Price decrease immediately after booking flight

[u/bitchliv]

Flair flight dropped $84 immediately after booking. Any chance of getting the difference refunded?

I just booked a round-trip flight with Flair for $328, including flight disruption protection at $20 each way.
Literally less than a minute after booking, my friend mentioned she wanted to book the same flight. I went back to look into booking it for her and the exact same round-trip flight was now $244, including the same flight disruption protection, which also dropped from $20 to $13 each way.

Has anyone had any luck contacting Flair and getting refunded the difference (cancelled domestic flights are only refunded via a flight credit)? I know flight prices fluctuate, but having it drop that much immediately after booking is pretty frustrating.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

[u/Historical-Tour-2483]

Did you book more than one seat? You may have been rolled into some higher fare bucket if you bought more than one seat

[u/bitchliv → u/Historical-Tour-2483]

No just one! The customer service agent told me that’s just how dynamic pricing works

[u/bitchliv]

The 24-hour cancellation is for a flight credit only and I would not be refunded the added protection which is $40.

[u/ConfidantlyCorrect]

Ya dynamic pricing doesn’t always work out in our favour (like it did for your friend)

I had the opposite issue, 2 of my friends bought flight tickets like 3 minutes before me & my flight went up $200.

[u/Martin0994]

Is your friend seeing prices in USD? Check receipt for cancellation terms.

[u/[deleted] → u/Martin0994]

[u/TenOfZero]

Depends on the destination.

But if it was inside Canada, only if you purchased the big bundle.

[u/BigFigFart]

Flair does not issue refunds on Domestic unless they are the ones cancelling and even then it can be a grind to get the money.

If you cancel the cancellation policy will determine how much FTC you get, which will expire 12-months from date of booking. (it use to be 24-months last year, really a crappy downgrade for Flair)

https://www.flyflair.com/flight-changes

Your existing flight is at a higher fare bucket than the lower priced one you are seeing now, so from others on this sub you may get stuck with the same or higher fare than you have now if you cancel and then use the FTC.

Sorry there is no good answer for your situation, but for my situation I would take the FTC and use it up on a panic flight purchase that would definitely be at or above the fare bucket of your existing ticket.

[u/Zardette → u/BigFigFart]

That actually says you can cancel within 24 hours for domestic. For credit.

[u/Worried_Razzmatazz70]

Flair's policy is free cancellation within 24hrs of booking. Good luck getting them to follow their own policy though.