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Old Feb 4, 2016, 8:36 pm
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riphamilton
 
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
Hawaii is (contrary to some agents' belief) domestic and the overwater segment he/she would correctly be referring to is a int'l BF destination. In those cases, the domestic portion is not guaranteed, but if the upgrade does not clear for a int'l BF (overwater) portion of it, the instrument is refunded.
glad i saw this thread. all along i was under the impression that if your itinerary included a BF segment that didn't clear, you got the RPU back.

looks like i got instrument refund policy confused with MP award upgrade refund policy.
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