Thanks for the insight... Above I stated the ticket was purchased using an award and my miles... I thought award tickets could be cancelled without penalty? Yikes!
Yeah I get why they are non-transferrable... Otherwise there would be a resale market. What I was hoping to do is cancel her ticket and rebook immediately in a friend's name (with miles). But I'm guessing since the flight may be oversold, it would not let the agent immediately book another ticket.
Thanks for the input though!
Originally Posted by
baliktad
Since the ticket is in your wife's name, your status doesn't really mean anything in this case.
AS tickets are nontransferable, which means there is no such thing as a name change. If your wife will not be flying on this trip as ticketed, the next step is determining how to recover the value of the ticket. By paying the $125 cancellation fee, you can obtain AS credit in the amount of the original ticket to purchase a new ticket at
current availability and prices. As you've noted, since the Super Bowl flights are sold out/oversold, it's unlikely you'll be able to secure a confirmed seat on your desired flight.
Unfortunately, possessing a ticket in someone else's name doesn't give you the right to assign who will occupy the seat - that's why you need to supply a name at time of purchase. I know it's logical to assume that you've purchased a seat on that flight and can use/assign it as you see fit, but that's not how the airlines see it.
Your other option (if you don't really care who you go with) is to pull an Elizabeth Gallagher... For such a popular trip it just might work!