Claimability checker
Can you get money back when your fare drops?
Airlines reprice the same flights constantly, and most tickets can be repriced before you fly. Pick your airline and fare below to see whether a drop is worth catching, in plain English.
How the checker decides
Each answer comes from a Gadabout refund resource we verified against the airline's own policy pages. We only give a straight Yes or No for the six airlines whose fare rules we've confirmed brand by brand. When a case is genuinely case-by-case, or when we haven't vetted it yet, the checker tells you so and links the closest guide we trust, because a wrong Yes is worse than an honest “we don't know this one yet.”
Common questions
- Which airlines does the checker cover?
- Six carriers whose reprice rules we've verified fare-by-fare against the airline's own policy pages: Delta, Alaska, American, Hawaiian, JetBlue, and United. For any other airline or booking site, we point you to the closest guide we've vetted instead of guessing a Yes or No.
- If my fare drops, do I get cash or credit back?
- Usually airline travel credit for the difference, not cash. A few fully refundable fares can return money to your original card. Every answer here links to a refund resource that names which one applies to your fare.
- Does Basic Economy qualify?
- Almost never. On the carriers we cover, Basic Economy and award tickets can't be repriced after the 24-hour window, so the checker will tell you No and explain why.
- Why won't it answer for Southwest, Air Canada, or my booking portal?
- Those cases are genuinely case-by-case — Air Canada and British Airways charge change fees that can swallow the drop, and booking portals often default to travel credit even when the fare rules promise cash. Rather than guess, the checker hands you the full refund resource so you can check your own fare rules.
- Is the answer a guess?
- No. Every Yes, No, or Depends is read straight from a refund resource we verified against the airline's published policy. If we haven't confirmed a case, the checker says so plainly rather than inventing an answer.