Boliding mine...
Originally Posted by
computerquest
Earlier this week I made 3 phone calls and spent 1.5 hours on hold, but finally found an agent who would honor my voucher. Of course the fare had gone up $300 while I was on hold and he wouldn't honor the original price.
I went on to co's website and the fare had not updated yet, so I just booked the flight there.
Most of the time vouchers don't seem like the hassle you go through to redeem them.
I held a reservation once to make sure I got a seat with my 3 kids (whose tickets were mile redemptions). For some reason the CSR wouldn't let me purchase my ticket without releasing and rebooking it. That was stressful!
That's what I've discovered. Mr. Kipper had a voucher to use after being bumped from a flight from IAD to MDT in March. Most flights we found that gave him the miles he needed were CO metal, so we weren't able to use his voucher. To get the miles he needed, using the voucher, we had to pay $250 more than a CO metal flight, just to fly UA metal.
His last flight was overbooked, and they asked for 1 volunteer. He didn't make it to the counter quickly enough to volunteer, and was upset until I pointed out to him that the vouchers are such a pain to use, it's not worth it.