Travelocity is a third (3rd) party extra cost when it comes to changing flight reservations.
Just thought I'd put this out there.
I like(d) Travelocity and used them for at least two decades.
Whenever I book a flight it warns me that I will be charged change fees by the airline if I do that.
What is not apparent and UP-Front is that, besides the expected change fee an airline might charge,
they will also penalize you with a 3rd party change fee.
So I have a flight out and back on American Airlines and I decided I want to arrive sooner at my destination.
Travelocity says after 24 hours I need to call the airline.
So I log into my AA account and the flight is not there. That's curious but not surprising.
But I have the reservation number so I put it in and AA finds my flight.
I click on the change flight and go through all the details and when it comes time to charge my card $206
it says something about the flight I chose is not available. After trying all the available flightss I call AA.
When they call me back and I tell the guy what I want to do and he's practically ahead of me.
So he says what I want is available but says there's a 3rd party fee and it's going to total $250.
I balk and say I couldn't do it online and he says he's not the third party, it's Travelocity.
So I could have booked this all AA flight on AA but I didn't. Also in trying to reach them
afterward the person answering the phone says it's Expedia! Did they take over Travelocity.
I never liked Expedia.
Maybe I should have call Travelocity first and seen if they could have changed the flight
without the extra $50 charge.
So besides the change fee (at least) American Airlines is adding a $50 to the fee for changing
a reservation not originating with them.