Post by WillTravel on Dec 22, 2008 22:51:06 GMT -5
Silly as it may seem, I now recommend checking about weekly, and daily in the last few days beforehand.
The reason is because I discovered on Sunday that I was booked with a bankrupt airline, Alma de Mexico. But it suspended operations Nov. 9. I know I had looked up flights there sometime after Sept. 22, when they did a schedule change, but clearly not in the past six weeks.
Anyway, I think my trip to Mexico will be fine (assuming I can even get out of SEA airport later this week, given current weather) with some adjustments. But I have heard many accounts of people not finding they were booked with a defunct airline until they are at the airport, at which point your options diminish.
Other times, by checking regularly, I have caught significant schedule changes, which I never heard about otherwise. I was then able to get these fixed up.
The reason is because I discovered on Sunday that I was booked with a bankrupt airline, Alma de Mexico. But it suspended operations Nov. 9. I know I had looked up flights there sometime after Sept. 22, when they did a schedule change, but clearly not in the past six weeks.
Anyway, I think my trip to Mexico will be fine (assuming I can even get out of SEA airport later this week, given current weather) with some adjustments. But I have heard many accounts of people not finding they were booked with a defunct airline until they are at the airport, at which point your options diminish.
Other times, by checking regularly, I have caught significant schedule changes, which I never heard about otherwise. I was then able to get these fixed up.
