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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 9:56 am
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Originally Posted by invalyd
I cancelled the award booking 20 days before the stay, and the reservation stated 21 days. I was aware of this and wasn't playing stupid, but since it was an award night and only 1 day, I decided to call GP and check if the cancellation fee would still apply
Perhaps I'm jaded as a UA veteran, but I would never take what a phone agent told me over the published rules on my reservation.

It's pretty universal that telephone agents are specifically not authorized to vary written T&Cs. UA will specifically tell you that when you raise the "but the phone agent told me . . ." defense.
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