Originally Posted by
Iamhappy
Apologies if this has been answered before.
Situation is
- Redemption tickets were booked with miles which were expiring late last year.
- Have received notification that the outbound flight booked (September 2021) has been cancelled due to operational reasons and been rebooked on another service arriving a day later than the original, which obviously isn't acceptable
Questions
- If I was to call now and get the miles (and taxes) refunded, guess they would expire 365 days from today?
- Or should I wait until August 2021 and then call the service centre which means the refunded miles would have an expiry date towards August 2022? Would I be challenged as to why I didn't call back in April/May?
(Our ability to travel will depend on when the Australian government will no longer require its residents to obtain permission before travelling abroad and we are more than happy to postpone until things settle down).
Thank you.
Originally Posted by
snowboardpunk
Just wanted to confirm but if you book a flight now and cancel later, the miles expiration gets extended a year but also cost 12k miles?
I would have booked my normal flight that I use with asia miles yvr-jfk but there are no flights. I have 87k total miles with 42.5k miles expiring in a few days and the rest of my miles on the new rules. Was wondering what my options were to use these to get an extension? Is it to book a flight for future use and hope that the flight gets cancelled and if not just cancel the flight and burn 12k miles?
The miles will expire in your next anniversary month, if already expired, not a year from the refund date.
For
Iamhappy , I believe the original expiring date of your miles was 30SEP2020, 31OCT2020, 30NOV2020, or 31DEC2020, or else you would not have been able to book SEP2021 outbound. If this is the case, it doesn't matter whether you refund now or in Aug., as the miles will be extended to same expiring date (365 days after of the original expiring date).
For
snowboardpunk , if you book now and cancel after 01MAY, your miles will be extended to 30APR2022. You can also book something way into the future, perhaps a trip you might actually take, and wait for the flight(s) to be cancelled, in which case you can refund without penalty. Others have also suggested contacting AM and see if you can participate in some kind of activities to convert your old miles to new miles in May, but that's unpublished information and you will need to speak with AM to confirm.