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Old May 11, 2010, 7:29 PM
Goldenfish Goldenfish is offline
 
Join Date: May 2010
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Unhappy Entire trip will be cancelled if I don't show up at the 1st airport

Hi there,

A friend and I are going to Guatemala, he's going from NYC, I am going from Mexico, and we both are returning to NYC.
As the price of return flight was just 20$ more than one-way, we booked 2 return tickets to ensure we'll be in the same plane (there were just 2 seats remaining).
Today, I just checked that paying the return ticket, I could just use part of it. NO! If I don't board on the NYC>Guate flight, my Guate>NYC will be cancelled!
I am so upset I didn't know! We're stupid! But I don't understand why they care?! If I pay for the whole trip, why do they care that I use just a part of it?
  • I asked if I could change the name to sell it, no.
  • Can I just cancel the NYC>Guatemala part? No
  • Can I cancel this ticket and rebuy a Guate>NYC with the refund? No
  • Can I chage it to a return ticket from Guate to NYC so I don't mind if I don't show up for the return? No
The only option I have is to rebook (the price is double now) and I'll get a voucher of the value of my flight less 150$... That I can use only on flight going from US...
Has someone ever been in this situation before? Any idea?

Thanks a lot...
Sophie