Originally Posted by
jediwho
Doing a mileage run today (starting early for the year) from LAX-SEA-YKM and back. I don't have much time between SEA-YKM layover (35 minutes) and my LAX-SEA is delayed by 32 minutes already, which means most likely I am going to miss my YKM flight and back. Any thoughts, suggestions?
two options that i see:
1) Call AS and declare a trip in vain. You will get a refund (and it should be to your original form of payment, not a "wallet" credit). You could also ask for the miles via ORC instead of the refund, but they might be more inclined to give a refund with a trip in vain declaration.
2) Fly to SEA and deal with it there. In all likelihood you can just get on your return back to LAX and request the ORC for the whole trip.
If it were me I would call them and see if they'll give you trip in vain, but i'm a pretty pathetic mileage runner.