I had my family booked on frontier, flying back from houston on 4/12. I paid like $350 for the 4 of us, right now that same flight is $15. So I thought, heck I'm gonna cancel, then buy it again at the new low price and have ~$200 in travel credit remaining on frontier that I have 90 days to book a trip for later this year.
A few fine print caveats, that I noticed on the faq email after I canceled it:
*Credits are one-time use, meaning there will be no remaining value after redemption.
*Credits are non-transferable and may only be redeemed in the name of the passenger to whom it was issued.
*The name on the new reservation using the credit must match the old reservation exactly.
Soooo.. basically re-booking the same trip for $15 would net me nothing. I'd forfeit the remaining few hundred bucks. Then I thought well I'll use the $200 for maybe a quick kidless getaway w/ wife.. nope, names all have to match. I could use wife and me credit, but kids credit would go to waste.
My best bet now is to book all 4 of us again to maybe go see my bro in the bay area. Flights in June/July to SFO are like $30-$50.
Case in point, make sure you read the fine print.
I also wanted to do the same with United (our flight to IAH on the 10th), but I booked myself and 1 child on points, and they are not waiving the $125 point reinstatement fee if you cancel. however, I can book another flight that day and get the point credit (since I used 12.5k/ea and they are only 5k ea now.)
A few fine print caveats, that I noticed on the faq email after I canceled it:
*Credits are one-time use, meaning there will be no remaining value after redemption.
*Credits are non-transferable and may only be redeemed in the name of the passenger to whom it was issued.
*The name on the new reservation using the credit must match the old reservation exactly.
Soooo.. basically re-booking the same trip for $15 would net me nothing. I'd forfeit the remaining few hundred bucks. Then I thought well I'll use the $200 for maybe a quick kidless getaway w/ wife.. nope, names all have to match. I could use wife and me credit, but kids credit would go to waste.
My best bet now is to book all 4 of us again to maybe go see my bro in the bay area. Flights in June/July to SFO are like $30-$50.
Case in point, make sure you read the fine print.
I also wanted to do the same with United (our flight to IAH on the 10th), but I booked myself and 1 child on points, and they are not waiving the $125 point reinstatement fee if you cancel. however, I can book another flight that day and get the point credit (since I used 12.5k/ea and they are only 5k ea now.)