Originally Posted by
Jgish
Whereas before we had to wait 24 hours, now they can confirm everything right away, except for SQ which provides no feedback (so you call them yourself).
Do you have any indication this is the official policy? AFAIK, it's still the same 24 hr hold for some partners (e.g. LH). Granted most agents don't bother and ticket it, the partner airline can cancel the ticket if it wants to in this window.