The list of airlines that allow you to change the date of your flight at no cost by the coronavirus | Economy

The crisis of the coronavirus is leaving on the ground many passengers with the ticket already purchased. The recommendations of the authorities indicate stay at home and avoid travelling if they are not essential to stop the spread of the COVID-19. In this situation a public health emergency, the airlines operate with different policies. Some allow you to change your flight dates without any cost and others are still applying the usual cost. In any case, provide for the refund of the amount. Keep in mind also that some countries prohibit the entry of the spaniards against the threat of the spread of the virus.

For its part, Renfe allows you to both change the date at no cost as the cancellation of the ticket. The company allows you to redeem the ticket for another to travel later or to receive the equivalent of the cost of tickets in points of railway or through the new ‘Code Return’.

What to do if the airline will not let you change the date at no cost?

In ‘Today’, the director of High-Speed railway, Sonia Araujohe explained that it has enabled a phone to manage the change of date or refund in points to use before the end of the year in those rates that source did not allow that possibility. The phone is the 900 18 314 520.

The spokesman Facua, Rubén Sánchez, has explained in the SER that the main problem is now in the different policies of the airlines. “You can’t be losing money to the users when the recommendation is not to travel if it is not essential. We recommend heading out to the airline in writing and for reasons of force majeure require a bond or change the date. If the company tells us that it refuses we must raise a complaint and a judge to decide. For claims of less than 2,000 is not necessary to go with a lawyer,” he explains.

– Iberia. The main Spanish airline gives different facilities to the passengers. Are flexible fares on flights operated by Iberia, Iberia Express and Iberia Regional Air Nostrum. In addition, they offer the possibility of requesting a bond for the amount of the ticket for which they must fill out a form.

-Air Europa. Allows you to changes on the affected routes: Italy, Israel, Paraguay, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Argentina, Peru and originated in America, and destination, Madrid. You can change the date without penalty until the 30th of November or ask for a voucher to use before the end of the year.

– Binter. The airline Binter makes it easier for all the passengers of its flights the free change of the date of their travel, regardless of the type of fare purchased previously. As reported in a press release, those passengers who have purchased tickets for travel on Binter from 12 to 31 march, in routes inter-island in the Canary islands or that have, as their origin or destination in this archipelago, may make one free change to your flight to a new date, regardless of the fare type of your ticket, to fly to the end of the year.

– Plus Ultra Airlines. Allows your passengers to change their itinerary without cost. The company has become more flexible in their policies of penalty for itinerary changes, allowing its passengers change the flight dates without payment penalty. This initiative has the objective to offer its passengers facilities so that they can travel later, as well as to fulfill their routes in an optimal way. The measure is applied in all routes of the airline and is applicable to passengers with tickets issued with Plus Ultra Airlines until march 31.

-British Airways. The british company has decided to eliminate also the additional costs the ticket change with the situation created by the COVID-19.

– Lufthansa. Aware of the situation, in your web page inform of the possibility of making at no cost the change of dates of the ticket due to the coronavirus.

– AirFrance and KLM. Have different cancellation policies. All ticket purchased before march 31, 2020, for travel between march 6 and may 31, 2020, regardless of the original conditions of the ticket and your destination, it may be changed without charge until may 31, 2020, inclusive, to the same destination and in the same booking class.

– Emirates Airline. The airline of Dubai presents an exemption for all tickets issued from the past March 7 to 31. As in the case of Air France and KLM, the new policy allows customers to change their travel dates without change fees or reissue of tickets.

– Easyjet. Has modified its policy and finally not charged for the changes with some conditions.

Airline that does not allow cost-free to change your flight

– Ryanair. This company only allows a refund if your flight has been cancelled, but for now does not allow a change of dates without cost.

Airlines allow a change of date only for new bookings

– Vueling. The only thing that Vueling has confirmed so far is that will allow your clients to change the flight dates for all new bookings made between days 10 and 23 of march and be able to make changes of travel dates until December 31, 2020. This proposal will be available for any route, Vueling and fares Basic, Optima and Family that normally do not have this option, has informed the airline in a statement.

– Cathay Pacific. It only allows unlimited changes at no cost on the tickets that are purchased between march 9 and April 20.

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