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Input: Text: here is a tiny bit of backstory to help clear up why i did what i did.  my biological mother divorced my father when i was but a small child.  too early, even, to have any memories of her at all.  because my father was in the military and she a non us citizen, both parties moved around a lot and quickly lost contact with one another.  i hadn't heard from her at all throughout my childhood, my teenage years, and even my college years, but not for lack of trying, mind you.  anyway, she finally found me a few years ago thanks to the magic of facebook.  being the forgiving guy that i am, i instantly welcomed her back into my life, and she took that chance to fly me to korea to visit her and the family i never knew over there.  but because i didn't have much vacation time with my current job, i was only able to afford them nine days (i had ten, but i lost a day flying there).  

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as you can imagine, that isn't much time to get to know the family you never knew.  so i decided i would use more vacation time this year and buy tickets for myself to korea.  i did so through the airline's website directly, but me being such a naive little twit and not reading everything all the way through, i ended up purchasing non-refundable tickets.  what's more, i upgraded my seats on both the flight there and the return trip.

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after a couple of months of passing, my mother messaged me, asking me to change the dates i was visiting to a different month, because the originally agreed upon dates were no longer good for her.  i contacted the airline and they helped me change the date... for an extra $400.  keep in mind i had spent $1,100 for the ticket, and roughly a little over $200 for the upgraded seats.  but this was my mom, the fee would be worth it to be able to see her again.  

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but then she contacted me again... because of the mers virus and apparently she was getting married, this year was going to be no good for her at all.  i could have possibly gone to visit everyone else, but only she and her brother knew english.  he wouldn't have been able to stay with me the entire time, so i would have been with my family twiddling my thumbs because i'm terrible at learning things without a teacher, and i can't find a way to really learn korean where i am.  so i cancelled my reservation and found out how badly i fucked up...  with the non-refundable tickets, i just basically donated $1,700 to the airline.  i contacted customer relations twice, and both times they referred me to the refunds department, because they're the only ones who can handle refund disputes.

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would you like to know how to contact the refunds department for this airline?  there are only two ways, through fax, or through the mail.  yeah, they didn't have an email nor a phone number i could contact them through.  so i wrote them a letter and sent it to them.  they finally responded to me yesterday and told me that i was out of luck.  they would not refund any money to me, they would not give me any credits towards another flight in the future, and they're not even going to let me transfer the ticket i have to another person.  the ticket is valid for up to a year after purchase, but i purchased those tickets in february.  i'm moving this year, so i had to use my vacation for that.  january and february won't be good months for my mom next year...  just out of luck.  also, i would have to pay another transfer fee to use them on another date.

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i know this is entirely on me for not reading enough and purchasing a non-refundable ticket.  but to lose that much money is really painful.  and to be treated like i was really sucked.  i did give several months notice that i could no longer make my flight.  not like this was a last minute thing.  i explained to them my reasoning, that because my mom couldn't be there (the very person whom i wanted to see), i no longer could make my trip.  alas, my efforts were in vain.  this isn't nearly as bad as some of the things in here, but it doesn't help my wallet.  also i have to put off seeing them another year entirely, because it's not easy to save up that kind of money in less than a year.  

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TIFU by buying non-refundable airline tickets