One of the most important things you can do after you buy an airline ticket is “gardening” your reservations, especially when you book travel far in advance.
I take the term gardening from Nicholas Kralev, tending to the bookings — checking up on them, and doing minor maintenance.
Some common things that happen to reservations between the time of ticketing and travel:
- Schedule changes: This may cause you to have connecting flights that no longer have enough time to connect, or upgrade requests tend to drop out of bookings
Read more courtesy of the always interesting ViewFromTheWing.com