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Old Jul 16, 2024 | 1:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Fly2Connect
I've had quite a time with UA today as I attempt to cancel the return leg of a TA issued international (ex-US) booking.

After assuring me that I would get a travel credit with United (not the TA) I had the agent cancel my return flight (2x LH flights and 1x UA domestic flight). They were booked by a travel agent into U class. I did not receive a confirmation email when he canceled them so I asked him to look into it a bit more which caused him to realize that the money was sent back to the TA. As he told me that wouldn't happen I asked to have the flights reinstated. He said he would and put me on hold. 20-30min later a rep from Lufthansa answered the phone... great.

I called UA back and the rep I spoke to was very surprised to hear that a UA rep would do that and offered to either reinstate the flights or issue a credit valued at far less than what the first agent quoted valid only from the INTL country to the US. I opted to have the ticket reinstated. She got the segments back and the ticket reissued with a new 016 eticket# in Y class (instead of U).

My question now is, can I cancel this ticket into a FTC or ETC that can be used on any UA flight?
Since LH is involved, this is transatlantic roundtrip. Chances are the ticket was issued against a roundtrip fare (as opposed two one-way fares) which means the return portion has no value other than being used for the same direction of travel (and probably same countries) as the original return flights. Exception is if the original return flights were cancelled (in which case you would opt for a refund not travel credit).
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