Is it possible to hide booking from someones airpoints app?
Dec 3, 2018, 10:25 pm
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2016
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Is it possible to hide booking from someones airpoints app?
Looking to book a surprise holiday away for my partner sometime next year and am wondering if I will be able to hide the booking from her app. Is there a way to do this?
Dec 4, 2018, 3:17 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: NZ Elite (*G)
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Don't enter their Airpoints details when you book the flight
Never showed on my wife's app.
Dec 4, 2018, 1:56 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2011
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good to know - wondering if seat select to premium seats was available with this? thanks
Dec 4, 2018, 3:35 pm
#5
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I wonder if you could do this using their Airpoints FF# for seating etc, and after selecting seats etc then use MMB to set the FF# to 'no program'? I presume this might only work if the 'person to be surprised' doesn't refresh the app whilst the surprise is being sorted out.
Dec 4, 2018, 8:25 pm
#6
Join Date: Nov 2015
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I wonder if you could do this using their Airpoints FF# for seating etc, and after selecting seats etc then use MMB to set the FF# to 'no program'? I presume this might only work if the 'person to be surprised' doesn't refresh the app whilst the surprise is being sorted out.
Dec 5, 2018, 12:01 am
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I didn't read that OP was looking to book the flights using Airpoints, but simply wanted to ensure the booking didn't show up in the recipients Airpoints account.
Indeed, if the booking is being made using Airpoints to pay, then the suggestions above would very likely fail without call centre staff intervention
Indeed, if the booking is being made using Airpoints to pay, then the suggestions above would very likely fail without call centre staff intervention
Dec 5, 2018, 1:33 am
#9
Join Date: Nov 2015
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I didn't read that OP was looking to book the flights using Airpoints, but simply wanted to ensure the booking didn't show up in the recipients Airpoints account.
Indeed, if the booking is being made using Airpoints to pay, then the suggestions above would very likely fail without call centre staff intervention
Indeed, if the booking is being made using Airpoints to pay, then the suggestions above would very likely fail without call centre staff intervention
No, using your AirPoints. One of the rules of gift register (and therefore gift flights) is you must provide their AirPoints number, or it signs them up for AirPoints when you add them to your register. Nowhere did I imply using their AirPoints.