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Old Apr 6, 2020, 8:41 am
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Originally Posted by bdw1120
Can someone confirm if ETC issued in July 2019 will expire in July 2020 or July 2021 now? Don't want to play "gotcha" but United's statement can be read in two ways:
  • All currently valid, ||||||||||||| and all new certificates issued on or after April 1, 2020
  • Meaning July 2019 ETC will be extended

OR
  • All currently valid and all new certificates, ||||||||||||| issued on or after April 1, 2020
  • United's statement was issued on April 4, 2020, so "currently valid" really only refers to ETCs issued between April 1 and April 4, 2020. The extension does not cover ETCs issued before April 1, 2020
In your second interpretation you add a comma that does not exist --
Your currently valid July 2019 ETC is covered
This includes all currently valid and all new electronic travel certificates issued on or after April 1, 2020.
Originally Posted by TerryK
What happens if you use ETC to book a new itinerary, then cancel within 24 hours? Do you get a new ETC, with new expiration, or does value go back to original ETC?
Back to the original ETC usually
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