Paying extra to change one's airline ticket
Question
Some airlines, while making reservations, offer the option of paying additional charges to make a non-refundable and non-changeable ticket become a refundable and changeable ticket. Is this extra payment permissible?
Answer
It is permissible.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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