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Old Jul 21, 2017, 11:32 pm
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Originally Posted by rustykettel
Could you wait 24 hours for the initial refund period to expire and then cancel?
Your intuition was reliable. After waiting 24 hours, the option to deposit into My Wallet appeared, even tho I had already canceled the ticket and kept the value on the ticket.

Ended up booking exactly what I wanted and had to eat the $40 increase in fare since yesterday.
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