Originally Posted by
pdxasflyer
I have some that will expire 12.31 of this year. Does that mean I have to book travel (subject to U space), then click to 'use' them by that date, or do my dates of travel have to be prior to 12.31?
In the past with the paper certs, since they had to be collected (ostensibly) by the agent at the airport, with the electronic ones, once you use them their gone. So if I'm looking at travel in early 2013, can I use the certs in my account today?
I believe the expiration date on the new electronic certs is a "use by" expiration, not a "travel by". If you book a flight now for sometime in 2013 and the "system" allows you to apply your 2012 cert to it and upgrades you and you get a seat assigned, you should be good to good. I can't (or don't want to) believe that on January 1 you would blindly get thrown back into coach.