If your travel voucher is about to expire, the first thing that you should do is contact the airline that issued the voucher. Many airlines have been extending vouchers that were issued over the past two years. If the airline won't extend your voucher, you may still have options.

Whether you can extend a travel voucher depends entirely on the specific airline's policy, but in 2026, most carriers have moved toward much stricter expiration rules compared to the pandemic era. Generally, vouchers (often called Electronic Travel Authorizations or eCredits) have a "Book By" or "Travel By" date that is hard-coded into the system. If your voucher is nearing its end, the best strategy is to call the airline's customer service directly; while they rarely "extend" the date on the existing code, they may occasionally issue a new voucher if you have a valid extenuating circumstance, such as a documented medical emergency. Another common "travel hack" is to use the voucher to book a flight far in the future and then cancel it within the 24-hour grace period or change it later, which sometimes triggers a reset of the credit’s validity, though many modern airline systems now track the "original" funds' expiration to prevent this. Always read the fine print on your specific voucher, as "Promotional" vouchers given for overbooked flights usually have much shorter lifespans and zero flexibility compared to credits issued for cancelled paid fares.