Picture this:

You wake up to a beautiful Friday morning in NYC. You are pumped- your best friends from college are flying in to watch Aaron Judge and the Yankees play the Royals to get to the World Series. As a Yankees fan, you barely remember what the World Series is like but you do remember that you need cash for the game tonight.

Before taking the 1 train to work, you run over to the bank, pull out your debit card and stick it into the ATM. After clicking “Confirm” and “English” 25 times, you finally get to the “withdraw $200” screen. FINALLY! You click “Yes” and you wait for the ATM to make it rain.

But nothing happens. You wait. Nothing. “Did my card get declined”? “Where is my money?” The answer is unclear. Now you’re late to work because you’re going to miss the train. A pop up on the screen says, “Transaction Failed. A surcharge amount of $5.50 will be assessed”. You share your Dunkin Donuts cold brew with the ATM in frustration. Has the banking industry seriously not innovated since JP Morgan himself was alive?

The moral of the story is this: the banking industry is clunky and full of surprises, ripoffs, and “gotchas”. Can you think of any other industries like this? How about the airline industry? Airlines change the prices of their flights literally everyday. One day you might pay $300 for a flight and within 15 minutes the price might drop to $250. Some people would call this a “ripoff”, others a “gotcha”, some even a “scam”. 

Next time you book a flight, wait a couple days or a couple of weeks and check the price again. You’ll probably find that you overpaid for your flight about 50% of the time. It doesn’t matter if you are using cash, points, or cash and points. You are still likely overpaying for about 50% of your flights. How much money are we talking about here in real life? $122 in savings for one of our customers this morning on a flight to Los Cabos. $160.12 in savings for a customer going to Cancun. Obviously, some people save less than this, some people save significantly more. The point is: if you fly on commercial planes regularly, you are overpaying by more than you realize.

So what’s the big deal? The big deal is that you can get a bunch of money (actual money or points) back in the form of a future flight credit, or a refund. Instead of getting ripped off by the airline industry, you can take a stance and start paying lower prices for your tickets.

How can you get your money back when your ticket drops in price after you book it? It’s simple, either 1) call the airline and ask for the difference in price back (this is what I do) or 2) cancel your original ticket and rebook the new ticket (this is what my co-founder, Jacob, does).

If you have any trouble doing this, email us at support@theskykey.com or chat with us by clicking this link. We are always happy to help, whether you’re a current customer or not.

If you have any questions or feedback, don’t hesitate to reach out. We are a very fun and friendly team who loves to travel and wants to save you as much money as possible on your flights.

Start saving!

Billy

Co-Founder @ The Sky Key