anyone know if Continental adjusts ticket prices if fares drop?

[darthsidious]

So I bought a ticket to delhi a few months ago. Now, I checked continental's website, and found out that the price for the ticket I bought has dropped by about 200 dollars.
My question is, does continental do price adjustments? I know USAir, United and a few other airlines will give you a voucher for the difference towards future flights, but I have no idea about continental.

Thanks

 

[KLin]

Call them up and ask.

 

[akshatp]

Nope. they wont.

Happened to me last year.

 

[saymyname]

No.

Their pricing model doesn't allow for that.

 

[Brackis]

Can you get a refund/voucher and then rebuy?

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Brackis
Can you get a refund/voucher and then rebuy?

Not without paying the $200 cancellation fee.

And even then the voucher is only good for one year.

Newark - Delhi probably cost him $1000 to begin with, so now you need to use up $1000 in continental tickets in the next 12 months.

 

[darthsidious]

damm.... oh well. Maybe next time I won't buy my tickets so early

 

[akshatp]

I have noticed, especially with Continental, that if you buy too early you always pay extra. They always publish the highest fare at the outset, and then wait to see how many tickets sell for a particular flight, and then usually drop the price to a more normalized fare two-three months before the date of travel when they dont fill the flight to a certain level.

i.e. tickets to detroit from newark on memorial day this year were priced at $330 everytime i checked between jan-march. Then, one weekend in april they suddenly dropped to $180. Lasted about one week, and then went back higher as the date approahced. This is very standard practice for airlines.

If you can figure out what the "high" fare is, then you can wait for it to drop. Takes some experience though. And alot of research.

FYI: Airlines ALWAYS sell same class seats for different prices on a tiered system. After x amount of tickets for a flight are sold, price goes up. Same seat, different price.

 

[darthsidious]

Ok, thanks. I figured that the cheapest fares would be relased early, and sell out. I did feel that prices might drop later, but I was told by multiple people to buy as early as possible, so I figured I'd follow the advice...

Next time I'll just keep my eyes open for a longer window. Also, given that you seem to have travelled on Continental a fair bit, any idea what to expect in in-flight service on the Newark-Delhi leg?