Award availability - book together vs individually
Sep 24, 2023 | 11:22 pm
#1
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Award availability - book together vs individually
By some sort of a holy grail quest, I managed to find 2 award tickets available for 2 passengers who wish to travel together.
Ideally I'd like to book them separately, where miles and taxes for passenger A would be charged to passenger A's AM account and credit card. And likewise separately for passenger B.
Would it be the case that, after passenger A books, the other ticket will still remain available for passenger B to make a separate booking (assuming noone else snags it in the meantime)? Or will the second availability be zerorised as soon as the first ticket has been booked?
Ideally I'd like to book them separately, where miles and taxes for passenger A would be charged to passenger A's AM account and credit card. And likewise separately for passenger B.
Would it be the case that, after passenger A books, the other ticket will still remain available for passenger B to make a separate booking (assuming noone else snags it in the meantime)? Or will the second availability be zerorised as soon as the first ticket has been booked?
Sep 25, 2023 | 6:19 am
#3
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If you call for the booking you can deduct two accounts. Me and missus frequently do that. We dont try to separate payment of taxes tho (in fact it has to go into my card for included travel cover)
Sep 25, 2023 | 12:50 pm
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By some sort of a holy grail quest, I managed to find 2 award tickets available for 2 passengers who wish to travel together.
Ideally I'd like to book them separately, where miles and taxes for passenger A would be charged to passenger A's AM account and credit card. And likewise separately for passenger B.
Would it be the case that, after passenger A books, the other ticket will still remain available for passenger B to make a separate booking (assuming noone else snags it in the meantime)? Or will the second availability be zerorised as soon as the first ticket has been booked?
Ideally I'd like to book them separately, where miles and taxes for passenger A would be charged to passenger A's AM account and credit card. And likewise separately for passenger B.
Would it be the case that, after passenger A books, the other ticket will still remain available for passenger B to make a separate booking (assuming noone else snags it in the meantime)? Or will the second availability be zerorised as soon as the first ticket has been booked?
Sep 25, 2023 | 5:51 pm
#5
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Thanks for all the inputs. I decided not to chance it, hence booked everything (online) under passenger As AM account. This is one of the rare Europe - HKG - SIN routes at only 65K AM each before the 1 Oct devaluation (soon to be 84K!) so were pretty chuffed about it!
Reasons for this slightly odd request are:
- Passenger B has some orphaned AM in the account, which happens to be just sufficient for one redemption.
- I thought passenger Bs travel insurance kicks in only when the taxes are charged to their card. But in checking the fine print, it covers also when charged to Passenger As card if Passenger B is travelling together.
Reasons for this slightly odd request are:
- Passenger B has some orphaned AM in the account, which happens to be just sufficient for one redemption.
- I thought passenger Bs travel insurance kicks in only when the taxes are charged to their card. But in checking the fine print, it covers also when charged to Passenger As card if Passenger B is travelling together.
Sep 25, 2023 | 9:24 pm
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Would it be the case that, after passenger A books, the other ticket will still remain available for passenger B to make a separate booking (assuming noone else snags it in the meantime)? Or will the second availability be zerorised as soon as the first ticket has been booked?
I should have asked the agent to do the reissue and make a new booking for my mum simutaneously.
Sep 25, 2023 | 10:01 pm
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I have experienced the exact same case you have mentioned. Since I found 2 award seats available, I wanted to reissued a ticket for myself and was planning to book the same flight for my mum. I asked the agent on phone and he reassured me that there were enough seat for 2 when I was in the process of reissuing the ticket. But the availablitliy was instantly gone right after my ticket was suscessfully reissued.
I should have asked the agent to do the reissue and make a new booking for my mum simutaneously.
I should have asked the agent to do the reissue and make a new booking for my mum simutaneously.