We recently booked for May nonstop Newark to Dublin seats in Polaris. I had been watching flights for several months and finally booked at the end of November because there aren’t a ton of Polaris seats on the 767 and as soon as a few get booked the price jumps. Because it’s far in advance I booked fully refundable seats in case the price dropped.
I got on United today and they’ve changed the planes for ALL of the 7:25 pm May departures from 767 to 777. So not only had the price dropped, but now we have a 1-2-1 configuration and can sit together. The original flights had a 1-1-1 configuration and.
Even if we didn’t have non-refundable seats we were eligible for a one time change due to the change in aircraft. But I wasn’t notified by United about the change. Because I just happened to check I saw both the lower price and preferred seat options. If United emailed me a few weeks from now more seats could have been sold and we wouldn’t have saved $500 and possibly wouldn’t have been able to get seats together!
So keep checking your flights even after you book because things change and they don’t always tell you!