Easyjet price drop dilema S.O.S.

T451eem
T451eem Posts: 5 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Help please, what to do when you spot Easyjet flights booked have dropped substantially in price?
Booked a family of 4 in April on seat release day £764 to travel in October.
Same flights are £498 today.
Any ideas sincerely appreciated on any actions I can take to recover the loss?

I noticed the drop in price as I was going to sell my tickets as we no longer want to travel due to health challenges that do not qualify for an insurance claim.
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  • PompeyPete
    PompeyPete Posts: 7,126 Forumite
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    Often asked question.....which usually gets the same responses. If the price had gone up, would you feel so guilty that you'd offer to pay easyJet the difference?
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,360 Forumite
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    Can you sell EJ tickets?


    If so ,you can still sell them just for less than you thought, but it would still be better than losing it all
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Even if the tickets can be sold whoever buys them will need to pay Easyjet's charges for name changes. Unless you sell them very cheaply I can't see why anybody would bother when they can buy them direct from Easyjet at a reasonable cost.
  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,458 Forumite
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    Are you a plus or flight club member https://www.easyjet.com/en/terms-and-conditions#a25?
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • z1a
    z1a Posts: 2,522 Forumite
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    Why even look?
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    z1a wrote: »
    Why even look?


    While I'd agree in general, in this case if the OP hadn't looked they could now be trying to sell their tickets for much more than they can possibly hope to get because of the price drop.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,088 Forumite
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    For 4 pax return, the names changes alone would be £200 (£25x8) if you did sell them.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    When you booked you needed to book and were happy.
    Don't look back.
  • T451eem
    T451eem Posts: 5 Forumite
    Thanks, lesson learnt that seat release day is not always the best time to book.
    Have written off the cost, £20 per flight to change names is hefty, not worth the hassle to sell
  • comeandgo
    comeandgo Posts: 5,742 Forumite
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    easyjet are one of the few cheap carriers who do have a heart. I had to cancel a flight due to emergency surgery and they gave me a credit to use within a year. Have you contacted them to explain why you can not now go?
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