If you travel every week for work, I would be booking full fare (refundable), not non-basic restricted fares. Especially since if you are booking inside a week of departure the difference is not that great anyway.

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LeafItAlone 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

>If you travel every week for work, I would be booking full fare (refundable), not non-basic restricted fares.

Why? I don’t fly that much, especially for work, and I’ve never had a problem getting to use my credits from cancelling flights. The price difference between credit-refundable and full refundable is usually significant and doesn’t offer me anything.

	▲	CGMthrowaway 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If the price difference is significant then sure. My experience booking 3-5 days ahead of time is there isn't much difference. In addition to no credits to keep track of, which don't seem to be your concern, - simplifies expense filing - if paying with a personal card (vs a corporate card), i'm not floating extra cash that is now converted to a credit - full fare is less likely to get bumped on overbooking - more miles / credits towards status
	▲	dtnewman 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		this. And since I was traveling every week, it was even easier to know that i'd use the credit. Not worth paying extra for a cash refund.

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JustExAWS 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If something is happening in my life where I can’t use my airline credit within a year, I’ve got bigger issues. Even then at least with Delta, you just have to book a flight using the credit before it expires - and the flight can be after the credit would have expired - wait 24 hours cancel the ticket and then receive a new credit that resets the timer.

	▲	selkin 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Or ask customer service to extend the validity period. YMMV, but this worked for me the few times I tried.