OK, I have a random question: under what circumstances would an airline ticket be NON-transferrable or cancellable? Like if I bought tickets for me and someone else to fly to X country and a month or even a week before the trip, if something came up, is there any way that the tickets would NOT be able to be refunded and/or transferred into someone else's name, even if for a fee? It seems like, even if it was for a price, you could transfer the tickets to someone else's name or have one or both cancelled. Am I wrong?

Dave 

you can buy two types of tickets... refundable, and non-refundable.  Obviously, the refundable cost more.  Most tickets are non-transferable these days.  I'm not sure any are.

Quote from: Stephen072774 on September 21, 2006, 06:34:24 AM
you can buy two types of tickets... refundable, and non-refundable.  Obviously, the refundable cost more.  Most tickets are non-transferable these days.  I'm not sure any are.

Ok, I'm asuming they have become more strict about people buying tickets and transferring them in the past 5 years, right? And the refundable one would be to cover their asses so people don't fully book a plane and then have a bunch back out and leave the airline high and dry.

So basically, once you buy a standard ticket, it can only be used by the person whose name is on it, and getting a refund isn't an option. Correct?

Yes, in my experience, that is correct.  This is from Delta's webpage...

"I have a non-refundable ticket and will not be traveling. Can I obtain a refund?

No, however, effective August 21, 2003, if you're holding a nonrefundable ticket that allows changes, and travel is scheduled on or after August 21, 2003, you have one year from the ticket's original issue date to reschedule your travel without losing the full value of the ticket (less any applicable change fees)."

Perfect, thanks.