Originally Posted by
Drawingdead
I flew to Mexico last year, I booked nonstop flights both ways on United airlines. Three weeks before my flight United changes my return flight to a flight with the layover and refused to compensate me because it was still within two hours of my original leaving time. I also had to leave an hour earlier.
Now,I leave for Mexico in 3 to 4 weeks. I got round-trip airfare to Cancun for $100 a person nonstop flights in November. United just changed my nonstop flight to a layover in Texas and the flight is now three hours longer.
I’m pissed because they keep changing my international flights three weeks before hand too much worse flights.
The only nonstop flight now leaves at 6 AM and my resort is two hours from Cancun so I will not take that flight.
Is there any kind of compensation I should ask for, My flight leaves at the same time as my nonstop flight it’s just the fact that I have a layover and it’s longer.
You probably have the right to cancel and get your money back, but I imagine you don't because you're not likely to get $100 roundtrip flights at this point.
It's very possible they cancelled these nonstop flights for exactly this reason -- with everyone getting vaccinated and traveling, they don't want to operate nonstop flights where the overall fare collected is low. Probably tons of others booked like you did for $100 or so.
Regarding compensation, if you do take the flight, you can complain after-the-fact to customer service and ask for some United miles for this inconvenience. I'm not sure how United does it. American requires you to submit a form online, but they're fairly lax regarding awarding miles for issues.
BTW, United is the worst of the "big 3" airlines (Delta, AA, United).
Oh, and regarding airline miles, be careful how you spend them. You can get awwwwwwwwwful value if you're not careful.
Also, I've removed the trolling from this thread.