Pretty nice! I didn’t know you could do that.

update: I received an email today from Expedia. My refund is now up to $155! I really didn't think I would get anything.

Let us know when you get the refund. I used Expedia for the first time and got a surprise although I'm certain it's somewhere in all the fine print so shame on me. When you book a hotel room with them the charge hits your card immediately unlike booking through the hotel where it's not charged till check in (or at least that's the way it's always been for me). They have a 24 hour no fee cancellation policy although the hotel told us guests battle that and often lose with Expedia. We got lucky and had no issues other than having to pay well in advance but I'm now looking at the savings with a different attitude.

So if your refund comes after the flight, what happens if the fare increases before then? I know you won't have to pay more, but does that wipe out your refund?

DLM - Expedia often has both rates listed - pay now or pay later. Usually the pay in advance rates are a bit lower and often non-refundable. I use Expedia a lot when I'm booking hotels, etc. in the US because it quotes me prices in my CDN currency. I'm sure other sites do this too but I've just gotten into the habit of using Expedia. I've never had any trouble canceling or changing reservations, provided they were not non-refundable rates.

We once had a pre-paid non-refundable hotel reservation that we couldn't keep due to a flight cancellation. We were totally at the mercy of the hotel but when I called them & explained they agreed to just transfer the reservation to another night.