MilesBuzz! - award taxes after cancellation?

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sergio

Mar 22, 04, 5:20 am

Anyone cancelled an free award? What happens to the taxes paid?

stevelb

Mar 22, 04, 8:54 am

United will give you the money back, usually as a credit to your credit card used to make the payment. Takes about a month.

mauld

Mar 22, 04, 9:52 am

Qantas will refund the taxes as well.

Schutzee

Mar 22, 04, 10:15 am

Taca and American also refund

xyzzy

Mar 22, 04, 4:50 pm

Ditto with CO. Whatever airline this is should refund your taxes paid.

alien

Mar 22, 04, 9:27 pm

NW too.

Which airline?...or we'll keep going...

ctuttle

Mar 22, 04, 9:33 pm

And Delta also refunds taxes paid

sergio

Mar 23, 04, 3:57 am

If I cancelled the reservations and get back money paid for taxes, what am I left with?

bayotter

Mar 23, 04, 2:41 pm

Not quite sure what you meant by that, but on a mileage award ticket, your miles would be put back into your account if you paid a fee which varies depending on the airline, e.g., AA $100, UA $75. Except for the mileage reinstatement fee, you would be back where you started before you claimed the award. Is that what you meant?

sosafan

Mar 23, 04, 5:45 pm

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bayotter:
Except for the mileage reinstatement fee, you would be back where you started before you claimed the award. </font>

Some airlines charge expedite fees. I'm guessing those are lost too. Does anyone know if that's right?