Originally Posted by
PsiFighter37
A bit of a random one that I expect the answer to be no to, but I figured I would ask here. Right now, we are flying ATH-EWR with a stopover in Europe on a paid J ticket (3 passengers) in a few days. Is there any way, given this was booked as a RT, and we have flown the first leg already, to split the PNR, cancel 2 of the paid J tickets, and rebook those 2 as IN awards instead?
Of course,
but...
Originally Posted by
PsiFighter37
Bit out of left field, but figure I would ask and see if folks thought this might be possible as a way to arbitrage close-in award availability and save the future flight credit for another flight.
... the problem is that the credit you'll have left over will be a partially-used ticket, meaning that it can only be used in conjunction with the already-flown segments. In practice, that's going to limit you to flights from ATH to EWR (or EWR to ATH -- whichever one isn't flown yet, which is unclear from your message). You
might be able to substitute other cities on either side of the Atlantic, depending upon fare rules, but the presence of a stopover complicates that. You
might be able to fly that last leg in economy and get a reusable flight credit for the difference, but, again, the stopover complicates that.
TL/DR: likely possible but there's a fairly decent chance that you'll be out both the miles
and the cash.