How to credit to airline program?
Apr 30, 2017, 8:18 am
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How to credit to airline program?
I need to get some activity into my Iberia Plus account.
No AMEX MR and SPG doesn't transfer to IB.
Found a $16/day Avis rental via an OTA , but the OTA's form has no fields for entering airline FF number.
If I need to credit to Iberia Plus, do I just mention it during pick up? Or is it more like hotel programs where you have to sign up for Avis Preferred first and then change the earning preference from points to miles?
Thanks.
No AMEX MR and SPG doesn't transfer to IB.
Found a $16/day Avis rental via an OTA , but the OTA's form has no fields for entering airline FF number.
If I need to credit to Iberia Plus, do I just mention it during pick up? Or is it more like hotel programs where you have to sign up for Avis Preferred first and then change the earning preference from points to miles?
Thanks.
Apr 30, 2017, 3:05 pm
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I need to get some activity into my Iberia Plus account.
No AMEX MR and SPG doesn't transfer to IB.
Found a $16/day Avis rental via an OTA , but the OTA's form has no fields for entering airline FF number.
If I need to credit to Iberia Plus, do I just mention it during pick up? Or is it more like hotel programs where you have to sign up for Avis Preferred first and then change the earning preference from points to miles?
Thanks.
No AMEX MR and SPG doesn't transfer to IB.
Found a $16/day Avis rental via an OTA , but the OTA's form has no fields for entering airline FF number.
If I need to credit to Iberia Plus, do I just mention it during pick up? Or is it more like hotel programs where you have to sign up for Avis Preferred first and then change the earning preference from points to miles?
Thanks.
And that's just like pretty much all hotel programs today, where you can't earn anything if you book through an OTA, only if you book through the official program's website.
May 1, 2017, 12:27 pm
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If you book through an OTA, you should be able to then proceed to modify your existing reservation on Avis.com and add the mileage number at that time. Or you can always provide it at the Avis Preferred counter.
May 1, 2017, 4:51 pm
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Actually, that isn't quite correct. The rental industry hasn't figured out how to block OTA bookings from receiving the exact same benefits as direct bookings. Booking through an OTA does not preclude you from earning points or miles or anything.
If you book through an OTA, you should be able to then proceed to modify your existing reservation on Avis.com and add the mileage number at that time. Or you can always provide it at the Avis Preferred counter.
If you book through an OTA, you should be able to then proceed to modify your existing reservation on Avis.com and add the mileage number at that time. Or you can always provide it at the Avis Preferred counter.
Meanwhile, do bookings through an airline's "vacation" package work differently than bookings through an OTA? I know I once booked an Avis reservation through AA Vacations, and Avis told me I could not add my Preferred account to it because AA had already entered an account number of their own. Is that not going to happen at any OTA?
May 1, 2017, 4:58 pm
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Meanwhile, do bookings through an airline's "vacation" package work differently than bookings through an OTA? I know I once booked an Avis reservation through AA Vacations, and Avis told me I could not add my Preferred account to it because AA had already entered an account number of their own. Is that not going to happen at any OTA?
May 2, 2017, 3:47 pm
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Can you add your Wizard number (ie, the number of your Avis Preferred account) to a non-prepaid OTA booking somehow on avis.com? If so, how?
May 2, 2017, 4:55 pm
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(You can call Avis and try to add it, but they'll rebook your reservation at the current going rate, and you'll get a new confirmation number. So that's basically no different than just booking a new one with your Preferred number.)
Last edited by AutoSlash; May 2, 2017 at 11:37 pm