AB flights as part of larger itin
Aug 29, 2017, 8:59 am
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AB flights as part of larger itin
Question what I should expect here...
I booked a multi-stop trip leaving PRG Dec 15 to Chicago, returning Dec 30 from Seattle to PRG.
Trip was booked on my Merrill+ credit card using points + cash.
I have a PRG-TXL-CDG leg at the start of the journey which is the problem as it's all on AB.
I will be calling Merrill+ Travel (which I believe is operated by Orbitz) but want to understand what I should expect before I do so - is it reasonable to ask to have that first flight changed to a non AB flight? Assuming AB isn't operating those flights in December, what would happen if I do nothing?
Thanks for any guidance!
I booked a multi-stop trip leaving PRG Dec 15 to Chicago, returning Dec 30 from Seattle to PRG.
Trip was booked on my Merrill+ credit card using points + cash.
I have a PRG-TXL-CDG leg at the start of the journey which is the problem as it's all on AB.
I will be calling Merrill+ Travel (which I believe is operated by Orbitz) but want to understand what I should expect before I do so - is it reasonable to ask to have that first flight changed to a non AB flight? Assuming AB isn't operating those flights in December, what would happen if I do nothing?
Thanks for any guidance!
Aug 29, 2017, 9:12 am
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You have a flight in December, certainly suggest to get another routing, please read this thread on a similar question, but flights in Sept. In particular post # 11.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airbe...september.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airbe...september.html
Aug 29, 2017, 9:14 am
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You have a flight in December, certainly suggest to get another routing, please read this thread on a similar question, but flights in Sept. In particular post # 11.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airbe...september.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airbe...september.html
Aug 29, 2017, 7:26 pm
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In that case you just have to wait. AFAIK, only transatlantic flights are officially cancelled at this point, so I doubt anyone would be willing to rebook you at conditions other than those of your fare. Technically speaking, your AB flights are still due to operate.
Aug 29, 2017, 9:54 pm
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Aug 30, 2017, 1:06 am
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Aug 30, 2017, 1:29 am
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If and when any of those AB flights are cancelled, then you can pick up the phone to the agent that sold you the ticket, and have them re-route or rebook you so that the "missing" flights are replaced.
There is no point ringing now and asking them to do this - because as things currently stand, you would have to pay out of your own pocket for this.
Aug 30, 2017, 2:10 am
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Then you will just have to wait.
If and when any of those AB flights are cancelled, then you can pick up the phone to the agent that sold you the ticket, and have them re-route or rebook you so that the "missing" flights are replaced.
There is no point ringing now and asking them to do this - because as things currently stand, you would have to pay out of your own pocket for this.
If and when any of those AB flights are cancelled, then you can pick up the phone to the agent that sold you the ticket, and have them re-route or rebook you so that the "missing" flights are replaced.
There is no point ringing now and asking them to do this - because as things currently stand, you would have to pay out of your own pocket for this.
Aug 30, 2017, 2:14 am
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You didn't have to fly PRG-TXL-CDG-ORD; you could have flown PRG-LHR-ORD [BA] or PRG-HEL-ORD [AY] or PRG-MAD-ORD [IB, though this is only operated seasonally] or even maybe PRG-DUB-ORD [EI].
I guess that this particular routing just happened to be cheaper than other, more direct routings on this particular date and at the particular time you bought it - or if you knowingly introduced the constraint that you had to pass through CDG [going via CDG is not an obvious routing for a oneworld PRG-ORD flight]
I guess that this particular routing just happened to be cheaper than other, more direct routings on this particular date and at the particular time you bought it - or if you knowingly introduced the constraint that you had to pass through CDG [going via CDG is not an obvious routing for a oneworld PRG-ORD flight]
Aug 30, 2017, 2:16 am
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You didn't have to fly PRG-TXL-CDG-ORD; you could have flown PRG-LHR-ORD [BA] or PRG-HEL-ORD [AY] or PRG-MAD-ORD [IB] or even maybe PRG-DUB-ORD [EI].
I guess that this particular routing just happened to be cheaper than other, more direct routings on this particular date and at the particular time you bought it.
I guess that this particular routing just happened to be cheaper than other, more direct routings on this particular date and at the particular time you bought it.
So I suppose my question still remains - does that mean they will accommodate me only on an alliance connection, or just simply accommodate me with a flight to CDG to make the TATL flight?
Aug 30, 2017, 2:19 am
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It would make more sense to reroute you PRG-LHR-ORD than to do PRG-LHR-CDG-ORD. Same for PRG-HEL-ORD than PRG-HEL-CDG-ORD, etc.
Aug 30, 2017, 2:22 am
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If CDG is not a ticketed destination on your ticket - i.e. if you are not spending at least one night there - then it is extremely unlikely that you would be re-routed in such a way that your existing CDG-ORD flight can be taken. You have no reason to be in CDG, and it is going out of your way to pass through CDG.
It would make more sense to reroute you PRG-LHR-ORD than to do PRG-LHR-CDG-ORD. Same for PRG-HEL-ORD than PRG-HEL-CDG-ORD, etc.
It would make more sense to reroute you PRG-LHR-ORD than to do PRG-LHR-CDG-ORD. Same for PRG-HEL-ORD than PRG-HEL-CDG-ORD, etc.
