Cancelling non refundable air tickets

[FlossieLondon]

It is looking inceasingly like I won't be able to go the States with my husband for a family wedding, as I have to stay home to care for our son. (See previous thread.)

We've been on to the airline to cancel my tickets (to reclaim tax) to be told that this can't be done for one person on the booking - it is both of us or nothing. We can't do that my husband is best man, he needs to go out on the flight we booked.

After a lot of pleading the airline has finally agreed to cancel my ticket if I want, but the admin fee means that we only get a few pounds back. This is only a matter of changing the booking on a computer? What the hell? I am bloody furious.

Keeping the ticket for the moment... hoping and praying that another seat will become available so our son can come with us.

Off to get on my

Flossie I think Caitlin has it right. Could you think fuck it and put it on a credit card?

I really admire the fact that you have kept coming back to the threads and apologised to people when you've offended them. (although isn't an offensive OP part of the thrill of the threads)

But I may be one of the stupid and have missed a post saying that a credit card is absolutely not an option.

Honestly, I really, really hope you find a solution.

I think I am thinking about this thread too much. I actually had a dream about it last night!
I went into a very nice public loo to find a very large pile of envelopes on a vanity surface thing, each individually and beautifully decorated, and each containing £1 for the OP.
Sorry OP, twas but a dweem...

I can understand your angst a bit more now, after the latest update!

It will be fine. They are exes for a reason, if they were still madly in love and lust then they would still be together.

Stop over thinking and stressing, I expect your husband would be more interested in having a good time at the wedding and having some time with his teenage children, not sexy times with an ex. It might be a bit less pressure for him and his teenagers without you there tbh.
(I genuinely don't mean that in a horrible way)

I think this was suggested by a pp but taken up wrong...
Can you find one of DH family who is booked on the same flight WITH a transferable ticket, ask them to change their ticket to DS and pay for them to go on another flight?

Flossie, stay at home and let your husband go to the wedding alone because what better way to say to his wife that you are so secure in yourself and your marriage that him being there alone isn't an issue.

Ok, its a fib, but she won't know that and you can sort this out with your husband when he is back.

Any update OP?