Originally Posted by
ariyo15
Has anyone ever booked an award ticket - no, this is not an airline-specific question - and then notice that the miles were not deducted out of your account?
A friend of mine just told me this happened to him, and even showed me a printout of his award-ticket-conformation! All of the flights seemed confirmed, he was able to access it on the airlines website, and everything.
Does this ever happen? What repercussions could he face?
I have not heard of this happening. Were the flights booked recently or has your friend flown already? I wouldn't be surprised if the miles get taken out at some point. The best I had was when I earned miles on an awards ticket (AA miles used for a BA F flight, even got the F mileage boost).
It is airline specific as the award ticket was booked on a specific airline, you would get better answers in whatever forum it is.