Originally Posted by
RockyMntFlyer
Could I cancel all of them and I believe UA would give me FFCs for each PNR or passenger? Then could book an inexpensive flight under my parents’ name to get most of the residual value of their tickets as a ETC? Basically, write off the cheap tickets and then use the combined FFCs and the ETCs to buy the DEN-SCL tickets? Is this even possible? I guess, I could also wait it out and see if they cancel the original flights in July and try to get a refund for both?
If you'd be happy with ETCs, you may be able to select one during the cancellation process. You can find out; go into the reservation as if you were going to cancel it, and see what options it gives you. When you click "Cancel Trip" from your itinerary, you see your options. You haven't committed to anything at that point; you'd have to select an option and click "Cancel trip" for it to do anything. On a trip that I have scheduled for July, I have two options: "Apply value to an electronic travel certificate" or "Rebook later with future flight credit."