How to book a flight ticket for a trip so that the hotel can refund or change the ticket without loss?

Recently, people are more concerned about information about the epidemic. Many friends are planning to go abroad during this period, but now they are faced with the problem of being unable to refund or change their tickets for free, especially on cruises. The editor will introduce it to you below.

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So let’s talk about crystals first.

Crystal's policy is that all ships through March 31st can be rescheduled to any ship and any route through December 31st.

Cruise shore excursions, especially those from travel agencies, are mostly negative. That is, when you go traveling, the duty-free shop pays the travel agency, and you don’t have to pay out of your own pocket. As a result, the entire cruise was canceled due to the epidemic, and the travel agency also charged you a landing fee, which was a bit excessive. This is taking advantage of the epidemic to make money from consumers. This behavior is shameful! Therefore, try to book with the official website. The official website cherishes its wings and you can find someone to argue with you.

In fact, the cancellation and change policy of cruise ships should be the worst among all travel products. The main reason is that most cruise companies are foreign-funded, and the process is long and slow, losing timeliness. Moreover, cruise ships have great influence, and there may be thousands of people on a ship. At the same time, retreats are expensive to run.

So on cruise ships, the booking advantages of resource parties cannot be well highlighted.

However, when it comes to air tickets and hotels, it is very important to book directly from the source rather than a third party.

Turn to the hotel sector, the following is Hyatt’s announcement on the epidemic.

Free refunds are available for reservations made through all official channels, as long as the check-in date is before February 29.

However, for third-party channels, you have to contact the third party to make changes.

Other homes are basically the same. I have the final say on official channels. You can find people to buy and sell you elsewhere. There is nothing wrong with that.

Airlines are more direct. If you look carefully when buying tickets from an airline, you will find that the cancellation and change policies of official channels are completely different from those of third parties.

The airline’s consistent policy for refunds and changes is to find where to issue the ticket. If you buy from official channels, you can contact the official directly by phone. However, if you buy from a third party, you can only go to the third party to refund or change the ticket, which adds a lot of trouble.

In fact, the safest way is to make a reservation at the official flagship store of the OTA channel, so that you can find the official directly and let the OTA handle it for you. This is the safest way.

For example, the Hyatt flagship store on Ctrip, the Air China flagship store on Fliggy, etc.

Find the resource provider to book directly

Reservations from regular customers are basically mileage tickets, bonus rooms, and an agreed price. Not only are these booking methods cost-effective, they also have excellent cancellation policies.

For example, this year I exchanged ANA miles for my air ticket to Osaka during the Qingming Festival. If I want to change my booking, 3,000 miles will be deducted from the refund, and all other miles and taxes will be refunded.

You can wait and see. If you don't believe there is an airport at that time, you can retreat without damage. If there is no airport but travel is inconvenient, 3,000 miles will be lost. 3,000 miles are virtually free.

In most cases, the refund and exchange policies for mileage tickets are better than those for tickets purchased with money. With mileage tickets like Air China, it doesn’t matter if you don’t fly. It becomes an open ticket directly and is valid for one year. If you want to sit back, call customer service and change your flight.

The hotel's bonus room cancellation policy is better, generally canceling 24 (48) hours before check-in. For example, when I was in Kyoto during the cherry blossom season in April, I used IHG points to book a room at the Crowne Plaza Kyoto. 30,000 per night is a good deal in Kyoto during the cherry blossom season.

Reservation by frequent visitor

The case used here is my Tokyo Amami in June. I booked it through Xiamiyou. The nightly price is cheaper than Ctrip, and it also includes breakfast and room upgrade for US$100 (Ctrip only has a basic room).

A hotel like Oman spends a lot of money on every promotion.

Of course, another benefit of the shrimp tour is free cancellation for a limited time.

For example, if you stay on June 9th, you can cancel for free before midnight on June 7th.

It can become a c hotel

Besides, the Alipay experience is similar, but the threshold will be lower, and both Alipay platinum and diamond users can use it.

Reservations for branches can basically be canceled within a limited time a few days in advance.

FHR is similar, but the threshold for FHR is too high (it requires Centurion Platinum and annual fees), so I won’t introduce it much.

Since last year, I have not retreated to the top membership of the hotel group. On the contrary, I have used these booking methods more. Luxury hotels choose these cost-effective options.

In fact, there is another point, which is also very important, and that is to buy travel insurance. There are many insurances that can help you deal with some emergencies. It is recommended to buy it every time to help in critical moments.