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NONREFUNDABLE

Customer thought he booked a refundable Hyatt room, but Getaroom made it nonrefundable and kept $3228. The fight for a refund.

My Getaroom reservation became nonrefundable — but I want my $3,228 back!

September 15, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

William Farrer thought he’d booked two rooms at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans directly through the hotel’s website. Minutes later, he discovered he’d actually paid $3,228 to a third-party booking site — and the reservation was suddenly “nonrefundable.” 

Categories Advocacy
Dollar doesn't have the rental car Beth Bonness reserved in Atlanta, but that's not stopping it from charging her $82. Can it do that? And how does she get a refund?

Dollar didn’t have my rental car — but it still charged me $82!

December 18, 2024January 31, 2024 by Christopher Elliott

Dollar doesn’t have the rental car Beth Bonness reserved in Atlanta, but that’s not stopping it from charging her $82. Can it do that? And how does she get a refund?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Canceled flight, unreturned funds. Julie Schumer battled Princess Cruises over a $983 refund and triumphed with consumer advocacy help.

Why won’t Princess Cruises refund our canceled flight? They have my money.

December 7, 2023August 7, 2023 by Christopher Elliott

Julie Schumer’s return flight gets canceled during the Southwest Airlines meltdown in December. Southwest sends the money to her cruise line, but her cruise line won’t refund her. What’s going on?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
When Mary Lou Hartline buys an American Airlines ticket, she inadvertently pays extra for priority boarding instead of checked bags.

I thought I was paying for checked luggage, not priority boarding

February 17, 2024October 6, 2017 by Christopher Elliott

When Mary Lou Hartline buys an American Airlines ticket, she inadvertently pays extra for priority boarding instead of checked bags. Can she undo the mistake?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Vivian Mello's vacation rental in Maui is uninhabitable and full of pesticides. So why won't Booking.com refund her money?

Hello, relaxation? Not with this Booking.com reservation

January 3, 2024September 8, 2017 by Christopher Elliott

Vivian Mello’s vacation rental in Maui is uninhabitable. So why won’t Booking.com refund her money?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
reserves a room through Expedia and ends up with nine extra unwanted rooms. They're nonrefundable. Is there any way to fix the error?

Accidentally booked 10 nonrefundable nights instead of one on Expedia

February 1, 2024September 1, 2017 by Christopher Elliott

Roland Tognazzini pushes the wrong key when he reserves a room through Expedia and ends up with nine extra unwanted rooms. They’re nonrefundable. Is there any way to fix the error?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter

What is there to “consider”? The passenger is dead

September 21, 2023December 28, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Vicki Berkus wants to know how nonrefundable “nonrefundable” airline and cruise tickets really are.
Actually, so do I.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Meryl Lee Seewald thought she was booking just one night at the Holiday Inn Miami International Airport. Instead, she booked eight.

Case dismissed: Oops, I booked eight nights instead of one

January 20, 2024August 4, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

Meryl Lee Seewald thought she was booking just one night at the Holiday Inn Miami International Airport. Instead, she booked eight.

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