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Let me ask this question as well. I'm not sure that I will or not at this point, but if I do change the flight... obviously the last thing I want to happen is for the company to get a bill for an extra 200 bucks, for example. Considering that the company booked and paid for the original flight, is it possible for the airline to bill me for any change fees? If not, then this is all moot as I certainly don't want to tack on another couple hundred bucks to the company!
Your option would be to stay a couple days AFTER your interview. Is there any reason why you wouldn't be able to do that? If not, you can find out, from the airline, what the additional cost would be if you stayed a couple extra days. Then, you could be up front in your interview and turn it into a positive by telling them that you decided to extend your trip for a couple extra days to familiarize yourself with New York, at your expense of course. Further, you could tell them that during those extra days, you would be happy to make yourself available if they wanted you to meet with additional personnel. If that's not an option, leave it alone and don't mess with your current, non-refundable itinerary.
JTGJR -- Can't stay after the interview, no. I'm still working at my current job, and there's simply no way I can take three straight days off two weeks before Christmas. Not a bad suggestion though!
GypsySoul -- great idea mentioning the "well rested" part of it!
When we don't lie, fudge, hide, we never have to remember anything that will trip us up....
If I were in your situation, I'd quick in a hurry phone my contact at that company, tell them I'd like to stay for the weekend (because ___) and will be happy to pay for (fill in the blank) myself, and would I be able to arrange that with them?
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. Always. Then they will know you are interested, you have independent ideas, you are honest, cooperative and enthusiastic. Whew! Like Obama, put all of you together on one team.
Well I just called the top person who I'll be interviewing with to make sure he didn't have any problems with me doing so... none whatsoever. He actually encouraged it! Even offered to pay for the extra cost of switching the flight, to which I respectfully declined.
When we don't lie, fudge, hide, we never have to remember anything that will trip us up....
If I were in your situation, I'd quick in a hurry phone my contact at that company, tell them I'd like to stay for the weekend (because ___) and will be happy to pay for (fill in the blank) myself, and would I be able to arrange that with them?
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. Always. Then they will know you are interested, you have independent ideas, you are honest, cooperative and enthusiastic. Whew! Like Obama, put all of you together on one team.
Well I just called the top person who I'll be interviewing with to make sure he didn't have any problems with me doing so... none whatsoever. He actually encouraged it! Even offered to pay for the extra cost of switching the flight, to which I respectfully declined.
Thanks to all for the advice!
I book flights for the people coming to interview where I work.
We would never say "no" to a request like that, but you'd be flagged as a possible "PITA" if you know what I'm saying.
I book flights for the people coming to interview where I work.
We would never say "no" to a request like that, but you'd be flagged as a possible "PITA" if you know what I'm saying.
Just being honest.
Well that's just absurd.
I wouldn't be causing you ANY inconvenience. In fact, you wouldn't have to do anything other than what you've already done. How would I be seen as a pain in the ass in this scenario?
I don't think it's absurd. The implication from your original post is that the company had already bought the ticket. Unless they bought you a ticket without mentioning it to you first, you had a chance to make this request prior to them making the arrangements. The person you are interviewing with is probably not the one who made the arrangements, so it's no skin off his nose. The AA or travel secretary, on the other hand, might consider it a nuisance if s/he had to change the itinerary.
Luckily, it sounds like it has worked out for you here, but at another company, you might have had a different outcome.
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