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Old Oct 19, 2017 | 3:57 pm
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kyanar
 
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Originally Posted by Sisyphus1carus
AirBerlin obviously cancelled my two (November) return flights Dusseldorf - Curacao in business class which were booked with TopBonus points. Would TopBonus have actually transferred any points or cash over to AirBerlin for my flights ????????

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Do TopBonmus poinmts transfer over to AirBerlin as the flights are booked (months in advance) or a week before the flight date ? or on the flight date ? or after the flights have been taken ?
Within a couple of days of you booking the award flight, the loyalty programs pays for the tickets - in cash - at whatever their agreement states the tickets are worth. TopBonus needs to get real money back from AirBerlin, which given it's bankrupt is unlikely. They'll be an unsecured creditor, quite far down the pecking order.
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