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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 10:09 am
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Have you called NW to see if the codes had already been "used".... I know of one FT'er a while back who told me about the algorithm used in the cert numbering process where it was easy to predict the numbering sequence and use other numbers in the series... I think this is where many of the e-bay "certs" come from...


Originally Posted by spc354
Hi,

I have been noticing a phenomenon over the last year or so... E-certificates that I have received for delayed flights or other reasons sometimes appear to be invalid, even though they have some time to go before expiry....
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