Return Flight - Change of Flight by the Airline - Will my seat on outbound departure flight be cancelled and refunded back to me and I have to repurchase
I purchased a flight a few months ago. Flight is: LAX to BKK via SIN. I booked Round Trip. Economy (2 tickets). And Paid for 2 seats on the departure LAX to SIN leg.
Departure: LAX to SIN and SIN BKK (purchased seats on the LAX to SIN leg)
Return: BKK to SIN and SIN LAX
I received an email a couple of weeks after purchasing that the return flight (the 1st leg BKK to SIN) was being cancelled. The SIN to LAX leg return remains as scheduled. They basically automatically reassigned me to an earlier BKK to SIN flight on the same day.
But that airline change gave me an option to change my return itinerary for free.
So that got me to thinking, let's extend our trip an extra two days and change the return date/flight at no charge.
So today I finally got around to attempting to make that change. I clicked on the new return flight itinerary options and chose a new flight and new date.
As I was clicking through the progress/selections to confirm, I read on the page
"Your paid seats will be cancelled and refunded to your original mode of payment"
Paid Seats Refund
Your Paid Seats will be cancelled and refunded to your original mode of payment.
So, this is where it gets tricky. Is that statement about paid seats being cancelled meant for the entire itinerary or just for the return leg that I am changing (of which I have no paid seats on that leg)?
For instance, as I mentioned above, I paid for seats on the departure leg of the flight. That flight is still confirmed, and no changes have been made although it's all part of this same itinerary. Confirmed is shown in Green.
BUT I am making an itinerary change to the Return leg, but I have not made any purchases for seats to the Return leg.
So, when I click confirm to the return flight change, I assume that resets my entire itinerary and my purchased seats on the unchanged and confirmed departure leg get canceled and I have to choose my seats again and pay? Or is the statement about your paid seats being cancelled only implied for the return flight change (of which I have no paid seats on that leg)?
The reason this is important is because when I purchased the flight my credit card offered me $300 USD back if I spent $1700 USD with Singapore airlines. The purchased seats took me over the $1700 threshold and I got $300 back.
If I make this itinerary change for the return leg and the departure seats are cancelled and refunded, that will then dip me below the $1700 USD, and the credit card will then take back the $300.
I hope everyone can follow 😄
Basically, if an itinerary change is made for the return leg, will the paid seats of the departure flight end up being cancelled and refunded?
Thank you.