Originally Posted by
doesun
Just booked SZX-PEK for this month and returning PEK-HKG next month. The ticket was issued immediately with a United as well as Air China confirmation number plus the UA ticket number.
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I was told last month by an agent that *A award availability is now "live," so what an agent sees is what is available at that moment. I was also offered to ticket immediately.
Originally Posted by
greathustle
Maybe a little off topic, but is this 12-hour hold typical for revenue tickets with *A legs included? Booked SFO-KIX-HND last night and was told to call back today to pay and get the ticket issued, because the KIX-HND leg on NH required a 12 hour wait....
I think this is still true for revenue tickets, because those seat inventories are still handled by each airline's own CRSs rather than a common clearing house for *A awards. Just guessing though, because the ability to ticket an award ticket immediately was a revelation that I discovered only last month.