Small Airlines

On Wednesday my parents decided that they might travel to Southern BC on Friday.  I was supposed to fly there on Friday afternoon.  I had originally bought a round trip ticket with a special price as long as I traveled within a certain time frame.    The deal had been for one flight at regular price and another one for $99 plus tax.  As it turned out, the cheap part of my ticket was the part I had already used.  I called the airline, and for a fee of $50 I was able to credit my ticket to be used anytime within a year from the purchase date.  That meant that I was able to get over half of my ticket price credited, and that was after the $50 fee.  So, instead of paying around $300 for one way I paid $200 for my flight, cancellation fee, and taxes.  Now I have enough to pay for most of a flight home for Christmas.  I was a little surprised at how easy it was to change my flight, but that is one of the benefits of working with a small local airline.  Thank you Hawk Air.