Cash refund, not a voucher. Make the airline follow DOT's 7-day rule.

DOT's 2024 automatic-refund rule requires airlines to refund cancelled, significantly changed, or significantly delayed flights in your original form of payment, within 7 business days for credit cards, when you decline rebooking. Airlines still try to steer passengers to vouchers anyway. QuickClaimAI prepares a written demand that cites the rule and sets a deadline.

The full refund workflow is $19 one-time: demand letter, DOT complaint pre-fill, and escalation flow.

FAQ

When is the airline required to give me a refund?

If your flight is cancelled, significantly changed, or significantly delayed (DOT defines significant delay as 3 hours domestic / 6 hours international), and you decline the offered rebooking, the airline must issue an automatic refund to your original form of payment.

How fast does the refund have to be issued?

Within 7 business days for credit-card purchases and 20 business days for other forms of payment, under the DOT automatic-refund rule.

What if the airline only offered me a travel voucher?

You are entitled to a refund in your original form of payment, not a voucher or future-travel credit. A February 2026 DOT audit specifically flagged ultra-low-cost and regional carriers for steering passengers to vouchers instead of the required cash refund. Our demand letter cites the rule directly.

What about a flight-number-only change?

DOT paused enforcement of the refund right for flight-number-only changes (where you were rebooked without significant change or delay) until 2026-06-30. QuickClaimAI flags this exception automatically - if it applies to you, we tell you the right is currently paused rather than generating a misleading demand.