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Old Sep 29, 2015 | 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by aubreyfromwheaton
but apparently if you pay the taxes on an award points reservation with a gift card and have to cancel... you cannot request a refund, but rather only get a travel funds credit that must be used within the year since booking....
Originally Posted by aubreyfromwheaton
Which is kind of sucky also because I have 8 Confirmation numbers for this trip for 5 people !
Just for clarification since you don't mention it - not only do the TTFs need to be used within a year of original booking; but also, the TTFs are each tied to the passenger's name - i.e., you'll have TTFs in 5 different people's names.
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