we have brought back our popular stories of readers’ successes and mistakes here at TPG to celebrate your victories and learn from your mistakes.
This week’s success story is from reader Chris Kosseff, who tried a new way to save on flights he’d already booked.
“Several days ago, you had a short article about pAiback and similar airline credit programs. It was a lightbulb moment for me, and I immediately set up an account. Within 3-4 days, pAiback notified me about credits on two different flights on United that totaled almost $500. What an incredible service, and I would never have known if I hadn’t had that article.” Since emailing TPG earlier this week, Chris says his savings through pAiback have now grown to over $700 on those two United Airlines flights.
Paiback is one of several new tools that will track your flights and can help you save money on trips you’ve already booked and paid for.
PAiback uses artificial intelligence to monitor your flights and automatically issue refunds when prices drop.
To start tracking and saving, you’ll need to have booked directly with the airline for the tool to work. It then forwards your confirmation email to pAiback, where it will notify you if the price drops. You can also connect your email account, where the tool can search for flight confirmations without you having to forward them.
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It currently works for only four airlines (American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines), but the company hopes to add more in the future.
If the price of your flight drops, pAiback coordinates with the airline to have an electronic credit deposited directly into your airline account. PAiback charges a 20% commission on your savings for your attendance, so you’ll need to pay cash separately, but there are no other membership or subscription fees.
In a nutshell
We want to thank Chris for sharing his story in the hope that his experience with pAiBack will encourage others to save money and travel smarter using fare tracking tools like this one. (TPG’s Summer Hull is also a junova fanwhich works similarly.)
Do you have an amazing win or redemption you’d like to share? We would love to know more about you. reader success stories.
you can too submit your own reader error story with the details of what went wrong and what you would do next time to avoid it. (If you have an ongoing problem with a travel company and believe you are owed compensation due to circumstances beyond your control, you can contact the TPG Ombudsman, Michelle Couch Friedmanin ombudsman@thepointsguy.com.)
Due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to respond to each story individually, but we will be in touch if yours is selected. We look forward to hearing from you!
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