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May 3, 2005 | 8:42 am

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pb9997

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Quote:

Originally Posted by das

I'm trying to book awards for 3 friends to fly EWR-KOA, and needed to do a phone hold so we could firm up plans. Of course since I live in SEA, I am not on the same itinerary (am flying NW in fact...)...so therefore I'm told there is a $15/ticket handling fee for phone bookings.

Question:
1) Is this fee waived for 1Ks if they are using miles from their account?
2) How safe is it to cancel the hold and immediately book online?

All awards originated from 1k accounts are waived of the $15 award fee, regardless of the 1k being part of the itinerary.