you’ll get a full credit for future travel.
There’s a second way to save, but it may take some vigilance. Even if you don’t change a thing yourself, the airline has probably been busy changing the cost of your booked flight. Several times between purchase and departure, the fare will have gone up and down, sometimes by hundreds of dollars. When it goes down, you should get a flight credit refund….