Name: Airline Refunds by Consumers' Checkbook
Duration: 4 min 3 s
Description: For trips within the U.S., if your flight is canceled for any reason—weather, mechanical problems, air traffic control, staffing issues, computer glitches, volcanic eruptions, whatever—the airline is required by federal regulation to provide a full refund.

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For trips within the U.S., if your flight is canceled for any reason—weather, mechanical problems, air traffic control, staffing issues, computer glitches, volcanic eruptions, whatever—the airline is required by federal regulation to provide a full refund.

Airline Refunds

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