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Permalink Reply by Brenda Sue on
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They recommend you pay a little more and buy the refundable tickets. The majority of recruits finish on time - but it only takes ONE to mess up your plans - YOURS!
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Permalink Reply by Denise Bauchens on
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My son is graduating this friday and we booked our flight a little over a week ago so we booked aprox. 2.5 weeks defore his pir date. We keep checking all the airlines and the rates and at that point we were pretty confident in our son from his letters. He sounded strong and healthy and was moving forward with no problems that he wrote to us about. We did not buy refundable tickets but am pretty sure if we had to change the date the airline would have allowed us the chance to change for maybe just a small fee if any. We went with southwest. I hope this helps. Good Luck to you and your son.
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here is the link to your PIR group it will be your lifeline for info, support and just to chat...just click on the http address http;//www.navyformoms.com/group/ship4div291pir922010
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If for any reason your son won't graduate 9/2 he will call you immediately, so if I were you I'd go ahead and book everything
He may be getting a call home in a week or two (the 3rd week "I'm still alive" call)
Look for the area code 847 and id will say payphone. He does have a calling card right? If not, he can buy one at the NEX...so no biggie.
But, PLEASE join your PIR group....you'll get tons of info about what to do and what's going on with his group
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Thank-you all SO MUCH for the great tips. I just booked a flight with Southwest as these flights are changeable with no "change fee", so it made a lot of sense! I would have never thought of it if I didn't ask on this forum. I did join the PIR group.
I really appreciate all the help....one less thing to worry about!
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Permalink Reply by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on
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Listen to Hoppi. My son's appendix ruptured two weeks before PIR, setting him back maybe 5-6 weeks. (He's still recuperating.) Up until that point, he was doing fine, and we didn't have any reason to doubt that he would be graduating on time. Really--you never know what might happen.
We're just lucky we are within driving distance.
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I had the same problem and had to pay for 2 tickets. The best advice I can give is fly Southwest Airlines. They are excellent with changing dates and giving you a "credit" to use another time. Luckily we did not have to change flights for graduation, but we have had to change dates for liberty time, personal vacations, etc. It is the best way to go and at times we had a $25 fee. If you explain to Southwest Airlines rep this is a military graduation or liberty leave they may waive the fee. We had our fee waived on a last minute liberty change. Good Luck and congrats to your son, thank him for his service.
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