Originally Posted by
hindukid
I have a buddy trying to get from greece to LA. He is on his way to Athens now and the US flight is leaving in 5 hours. There are award seats on it. He is not sure he is going to make it to Athens and he also might have another ticket come through in which case he would not need this.
Can I just put this flight on hold and let him show up at athens airport and ticket it. These are my miles. Or could I just wait for hom to get to ATH and then call and ticket it. If flight is at 1145 am athens time just how late can I ticket it.
If I just ticket it now and he doesn't show then can I have the miles redeposited and how much.
What I can answer:
You will have to have the ticket issued yourself; he can't do it at the airport in ATH.
It would cost $150 to cancel and redeposit, which you can do up until the flight departs.
You might be able to get a ticket on hold now and then only ticket it if you know that he needs it. I'm not sure of the point at which you're no longer able to hold an award ticket. Once you do ticket, it gets issued and is in the system very quickly, so I wouldn't expect a problem with that aspect of it on your friends end.
If I were in your situation, I would call US and explain the situation and ask for an agent or supervisor to guide you through how best to handle this.