Now, ticket prices have increased, and the Parfitt family is looking at flights that cost $5,000 more than initially planned.
In October, the family spent $12,093 on four business-class tickets for a January flight on Turkish Airlines.
With no available Turkish Airlines flights, airline staff rebooked the Parfitt family on an Emirates flight to Denpasar with a layover in Dubai the next day.
Related storiesAfter 13 calls to Turkish Airlines, Parfitt said an agent finally discovered the issue: The family had been incorrectly marked as no-shows on the second leg of their original Turkish Airlines flight.
Turkish Airlines' no-show policy states that a business-semi-flexible ticket isn't automatically canceled; it "may be reused for a specified fee, no refunds."
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