US airlines are required to refund you for a canceled flight automatically [View all]
Source: USA Today
Published 12:05 a.m. ET Oct. 28, 2024 | Updated 4:11 p.m. ET Oct. 29. 2024
The Department of Transportation's new refund rule for air travelers is now fully in effect.
If your flight is canceled or delayed by more than three hours for a domestic itinerary, or six hours for an international itinerary, you're automatically entitled to a refund.
“Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them - without headaches or haggling,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement when the regulation was announced this spring. “Our new rule sets a new standard to require airlines to promptly provide cash refunds to their passengers.”
Some parts of the DOT's new rule went into effect as early as May when the Federal Aviation Administration's funding was reauthorized, but some of the provisions had a longer lead time for implentation. Buttigieg underscored what the new rules would mean for travelers and airlines in a letter to aviation executives in July.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/10/28/new-refund-rules-for-delayed-and-canceled-flights/75837222007/
Link to original PRESS RELEASE (with announced Rule now in effect Oct. 2024) - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule Requiring Automatic Refunds of Airline Tickets and Ancillary Service Fees
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