Cancelling your booking question

serene56

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Have a friend who booked a room and added tickets later. (this made it a package?)

anyway- she cancelled today and the agent told her the tickets are not cancellable-- use it or lose it.

But could not send her the tickets because it was tied to a package.

The agent explained to her that she only lost the money on the tickets as she can not get the money back for those-- (they never sent them to her either)
 
serene56 said:
Have a friend who booked a room and added tickets later. (this made it a package?)

anyway- she cancelled today and the agent told her the tickets are not cancellable-- use it or lose it.

But could not send her the tickets because it was tied to a package.

The agent explained to her that she only lost the money on the tickets as she can not get the money back for those-- (they never sent them to her either)

This doesn't make sense. Even if they made it a package she has till 45 days before to cancel for a full refund. If less than 45 days there is a penalty but I doubt it is as much add the tickets.
 

It's one *or* the other:

1. If it is a package, as long as she cancelled at least 2 days prior, she should get the full refund of hotel and tickets minus $200. In this case, the reservation number she received should be short (8 characters) with letters and numbers.

2. If it is a room-only reservation, with tickets purchased at a later date (but not turned into a package), she should have received 12-digit confirmation number (all numbers) and a separate confirmation number for her tickets. As long as she cancels the hotel portion at least 5 days from her check-in date, she should receive the entire hotel deposit back (1 night stay). If it's less than 5 days from check-in, then she loses a 1-night deposit.

For a separate ticket purchase, the confirmation number for her tickets would start with the first 3 letters of her last name and have 4 additional numbers. The tickets are indeed non-refundable, but she can keep them and use them at a later time. They would either have to mail them to her, or they will be at Will Call. With her confirmation number, she can link them on MDE and they can be added to her MBs the next time she's at Disney.

3. Option #3 is that she booked some type of conference/group travel rate. But, even in this case, she should be able to get a confirmation number to use the ticket at a later date, or receive a refund. Some of these special tickets expire the current calendar year (2014), so if she was originally planning to go late in the year, she would have to go by 12/31/14.
 
no group rate== just a normal booking. It was the week of August 10th.

I told her to book a room only then call back and order tickets to be sent
but she didnt listen
 
no group rate== just a normal booking. It was the week of August 10th.

I told her to book a room only then call back and order tickets to be sent
but she didnt listen


If it was changed to a package when she added tickets, then her confirmation number would change from 12-digits (all numbers) to 8 numbers/letters. If she recently cancelled and was scheduled to stay starting August 10, then she should be out $200 per room. If it was more (and tickets are more than $200), then there is something very fishy going on with that TA.
 
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This all depends on when she is traveling. Since it was changed to a package the rules are different than if it was just a room only reservation. Once the trip is less than 45 days prior to travel, it definately falls into a cancellation schedule where you loose money on the package by the day.

If she had purchased the travel insurance then she would have only been out the price of the travel insurance.

This is something to be aware of when booking.
 
My math is terrible, but if she's traveling in August, she's under the 45 day isn't she? Different rules would apply then I believe.
 














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