{"id":11735,"date":"2022-12-22T15:50:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itilite.com\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T09:42:07","slug":"unused-flight-tickets-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itilite.com\/in\/blog\/unused-flight-tickets-management\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Unused Flight Tickets and How To Manage them Effectively?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Travel managers play an important role in planning and managing business trips. And while doing so, they face quite a lot of challenges, such as policy compliance, providing business travel support at odd hours, spending too much time booking, keeping employees’ data secure, and many more. However, another critical challenge they often face is managing and recovering unused flight tickets for their company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unused tickets have always been a part of business travel. Especially during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies across the globe found themselves dealing with a huge sea of unused flight tickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to business travel news, in 2020, many companies across the globe reported having 1 Mn. dollars in unused tickets<\/a>. In such scenarios, if these tickets are not utilized or recovered, they can impact your overall company\u2019s financial health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, to reduce the number of these tickets, corporate ravel managers<\/a> should follow certain practices to use them effectively. But before that, let us understand what an unused ticket is and what happens to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is an Unused Flight Ticket?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An unused ticket is a non-refundable airline ticket that a business traveler has purchased and cannot use due to changes in plans. There may be instances where the business conference gets canceled or postponed, travelers fall sick, the flight gets canceled, and many more. In such cases, the available flight tickets remain unused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business travelers or traveler managers can use these tickets for future use or apply for a refund under specific terms and conditions. However, the ability to reapply for these non-refundable tickets often comes with certain restrictions which differ from one airline to another, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n