Booking a business class ticket with thank you points and cancelling it for credit
Aug 20, 2008, 1:40 pm
#1
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Booking a business class ticket with thank you points and cancelling it for credit
Apologies if there's an in depth posting about this somewhere else.
I'm looking to go to Thailand next year with my girlfriend and stopover in Tokyo. I ran up about the fixed flight options and found out that stopovers are NOT allowed for them. (Noticed some confusion about this in the main thread).
The alternative option is to use the approach of booking a business class ticket for 90K points and canceling it so that I can get a credit?
Which fare class would this be for united airways??
I've looked at business class tickets on expedia and they all say that they will be refunded to the original form of payment. (not what I want!) Also first class refundable and first class lowest fare have been the same on every route I've checked so far. I would appreciate any help regards what type of ticket to buy. Also can the united credit be applied to two coach tickets.
Thanks!
I'm looking to go to Thailand next year with my girlfriend and stopover in Tokyo. I ran up about the fixed flight options and found out that stopovers are NOT allowed for them. (Noticed some confusion about this in the main thread).
The alternative option is to use the approach of booking a business class ticket for 90K points and canceling it so that I can get a credit?
Which fare class would this be for united airways??
I've looked at business class tickets on expedia and they all say that they will be refunded to the original form of payment. (not what I want!) Also first class refundable and first class lowest fare have been the same on every route I've checked so far. I would appreciate any help regards what type of ticket to buy. Also can the united credit be applied to two coach tickets.
Thanks!
Aug 21, 2008, 1:57 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 166
What you are asking is covered in the following thread
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=529921
If value of the ticket you want (Thailand with stopover in in Tokyo) is more than the value of ticket you can get from the thank you network, you don't need to worry about finding a non-refundable fare as you can just do an itinerary change on your refundable ticket and you can save the change fee this way too.
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=529921
If value of the ticket you want (Thailand with stopover in in Tokyo) is more than the value of ticket you can get from the thank you network, you don't need to worry about finding a non-refundable fare as you can just do an itinerary change on your refundable ticket and you can save the change fee this way too.
Aug 21, 2008, 7:29 am
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Whatever happened to trying to be a LITTLE discreet about this little trick? Do we really want TYN to close the loop or change the program to our disadvantage???