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Old Feb 26, 2016, 7:45 pm
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747kona
 
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Originally Posted by tng11
Before I do the SPG transfer, should I be reasonably assured that if I have made the booking and the seats are confirmed, it will ticket? (Don't want to get stuck with 30K orphaned AA miles.) I've read that LA gets all messy if not immediately ticketed, but those posts go back to 2012. Any recent anecdotes of people successfully ticketing LAN awards after a hold of a few days would be immensely helpful!
If I remember correctly from my experience, I think the AA agent said LAN needs the ticket within 3 days. They said they can do a 5 day hold but there wasn't a guarantee the LAN segments would be there after 3 days. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember from a few months ago.
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