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Old Jan 31, 2019, 3:54 pm
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GlasedDonut
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: United, AA, BA, AF
Posts: 24
Just did this the other day going from standard business to saver business on a different date. They cancelled my ticket and changed my waitlisted ticket to 'reserved'. They said this meant that specific ticket was bookable only to me until the flight date, effectively giving me 5 months to book. The miles took 3 days to redeposit.

YMMV since the miles coming back to you from the first ticket won't cover the second ticket, so they won't know you'll have enough miles after the redeposit. However, I've read plenty of posts here that say they can do an urgent redeposit, or hold it longer (like mine) if you need to transfer from another currency.

Now what I don't know is what happens to taxes. The agent I worked with said I was out of luck and will end up paying them twice (once for the initial ticket, and again for the cleared waitlist). No refund. Can anyone confirm this before I call again?
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