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Jun 16, 2013, 12:54 pm

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grahampros

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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

This advice is not completely correct -- as the OP ask

Yes this process will free up a portion of the original fare to be used by anyone (minus the change fee minus the cheap replacement ticket) and the third party usable voucher should be useable in minutes (and hour at the most). I have done this and the voucher was available in 5-10 minutes.
One concern for the OP is a walkup last minute fare tends to be very expensive. Better to do this sooner.

If done in the US it's really not gonna work that way. You will be given two choices.. the 1st is unlikely but could happen with documentation. 1. Refund to original form of payment. 2. Credit for the originally ticketed traveler in the future.

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