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Old May 29, 2018, 5:30 pm
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physioprof
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Originally Posted by villox
Have they done something to enable agents to open up award space faster? I have twice recently called to book a companion award to a paid business trip, both opening up full biz awards as well as a economy award+GPU and both calls took just a few minutes. In the past I was always told this was a "manual effort" which required all sorts of steps that required long hold times.

These used to take 20-30 minutes a piece but in both recent cases I was off the phone in under 10 minutes. Very pleased!
IME, it has always been variable how long it takes, with some agents very quick and efficient, and some very slow.
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