u/MiceNoisy — reddlx

A global oil drop last month made my plane tickets plummet by $115 right after I paid

I wanted to share a completely unique situation that left me out a chunk of money on a flight I took a few weeks ago. I booked a cross-country flight to Boston back in early March when fuel surcharges were heavily driving up ticket costs. I paid $510 for the ticket, thinking it was the best I'd get given the market.

Fast forward about three weeks later, right before April started, global oil prices took a sharp dip, and the airline adjusted their fuel surcharges downward across the board. Out of curiosity, I checked my exact flight number, and the price was sitting at $395. The exact same seat was literally $115 cheaper solely because of a market shift that happened after my purchase date.

I spent over an hour on the phone with a supervisor trying to get a travel voucher for the difference, but they told me their policy explicitly states they cannot refund or credit fare differences resulting from external fuel surcharge adjustments after a ticket is issued. It feels like absolute robbery to pay a premium for a variable cost that drops later. Does anyone in the community use an app or an AI bot that tracks these specific market-driven price drops and forces a re-booking or a refund? I’m completely done trying to argue with their phone support.

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u/MiceNoisy — 3 days ago

▲ 8 r/WasItAI

My dad want's top go on a date with her.

Please help me convince my dad that this is so fake.

u/MiceNoisy — 4 days ago

▲ 0 r/AITravelHack

PSA: there's a tool that automatically refunds you when your flight or hotel price drops after booking

I book a lot of travel and the thing that always drove me insane was watching a fare or hotel rate drop after I'd already paid. You either eat the loss or spend an afternoon on hold trying to rebook. I started using Repriced a while back and figured the community would want to know about it.

The short version: you book flights and hotels however you normally do — any airline, any hotel, Expedia, Booking.com, direct, whatever. Repriced watches those exact bookings 24/7. If the price drops, it rebooks you at the lower price automatically (same flight, same seat, same room, same dates) and you get the difference back.

How I set it up:

Made a free account and connected my Gmail (you can also just forward confirmations to booking@repriced.ai)
It pulled in my existing reservations automatically from the confirmation emails — took maybe 2 minutes
Now every new booking I make gets tracked automatically without me doing anything

The stuff I wanted to know before signing up:

It's free to join. They take 25% of whatever they save you — and nothing if they don't save you anything
Your itinerary never changes. Same flight number, same seat, same hotel room
Works on flights and hotels (they also have access to wholesale hotel rates)
For flights, the ticket has to be changeable or refundable — basic economy usually won't work
For hotels, the rate needs free cancellation — prepaid non-refundable rooms won't work
Refunds come back however the airline/hotel issues them: cash to your card, travel credit, or points back to your loyalty account
No monthly fee, no change fees, cancel whenever

For context, they're a Miami company founded by Daniel Snow and Tal Shikler, and they've crossed 50,000+ users and $25M+ in tracked bookings. Most people seem to save somewhere in the 10–40% range on bookings they were making anyway.

Not a magic bullet — if prices never drop on your booking, you save nothing. But since it costs nothing to have it running in the background, I don't see a reason not to use it.

Links if you want to look into it:

u/MiceNoisy — 4 days ago

▲ 2 r/WasItAI

Is this T-shirt print AI?

Saw a guy selling these for 50 dollars but I think he used Ai for them.

u/MiceNoisy — 5 days ago

▲ 0 r/Aiorfake

What do you think about this girl eating pizza?

When you zoom in on the picture it looks weird right?

u/MiceNoisy — 6 days ago

▲ 2 r/WasItAI

This look soo fake imo

I asked my friend to send me pictures he took on his vacation with his drone. And he sent me this. I believe that its fake as hell.

u/MiceNoisy — 8 days ago

▲ 6 r/Aiorfake

What do you think about this plushie? Is it real?

I saw this plushie on pinterest and I want to know if it's Ai or not.

u/MiceNoisy — 9 days ago

▲ 19 r/AITravelHack

What is the most underrated country you have ever visited?

We all know the famous tourist hubs, but I want to hear about the places that surprised you because they were way better than you expected. Where did you go that made you think, Why is everyone not talking about this place?

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u/MiceNoisy — 9 days ago

▲ 20 r/AITravelHack

What is the most beautiful lake you’ve ever been to?

I’d love to know out of curiosity (and because I love nature) where have you seen the most beautiful lakes in your life? Lakes that truly enjoyed visiting and seeing.

u/MiceNoisy — 10 days ago

▲ 0 r/Aiorfake