Help, made a big mistake booking tix
#1
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Help, made a big mistake booking tix
I just booked a tix using my FB acct and as I had been checkin many flts didn't realize I didn't uncheck the box "acct hold is the pax". Then in my excitement that I found flts didn't realize that I wasn't asked pax info until I conf'd flts. The reservation was actually for my son but got ticketed in my name and its a promo award. I called just after hitting the confirm button but FB is closed and I can't find one open in the world. I called the FB online help desk in the US but they are closed too. I then called DL in the US and the agent talked to a supervisor and they documented the record that I called immediately but that no one was open with AF to help me out. What should/can I do? Should I go out to the LYS airport tomorrow? The flt is on Tues and FB doesn't open again until Monday.
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Unfortunately, the airport people will not be able to help you with a miles ticket. AFAIK they do not have direct access to the system, and certainly not to recredit miles and book a new award ticket which is what you need right now as it is not possible to change the name on a PNR. If it were me, if there is availability, I would book again for your son, send an email to FB (better to have the double 'documenting' including one in written) and then try and deal with getting my promo award cancelled and reimbursed the moment the offices reopen. Of course it goes without saying that they may (and would be perfectly entitled to) tell you that there is nothing they can do as it was a promo award and that your miles are lost. It will all depend on the agent you speak to and their supervisor.
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I have done all I can until tomorrow AM. Called DL to document the record that I called within 5 minutes of making the reservation hoping to prevent ticketing. Called AF and AF online helpdesk today. Both said they saw the notes in the record from DL. Told me I need to call FB tomorrow. Thankfully another seat opened up today (the flt is completely full) so I booked that for my son. Will call FB as soon as they open tomorrow. Hoping this isn't a sign that I should have cxl'd my trip to Egypt.
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#6
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My experience with online booking mistakes is: call immediately, explain what you did wrong and they are willing to fix it. I reckon if you call a day later or so, chances to fix it will have gone.
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After that, the data bases must have been updated or something like that and it would require an intervention from higher up.
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Will let you know tomorrow AM.
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Could this be used?
And otherwise, isn't there a 24-hour cool down period for purchases via internet? (could vary by country)
And otherwise, isn't there a 24-hour cool down period for purchases via internet? (could vary by country)
But again the OP has apparently made numerous efforts to try and warn AF and KL of what was happening within the constraint of close offices. As mentioned above, I myself would have also sent an email to FB from the start using the form (if only so that they could get a 'proof' of when you signalled the problem) but even without that I should hope that if something can be done and the agent is sympathetic, they may at least recredit something.
#11
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The Kenya Airways Contact Centre in Nairobi is open 24/7, and should be able to handle Flying Blue enquiries (although they sometimes have to defer complicated things to France...)
Contact details are available at: http://www.kenya-airways.com/Home/Cu...ntact_Details/
They used to have a separate phone-number for their Flying Blue Contact Centre, but I think now it's the same number for KQ general enquiries, and FB enquiries. Might be worth trying...
Contact details are available at: http://www.kenya-airways.com/Home/Cu...ntact_Details/
They used to have a separate phone-number for their Flying Blue Contact Centre, but I think now it's the same number for KQ general enquiries, and FB enquiries. Might be worth trying...
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I made a booking once for OSL-AMS but when you select OSL which is obvious which airport it is, the options given include the the other airport... When scanning for flights, I only looked at the departure time.. and booked it. Then only upon confirmation , realised that the website had given me TFR instead !!
I called the FB line and spoke to an agent and told him that the website still gave me TRF even though I specifically asked for OSL. He was less than sympathetic but decided that he would do me this one favour only and cancel the booking ONLY after I made a new booking with the correct code !
This all happened within 10 mins of booking. Now if its any longer, you may be SOL . Just try and plead your case - and blame the website. FB know that its badly designed too.
I called the FB line and spoke to an agent and told him that the website still gave me TRF even though I specifically asked for OSL. He was less than sympathetic but decided that he would do me this one favour only and cancel the booking ONLY after I made a new booking with the correct code !
This all happened within 10 mins of booking. Now if its any longer, you may be SOL . Just try and plead your case - and blame the website. FB know that its badly designed too.