Paying with travel bank do you earn points?
Aug 11, 2014, 8:18 am
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Programs: Virgin America Elevate Gold
Posts: 99
Paying with travel bank do you earn points?
Planning on booking a flight which will give me enough points to keep my gold status. If I pay using my travel bank will I earn points or not? I have plenty of time until the credit expires but I will pay for the ticket to get the points if I have to and use my travel bank for a future flight.
Aug 11, 2014, 5:05 pm
#3
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Programs: Virgin America Elevate Gold
Posts: 99
Aug 20, 2016, 2:25 pm
#4
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Francisco
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Titanium, UA Silver
Posts: 118
I purchased a ticket for my daughter with my travel bank funds adding her elevate number to the reservation. I have always received credit for any flights taken with travel bank funds. I am being told now that she will not earn credit for the flights because travel bank flights do not earn points. Does not make sense since I originally spent the money on a VX flight which I cancelled and put in travel bank and used to pay for this flight. Do I chalk it up to the Dallas Call Center gold line being untrained and ignore the fact that her reservation reflects 0 points to be earned on flight and deal with it later? Or have things changed? After all, the receipt reflects the fare paid.
Aug 20, 2016, 5:55 pm
#5
Join Date: Jan 2014
Programs: JetBlue Mosaic
Posts: 91
Speaking from experience with this (I cancel/rebook flights a fair amount), you don't always get points from this and I have to fill out the "missing points" form on their site to actually get them.
Aug 20, 2016, 7:22 pm
#6
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: LAX
Programs: Virgin America Gold, Virgin Atlantic Gold, AAdvantage Platinum, B6 Mosaic, HHonors Gold
Posts: 215
I purchased a ticket for my daughter with my travel bank funds adding her elevate number to the reservation. I have always received credit for any flights taken with travel bank funds. I am being told now that she will not earn credit for the flights because travel bank flights do not earn points. Does not make sense since I originally spent the money on a VX flight which I cancelled and put in travel bank and used to pay for this flight. Do I chalk it up to the Dallas Call Center gold line being untrained and ignore the fact that her reservation reflects 0 points to be earned on flight and deal with it later? Or have things changed? After all, the receipt reflects the fare paid.