How Long Does It Take to Cancel a Plane Ticket?

If you do not want to travel and wish to cancel your flight, you can cancel your booked flight tickets 24 hours before departure. 

Even though it is different, as every airline has its policy for cancellation of the booked flight, many airlines allow the cancellation of the booked flight tickets within 24 hours and also provide you a refund. There is also a fact that every airline has its own plane ticket cancellation time. This article contains all the information about how to cancel your plane ticket and the main policies for canceling a plane ticket. 

Policies to cancel a plane ticket:

The below-given bulletins will tell you that - can you cancel a flight within 24 hours of departure. Please read them carefully.

• Many airlines provide a full refund if you cancel your booked flight tickets within 24 hours of the booking.
• If you booked your flight from any travel agent, you would contact your travel agent to cancel your contract.
• If the airline cancels the flight due to bad weather or natural calamity, all the passengers will get full compensation.
• Some airlines charge a specific fee when passengers want to cancel their flight.
• Per the policy, you will not get a refund if you cancel a non-refundable flight ticket. You will get vouchers in place of a refund.

Methods to cancel a plane ticket:

Through online:

The very simplest way that every airline provides to its passengers is that every passenger can use the plane ticket cancellation option by filling up an online form. Use the below-given steps so that you can easily reach the cancellation form.

• Visit the official website of the airline from which you booked your flight.
• Then, go to the manage my booking option and fill in all the details.
• There you will find the option of canceling the ticket.

Through phone calls:

Anyhow, suppose you cannot reach the airline's official website or are unclear about the online process. In that case, you can cancel your plane ticket by calling the airline, as every airline provides its customer service phone number to its passengers. Note the given below points to make a call:

• Check out the official website of the airline through which you booked your plane ticket.
• Search its customer service site, and from there, select the contact us option. Then, you will see three different ways. From there, choose the calling option and dial the given number.
• Then, use the IVR given by the airline and also choose your country code so that there is no chance left to make a clear conversation. 

Through email:

Many passengers don't even know that some airlines provide plane ticket cancellations through email. You can send an email to the airline that you want to cancel your plane ticket. In the case of emailing the airline, you will get the response within 24 hours of composing the email. However, every airline follows the same steps to make a mail. You can take help of the below-given steps to make a mail:

• Search the official email address of your preferred airline.
• Fill up a form they will give you before composing a mail. And then, you can draft your cancellation mail to the airline.