Ticketing of Star alliance redemption
May 30, 2012, 11:45 am
#1
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Ticketing of Star alliance redemption
Hello,
I booked a redemption trip on Star Alliance carriers yesterday to to beat the 31 of May deadline. It hasn't been ticketed yet but I was wondering whether ticketing also had to be done before BMI cuts all ties with Star Alliance on the 31st?
Am I being overly worried about this? Not sure anyone can answer this apart from BMI themselves but wondered if anyone had any insight.
Best wishes,
I booked a redemption trip on Star Alliance carriers yesterday to to beat the 31 of May deadline. It hasn't been ticketed yet but I was wondering whether ticketing also had to be done before BMI cuts all ties with Star Alliance on the 31st?
Am I being overly worried about this? Not sure anyone can answer this apart from BMI themselves but wondered if anyone had any insight.
Best wishes,
Last edited by icebird; May 30, 2012 at 3:00 pm
May 30, 2012, 11:48 am
#2
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There is a huge queue of tickets to be issued and I'm sure all will be done by tomorrow. There has been a backlog. My ticket needed a reissue and after 4 days got done today.
May 31, 2012, 3:11 am
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May 31, 2012, 4:31 am
#8
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I booked 2 days ago, and still not ticketed.
Tried to call and was not allowed in call queue because of extreme call volumes.
Miles taken from account, in 2 random entries (rather than one 18750 reduction, one for 13342 and another one for 5408).
Tried to call and was not allowed in call queue because of extreme call volumes.
Miles taken from account, in 2 random entries (rather than one 18750 reduction, one for 13342 and another one for 5408).
Last edited by mzb00; May 31, 2012 at 4:42 am Reason: Added information about miles taken from account
May 31, 2012, 4:40 am
#10
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Yes. It is just being queued for ticketing. Sometimes the miles and cash are taken before this, sometimes after. Main thing is that it is being processed, so it should be well on the way.
May 31, 2012, 4:47 am
#11
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Redemptions always happened to me in 2 random entries.
May 31, 2012, 5:36 am
#13
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Ticketing of Star alliance redemption
I've been told by the ICC that DC have until 2 June 2012 to ticket all remaining redemptions. I'm not sure how far from the truth this is but my booking was ticketed in a 48hr timeframe(admittedly I did call twice a day to follow up)
May 31, 2012, 7:01 am
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I was going to call to try to speed things up, but it seems it will be useless with today's amount of calls.
May 31, 2012, 7:27 am
#15
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I was on first thing this morning, got my flight booked but had to rng back with passport details (took so long I needed to run off to something, but they said 48 hours to provide them), was very frustrated at the wait times - plus costing me a fortune as in Thailand at the moment... Went into United site to see if adding directly would help and got a message saying it needed to be ticketed by midnight LA time on 31st... Have since got through and had them added, so fingers crossed, at least it's a route with BA availability if it gets messed up!
(and apologies if common knowledge, but they explicitly said that cancellations wold be free given no changes could be made)
(and apologies if common knowledge, but they explicitly said that cancellations wold be free given no changes could be made)