Automatic Refund Rule For Airlines Goes Into Effect

USA Today reports:

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.”

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Today’s new rule makes it easy for passengers to obtain refunds when airlines cancel or significantly change their flights, delay their checked bags, or fail to provide the ancillary services they purchased.pic.twitter.com/S2Qe0d2dq9

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