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May 5, 2011, 12:28 AM

flyer1998

Join Date: May 2011

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Changed itinerary, booked us in earlier flight, original flight still exists

Booked a return flight in January, and just happened to check on seat allocation, and saw that our return flight was changed to 2 1/2 hour earlier flight, without notification and without permission. When I phone to ask about it, the representative said the "flight was changed". Our original flight still exists, which make me think that we were bumped to an earlier flight?? Do we have any recourse?

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