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Mar 19, 2014 | 12:04 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianV

Long story short, I bought a ticket using my own money for a co-worker for a future business trip. Normally I pay using my own CC for earning CC points and then expense the trip afterwards. Well, this person is no longer going. My company will reimburse me and just eat it, but I was wondering since it's not in my name but I did pay for it, what recourse I have for returning it for credit (i.e. pay the $150-$200 for a credit to be used later)? I want to say since the ticket isn't in my name, we are pretty much losing control of the ticket. Due to the circumstance, I don't think we'll be able to get the co-worker to assist in any form of reimbursement or using it later for other travel...

Thanks

I had this situation on Frontier airline a few years back - I called in to cancel, the credit was issued in the name of the flyer, and they had 12 months from date of original purchase to utilize the credit - at time of rebooking, the flyer (or someone) would owe a $150 change fee