March 19, 2021, 8:35 PM UTCWith vaccination rates on the rise and cities reopening to visitors, millions of travelers who were issued credit or vouchers for trips that were canceled due to the pandemic are starting to pull up those emails and read the fine print. Many hopeful flyers are discovering their credits will expire before they get to use them — and others will find that the vouchers have restrictions that make them difficult to use.
“With the vouchers, there were too many unknowns due to Covid-19,” she said. “I could have lost almost $4,000.” U.S. airlines, which recently received billions of dollars in a third round of federal pandemic funding relief, are holding what is estimated to be more than $10 billion in outstanding vouchers.
If you received airline travel credits or a voucher for a trip canceled due the pandemic, experts say to check the expiration date right away. If the expiration date has not passed and you do not have travel plans just yet, call and ask the airline to extend the date. Recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to avoid travel, even if vaccinated, should mean airlines may be willing to do this.
I have 5 by now. I’m about to send them my fine print!
NBC, why don't you do a special report on how much money was ripped off by airlines from people that couldn't reschedule their flights because of covid and just lost there money. Airlines should have to refund the customers money. We lost 1800 dollars.
Just got a part of my $ back from Expedia. Even though I have a letter from them via the MA AG’s office saying I was going to get a 100% refund.
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