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Old Jan 6, 2019 | 5:25 pm
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Originally Posted by fumje
I've not done it, but you should be able to split the reservation and then cancel whichever ticket you wish.
this.

Though last time Intried to do something like this, I think it was an award and gave me a really weird mileage refund amount, so i was too much of a whimp to confirm online and just called it in instead. Agent confirmed it was likely a display error online resulting from confusion from the split.

My process for a refund is to do start online, then follow up immediately with a phone call. Some may ask why two parts. Doing the refund on the phone doesn’t generate an email - Id guess there’s an internal record, but nothing I have blanket access to should the refund not arrive. I’ve also had a situation once (but that was enough), where said refund confirmation arrived, but refund didn’t. A call in confirmed a ‘cancelation’ was made, but not a ‘refund’ request, even though I had clear evidence of one. It was refunded by the agent at that point. Enough to make me ensure I keep records (and do this for all refund transactions now - not just UA - I rarely have issues, but you never know when you need it...).
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