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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 1:06 pm
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FlyingEgghead
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Originally Posted by KBRDU
There is good award space on both flights, and the revenue tickets for me would not be too bad if I booked them now. The problem is that typically, my ticket doesn't get purchased by work until very close in (3--7 days).
Call me confused, but I don't follow why you wanted to book your paid ticket right away. If I understand:
1. You know what the flights will be if the trip happens.
2. If company decides to send you, you want both you and husband to go.
3. If company decides not to send you, you want neither you nor husband to go.
So why not just get husband's award ticket and wait? If the trip goes ahead and company buys your ticket last-minute, fine. Otherwise, you pay the fee to cancel and reinstate miles for husband's ticket.

Is the concern that the flights chosen for your husband may be sold out, or much more expensive than other flights the same day, by the time company books you? Do you and husband have to be on the same flights as long as you get to the same destination?
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