The price has dropped on my upcoming flight to Athens, Greece. I was hopeful that the ‘Price Assurance’ guarantee would kick in post flight, as stated, if someone booked that (exact same) non stop flight on Orbitz.com. After contacting customer service … I understand that the ‘hotel + flight’ package is exempted from any Price Assurance Guarantee. I wish they had made that at visible as the flashing the ‘Price Assurance Guarantee’ logo on the screen while I was waiting to finalize the package deal! Had I known that guarantee did not apply to ‘hotel + flight’, I would not have bundled them.
I gave the ‘hotel + flight’ deal a try … I guess this is a lesson learned the hard way. Had I done my internet homework and purchased the component pieces separately, (as I have done in the past), I could have done much better than going through Orbitz.com saving a minimum of $250 x 4 tickets !! Even the hotel was better priced on a rival site. I let the ‘Price Assurance guarantee’ lull me into a false confidence … which, in spite of multiple windows showcasing the ‘Price Assurance’ on the site, never applied to me anyway.
I will NOT make that mistake again!
