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Old Oct 12, 2016, 9:57 pm
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steveholt
 
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Timeframe for points return
Hello --

I have a SQ F booking from MEL-SIN-HKG-SFO. I want to waitlist several MEL-SIN-FRA-JFK F routings, but I can't do that without the necessary points in my account, from what I can tell. So my plan is:

1) Cancel my MEL-SFO booking.
2) Waitlist several flights.
3) Rebook MEL-SFO.

I just called in to process the cancellation, though, and was told that it may take three weeks for the points to return to my account. That seems crazy, so I wanted to ask SQ regulars: is this true given that I have no SQ status?
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