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May 9, 2009, 6:25 pm

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Originally Posted by WalkinBackToTexas

played around with the new site a bit. It doesnt seem to be "truly" one-way pricing for award travel in that it doesnt seem to let me mix award types. For example:

select 20K outbound
no 20K return, so select 30K
now the outbound changes to 30K

Now I wonder what happens if you try to game the system and book on two different tickets?

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIKESILV

Okie dokie .. now explain why two one ways would be "gaming the system"

mike

No, I wouldn't consider it "gaming the system". But there are downsides to booking the roundtrip as 2 separate 1-way awards, most notably, that fees will double (expedite fees if inside 21 days; redeposit fees if you cancel). So, it would be more consumer-friendly to let you mix award types to build a roundtrip.

Still, this is a big improvement. Thanks, AA.

ETA: see update in post 44.

Last edited by swag; May 9, 2009 at 6:39 pm

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