Avianca/Taca Lifemiles may be Best Program in Star
Dec 22, 2012, 1:20 pm
#1411
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Maybe it depends what card you pay with? In case of further checks?
Dec 22, 2012, 1:45 pm
#1412
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who knows, but i booked something about 18 hours ago and no ticket number yet. this seems routine over the past 3 I've made. always got ticketed but it took a couple of days.
Dec 22, 2012, 2:01 pm
#1413
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Actually that can't be as I paid with Visa two weeks back and Amex today and both ticketed within seconds.
Dec 22, 2012, 2:07 pm
#1414
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Dec 22, 2012, 2:44 pm
#1415
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I did a few miles+cash bookings within the past 18 hours and paid with Amex. All of my bookings were ticketed within a handful of minutes or faster; I checked in online within a few minutes of the bookings and the boarding passes had the ticket numbers too.
Dec 22, 2012, 6:38 pm
#1416
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Maybe website bookings are ticketed faster than call centre ones? Just guessing.
Dec 22, 2012, 8:45 pm
#1417
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mine was done on the website. when was the booking for ? Mine has been done now, that I made about 24 hours ago. It was for a booking in 8 days time. maybe it is done faster if you are booking a flight that is leaving within a short period of time.
Another thing is maybe it is done faster during daytime hours in central america? Most of my bookings made in Australia are done during our daytime and the middle of the night there. maybe there is nobody around to flick a switch at that time?
Another thing is maybe it is done faster during daytime hours in central america? Most of my bookings made in Australia are done during our daytime and the middle of the night there. maybe there is nobody around to flick a switch at that time?
Dec 23, 2012, 6:26 am
#1418
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Anyone have similar or different recent experience with redeposited miles?
Does one have call multiple times to get to right?
Dec 23, 2012, 7:12 am
#1419
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OK, that was odd. I just called to cancel an award flight (legitimate reasons, not doing the dodgy even-cheaper-miles trick) and did not have to pay the $50 cancellation fee, but was told that when I book next flight with miles I will have to pay the $150 rebooking fee. Does anyone know if there has been a change in the T&Cs? Could it be that my flight is less than a week away, that there are different rules (I can't find anything that indicates that, but it is after 1am, so I might not be RTF-Web properly)? I hope just got someone who doesn't know the system and dodged the cancellation fee.
Dec 23, 2012, 7:19 am
#1420
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OK, that was odd. I just called to cancel an award flight (legitimate reasons, not doing the dodgy even-cheaper-miles trick) and did not have to pay the $50 cancellation fee, but was told that when I book next flight with miles I will have to pay the $150 rebooking fee. Does anyone know if there has been a change in the T&Cs? Could it be that my flight is less than a week away, that there are different rules (I can't find anything that indicates that, but it is after 1am, so I might not be RTF-Web properly)? I hope just got someone who doesn't know the system and dodged the cancellation fee.
That would have been only a $50 charge. LM's cancellation fee is cheaper than change fee.
Of course, that assumes the miles actually get redeposited to your account.
Dec 23, 2012, 7:37 am
#1421
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I can put a CC# on a revenue booking to ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DELIVERED in a few seconds.
(That being said the itin itself can take forever to create)
Dec 23, 2012, 7:47 am
#1422
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I cancelled the return flight a couple of weeks ago when I thought I could still take the trip and the points came back by the next day, but left the flight over, as I thought I could still take a slightly shorter holiday (new job, don't want to go into too much negative leave).
Dec 23, 2012, 8:33 am
#1423
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OK, I called back, apparently the booking is cancelled, points will be returned, and $150 fee is only if I use the call centre. Radtown, no $50 cancellation (though I did mention it on first call - I was/ am happy to pay it). I think they must have holiday season staff on.
Dec 23, 2012, 8:47 am
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OK, I called back, apparently the booking is cancelled, points will be returned, and $150 fee is only if I use the call centre. Radtown, no $50 cancellation (though I did mention it on first call - I was/ am happy to pay it). I think they must have holiday season staff on.
Dec 23, 2012, 10:18 pm
#1425
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I'm confused. So there's no 50 dollar cancellation fee, but rather a $150 charge on your next booking?