Originally Posted by
MD/DC Flyer
OK folk, I am sure that the collective knowledge will have a quick answer to the question.
In short, I had an award reservation (pre-dev) with a BRU-IAD flight on SN which got cancelled (they stopped flying the route in the winter). I have changed the flights (a long story there, they originally charged the new price for it and then changed it back to the hold price).
However, when I check the e-ticket on Saudi web site half of the flights show "Airport Control" and not "Open for use".
Should I be worried?
(The complete trip is IAD-ARN-FCO-X-TLV-VIE-ZRH-YUL-DCA, used to be IAD-ARN-FCO-X-TLV-VIE-BRU-IAD)
No reason to worry as long as the current eticket flight coupons all line up with your bookings confirmed flight reservation.
I see this routinely on many of my trips, and it has not caused me any general problems.
Why do I check this out? For various reasons, including sometimes to fly on the return portion of non-refundable/penalty-to-change tickets where I haven't flown on some of the earlier flight coupons.