yidyb

hi
I've redeemed 90k ticket with delta and canceled it so i got a credit on my e-ticket for around $2800.00 and doesn't look like i will fly soon
so my question is as following in order my credit on my ticket should become a voucher so somebody else should be able to use it i first need to make a ticket on my name, thats what i was told by delta a couple of times, do i acutaly need to fly it or i can search for the cheapest flight book it but don't fly and will it still convert into a form of a voucher
thanks for your time
yidyb

moondog

That's the way it's worked in the past (i.e. must change to ticket in your own name to unlock value), but a recent conversation with DL suggested they were willing to issue a transferable ecredit from the get-go.

yidyb

i wasn't so lucky i was trying to get them to do it but they would not give me the ecredit up front only after a fly but i wasn't able to get a clear answer if i need to fly or not
thanks

gv111

You don't need to fly but you may need to book a throwaway ticket in your name first. Once you get this ticket, you will be issued an e-credit which can be used in whatever way you want. You can try MEM-ATL which runs around $50.

yidyb

thanks i cant find mem - atl for $50.00 on delta can you give me the dates
thanks
yidyb

gv111

It used to run $50 for a one way flight MEM-ATL but right now I am unable to find anyhting below $100. Here is one MEM-ATL Feb 23 for $108. It is slighly expensive but it is irrelevant in bigger schema of things especially if you have a large ticket value. Good luck.

easygoing77

Try SLC - LAS it is around 73 dollars. Date I checked is 01/23/2010.

yidyb

mistake

i got it for $89.00 after tax

scottsd

Try DL DTW-ORD, Dec 7, $70

yidyb

thanks now i got my e-ticket into a voucher and have a couple of thousand thanks again
yidyb ^

susieling

Early in Feb, I booked my TYP ticket with UA for a flight in Dec , and I just got a schedule change email. I remember someone said that if I cancel now to get a voucher, I could avoid the $150 fee because of the schedule change? Is it an official rule? I can't find it on UAL.com ....

Also, is that right there is no e-voucher / e-credit with UA and I need to go to airport to cancel the ticket to get a paper voucher (if I don't want the voucher to be mailed)?

Thanks a lot!

Happy

Unless you immediately rebook something (may be a throw-away?), you would risk to have the refund sent back to TYN because in general airlines can only return the fund with change fee waived, to the ORIGINAL FORM OF PAYMENT.

If you rebook some actual trip or throw-away, and UA agree to waive the change fee due to schedule change, the balance will be sent to you.

AFAIK, UA does not do e-voucher on this type of voucher in the past. It is a paper voucher that you either get it at the spot at the airport, or get it mailed to you if you do phone ticketing instead.

susieling

Thanks Happy!!!

Just a few last questions, if I go to the airport and cancel plus immediately use the value for another throw-away ticket, do I need to do it with certain time limit (30 days?) after the schedule change announcement to take advantage of the waiving change fee (except that obviously I have to go before the travel date)?

Also, if the ticket is purchased for someone else, I have two, one for me and one for my son, is it the case that both persons have to be there in the airport (but my son is minority, so he does not have to sign something, right?)? And the throw-tickets must be in the name of the original flyers (me and my son), correct? After we got the throw-away tickets, the remaining voucher can be used for anyone, which implies that if I choose the phone ticketing plus mail-in option for the remaining voucher, in order to save a trip to the airport, if the voucher is lost in the mail, 'anyone' can use it, right?

Thanks again

mechteach

I *think* that I understand the rules, but I want to check with others who have already experienced this....

I'm going to the airport tomorrow to cancel my non-refundable ticket on UA and book a new flight for less than the original amount. My understanding is that I will then receive a paper voucher for the remaining amount of the ticket, with a deadline of 1 year from my original booking date (March 2009). If that is all correct, is there any way to then extend that date? I see from earlier posts that the buy-a-new-refundable-ticket route doesn't work on DL - does it possibly work on UA?

jeelele

Yes, it works on UA. Anytime you use a UA paper voucher, the balance if any will be issued in the form of a new voucher valid for 1-year from that date. Beware that the voucher will be issued in the last ticketed person's name. Be very careful while ticketing in someone elses name.