Originally Posted by
phillychuck
They've got to run the punch cards through the reader - and that might take hours.

^^^^^^^
Actually, I think if any segment is on another Star Alliance carrier a confirmation needs to come back from them before it is a done deal and it is finally ticketed!
Did one yesterday 3 F/C savers LAS to BKK through HKG with a total of $15.00 in taxes & fees. Something ain't right and I will definitely need to pony up before boarding passes are printed, me thinks???