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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
You bought a refundable ticket?

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P.S. Make your life easier next time and book directly through the airline.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
You bought a refundable ticket?

Most tickets are not refundable. Nowadays airlines allow ticket changes and cancelations without the fee, so you would be entitled to a credit for the full amount. If you didn't specifically buy a refundable ticket however, don't count on getting one.

P.S. Make your life easier next time and book directly through the airline.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
If you buy through the airline you can get a refund if that’s what you bought.

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Originally posted by Outnumbered:
If the phone system asks you to make a selection by either; 1) pushing a button OR, 2) saying your selection aloud, try speaking absolute gibberish to "confuse" the automated system until it puts you thru to a human. On many automated phone systems, yes, it really works!!

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Due to COVID-19, most refunds for flights, including when they’re part of a package, are issued within 12 weeks. Some refunds could take a bit longer, depending on the airline.

In other circumstances not impacted by COVID-19, here’s what you should know about refund timelines:
How to track your refund

Have a refund coming? We’ve made it easy for you to track when it’ll arrive. All you need to do is go to Trip Help and select your itinerary from the drop-down menu. Voila! You can see where your money is.

How it works
Expedia may take up to 24 hours to process your refund. Once that has happened, your bank or payment service (such as PayPal) will take care of the rest. Just know that it may take them up to 7 days to post the credit to your account, and up to 2 billing cycles to show the credit on your statement.

You’ll see the refund on your original method(s) of payment. So, say you paid using your debit card -- that’s where the money will be refunded. We’ll send you an email with the nitty-gritty about your refund amount, and how and when you'll get it.
If your credit card statement includes a charge from a third party (such as a low-cost airline, rental car company, or cruise line), you’ll receive your refund from them, not Expedia. If this is the case, get in touch with that third party to ask any questions about refunds.

If you've been charged a deposit or partial payment, you'll be refunded for that amount, minus any fees. Say you paid a USD 200 deposit on your hotel, but you ended up having to cancel. If the hotel charges a USD 20 cancel fee, you’d get USD 180 back.

The basics on cancellation fees
If you used points to pay for your entire booking, and you’ve been charged a cancellation fee, that’ll come out of your points balance.

For instance, say you used 1,500 of your 2,000 points to pay for your whole trip. We’ll pretend the cancel fee is USD 20, so that will be converted to points and removed from your remaining 500 points.

If you used points and a credit card to pay for your booking, any cancellation fees will come out of the points portion of your refund first, followed by the credit card portion, if necessary.

If you used all your 2,000 points to pay for your trip, then used your credit card to cover the remaining cost, the cancel fee will come out of your points balance first. So say the fee is USD 20, that means you’ll get 1,980 points put back into your points account.

Flights
Did you cancel within 24 hours of making your reservation? Some flight bookings are eligible for a full refund.

Need to cancel a non-refundable flight? Instead of getting your refund back, you may instead get a flight credit to use for a future booking.