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Thanksgiving travel will see tens of millions flying – here’s how airline refund rules can assist when flights are canceled, delayed

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Over the subsequent month, there can be tens of millions of travelers passing through airports across the nation.

Unfortunately, the vacations are synonymous with travel disruptions, including delayed or canceled flights.

But this yr, before the 2024 holiday season kicked off, the Biden administration’s recent rules, which require automatic money refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights, took effect. 

The brand new automatic refund rule, first specified by April by the Department of Transportation (DOT), created a universal standard for when airline passengers on flights to, from or inside the U.S. are owed refunds. 

Prior to the rule taking effect, airlines set their very own standards for what flight changes warranted a refund.

Passengers then needed to “navigate a patchwork of cumbersome processes to request refunds owed to them,” the DOT said.

The rule was established to “address persistent issues reported by airline passengers who were attempting to obtain refunds they were owed,” the DOT said.

For the primary time, travelers will know the sorts of flight changes that warrant a refund if the passenger chooses to not proceed with booked travel. 

The principles also specify that a canceled flight would entitle a passenger to a refund if the passenger doesn’t proceed with their booked trip.

It should also require airlines to supply automatic refunds to passengers when refunds are owed. 


A screen shows the timetable at the Newark Liberty International Airport during the busiest travel day, the day before the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 27, 2024.
With tens of millions of individuals making way for holiday travel, the likelihood of travel disruptions, including delayed or canceled flights, increases that far more. REUTERS

Here’s what to know:

A passenger is entitled to a refund if: 

1. A flight is canceled for any reason and the airline doesn’t rebook the passenger on one other flight or the passenger doesn’t proactively accept alternative compensation comparable to a flight voucher or miles. 

2. A flight is canceled and the passenger doesn’t accept the airline’s offer to rebook them or provide alternative compensation. 

3. A flight is “significantly modified” and the passenger doesn’t accept the modified itinerary or any offers of rebooking or other sorts of compensation. 

Based on the DOT, a “significant change” is defined as a situation where a flight’s departure or arrival time is altered by greater than three hours domestically and 6 hours internationally. 

This definition also includes changes in departure or arrival airports and a rise within the variety of connections or connections at different airports. 


Travelers check the status of their flights ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 30, 2023.
Before the 2024 holiday season, the Biden administration put in recent rules requiring automatic money refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights as before then, airlines had their very own rules as to flight changes that warranted a refund. REUTERS

It also applies in cases when a passenger is downgraded to a lower class of service or if flights are switched to planes which can be less accessible or accommodating to an individual with a disability.

Under the brand new DOT rules, passengers are also entitled to refunds if their baggage is significantly delayed or in the event that they paid for extra services that weren’t provided.

As an illustration, passengers that file a mishandled baggage report can get a refund of their checked bag fee if it just isn’t delivered inside 12 hours of their domestic flight arriving on the gate. 

For international flights, passengers can be refunded if the bag doesn’t arrive between 15 and 30 hours of their flight arriving on the gate, depending on the length of the flight.

Passengers might be even be refunded in the event that they paid for a service, comparable to Wi-Fi, seat selection or in-flight entertainment that the airline failed to supply.

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How airlines will refund a passenger

When passengers are entitled to a refund, the DOT said airlines must robotically issue refunds without passengers having to request them inside seven business days of refunds becoming due for bank card purchases and 20 calendar days for other payment methods.

The refunds have to be the complete ticket purchase price, minus the associated fee of any portion of transportation already used.

The refunds must include all government-imposed taxes and costs and airline-imposed fees.

The refunds have to be returned in money or in the shape of the unique payment that was used to make the acquisition, comparable to bank card or airline miles. 

Airlines can’t substitute money refunds owed to consumers with vouchers, travel credits or other types of compensation unless the passenger chooses to simply accept alternative compensation. 

If the passenger chooses alternative compensation, the travel voucher or credit offered have to be valid for at the least five years from the date of its issuance.

Based on the DOT, passengers won’t be refunded in the event that they accept a rebooked flight with the airline or proceed with a significantly modified itinerary. 

Most U.S. airlines have also promised to supply hotels for overnight delays or meals for passengers during significant delays and cancellations which can be attributable to issues inside the airline’s control.

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Over the subsequent month, there can be tens of millions of travelers passing through airports across the nation.

Unfortunately, the vacations are synonymous with travel disruptions, including delayed or canceled flights.

But this yr, before the 2024 holiday season kicked off, the Biden administration’s recent rules, which require automatic money refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights, took effect. 

The brand new automatic refund rule, first specified by April by the Department of Transportation (DOT), created a universal standard for when airline passengers on flights to, from or inside the U.S. are owed refunds. 

Prior to the rule taking effect, airlines set their very own standards for what flight changes warranted a refund.

Passengers then needed to “navigate a patchwork of cumbersome processes to request refunds owed to them,” the DOT said.

The rule was established to “address persistent issues reported by airline passengers who were attempting to obtain refunds they were owed,” the DOT said.

For the primary time, travelers will know the sorts of flight changes that warrant a refund if the passenger chooses to not proceed with booked travel. 

The principles also specify that a canceled flight would entitle a passenger to a refund if the passenger doesn’t proceed with their booked trip.

It should also require airlines to supply automatic refunds to passengers when refunds are owed. 


A screen shows the timetable at the Newark Liberty International Airport during the busiest travel day, the day before the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 27, 2024.
With tens of millions of individuals making way for holiday travel, the likelihood of travel disruptions, including delayed or canceled flights, increases that far more. REUTERS

Here’s what to know:

A passenger is entitled to a refund if: 

1. A flight is canceled for any reason and the airline doesn’t rebook the passenger on one other flight or the passenger doesn’t proactively accept alternative compensation comparable to a flight voucher or miles. 

2. A flight is canceled and the passenger doesn’t accept the airline’s offer to rebook them or provide alternative compensation. 

3. A flight is “significantly modified” and the passenger doesn’t accept the modified itinerary or any offers of rebooking or other sorts of compensation. 

Based on the DOT, a “significant change” is defined as a situation where a flight’s departure or arrival time is altered by greater than three hours domestically and 6 hours internationally. 

This definition also includes changes in departure or arrival airports and a rise within the variety of connections or connections at different airports. 


Travelers check the status of their flights ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 30, 2023.
Before the 2024 holiday season, the Biden administration put in recent rules requiring automatic money refunds for canceled or significantly delayed flights as before then, airlines had their very own rules as to flight changes that warranted a refund. REUTERS

It also applies in cases when a passenger is downgraded to a lower class of service or if flights are switched to planes which can be less accessible or accommodating to an individual with a disability.

Under the brand new DOT rules, passengers are also entitled to refunds if their baggage is significantly delayed or in the event that they paid for extra services that weren’t provided.

As an illustration, passengers that file a mishandled baggage report can get a refund of their checked bag fee if it just isn’t delivered inside 12 hours of their domestic flight arriving on the gate. 

For international flights, passengers can be refunded if the bag doesn’t arrive between 15 and 30 hours of their flight arriving on the gate, depending on the length of the flight.

Passengers might be even be refunded in the event that they paid for a service, comparable to Wi-Fi, seat selection or in-flight entertainment that the airline failed to supply.

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How airlines will refund a passenger

When passengers are entitled to a refund, the DOT said airlines must robotically issue refunds without passengers having to request them inside seven business days of refunds becoming due for bank card purchases and 20 calendar days for other payment methods.

The refunds have to be the complete ticket purchase price, minus the associated fee of any portion of transportation already used.

The refunds must include all government-imposed taxes and costs and airline-imposed fees.

The refunds have to be returned in money or in the shape of the unique payment that was used to make the acquisition, comparable to bank card or airline miles. 

Airlines can’t substitute money refunds owed to consumers with vouchers, travel credits or other types of compensation unless the passenger chooses to simply accept alternative compensation. 

If the passenger chooses alternative compensation, the travel voucher or credit offered have to be valid for at the least five years from the date of its issuance.

Based on the DOT, passengers won’t be refunded in the event that they accept a rebooked flight with the airline or proceed with a significantly modified itinerary. 

Most U.S. airlines have also promised to supply hotels for overnight delays or meals for passengers during significant delays and cancellations which can be attributable to issues inside the airline’s control.

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