FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Downgrade compensation..?
View Single Post
Old Apr 1, 2019 | 11:22 am
  #14  
Metanoia
All eyes on you!
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Somewhere
Programs: Bottom of the barrel, have to pay for bags.
Posts: 954
Originally Posted by Lkaroo
She mentioned that he would have to go to a ticket office (a gripe for some on here...) as it is a requirement to present the physical voucher when redeeming.


Actually, I booked mine over the phone, was super simple. There's a number printed on the certificate you give.

Originally Posted by Lkaroo
And if you have an IDB voucher, are you entitled to use it to redeem a ticket within your specific fare class only (so I, in his case) or if there is only one ticket left in J fare bucket, you could use it..?
Originally Posted by Lkaroo
The certificate books into J (!!) and is completely flexible. You can even book a placeholder flight the last day of validity for as far as the schedule goes out and then refine the ticket when you know when you want to travel, so up to ~2 years of validity really. It does, however, show up as "Saver" for purposes of upgrade mileage. It is marked as "airport only upgrades" but I successfully booked an upgrade to F when Z availability showed up.
Metanoia is offline