Originally Posted by
brumsey
Thanks for the clarification.
Out of mere curiosity -- not that I am going to try it -- so if I were to show up and try to board and take the flight, would I still be able to do so?
No. A BP cant be issued without a ticket attached as payment to the BP.
Originally Posted by
erik123
VS has had some issues canceling flights correctly lately. I wouldn't be surprised if they refunded the miles without canceling the ticket.
Canceling the flight, and refunding a ticket are entirely separate things. If a refund was issued the ticket had to be cancelled. The reservation can remain active despite you having no ticket to pay for it. In fact AF/KL kiosks will ask you to enter a ticket number if there's no ticket attached. If you don't have one, you don't get a BP.