Already Booked Your Flight? A Lower Fare Might Still Be Available to You

When an airfare goes down on a ticket you've booked, you are eligible to receive a flight credit for the difference in price. But you have to check the booking app vigilantly so you don't miss the lower fares. Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock

By George Hobica From Tribune News Service

One of the good things to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic is that airlines eliminated those despised $200 and $300 change fees. I was sure that once things got back to “normal,” the airlines also would return to their former ways. But they haven’t, and this bit of airline largesse provides two ways for fliers to save on fares.