Split WBC reward/Does patience pay?
Jan 27, 2003 | 12:38 pm
#1
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Split WBC reward/Does patience pay?
I presently have a WBC reward rez for my wife and I...standard going over and all they have is RuleBuster coming back. Does it pay to hold off on ticketing as long as possible and to keep calling back to see if seats went to the standard inventory? I'd really like to save 80K miles.
PS - Thanks again to Germanfflyer for the rail help!
PS - Thanks again to Germanfflyer for the rail help!
Jan 27, 2003 | 6:59 pm
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You have a better option:
WAITLIST, WAITLIST, WAITLIST!!!
Well, at least you can do that on NWA. I did that before. And guess what? The standard award seats never opened up!
- Pat
WAITLIST, WAITLIST, WAITLIST!!!
Well, at least you can do that on NWA. I did that before. And guess what? The standard award seats never opened up!
- Pat
Jan 27, 2003 | 7:17 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Wiirachay:
You have a better option:
WAITLIST, WAITLIST, WAITLIST!!!
Well, at least you can do that on NWA. </font>
You have a better option:
WAITLIST, WAITLIST, WAITLIST!!!
Well, at least you can do that on NWA. </font>
Jan 28, 2003 | 6:11 am
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DTW-MNL rulebuster in the middle of December
MNL-DTW standard at the beginning of January
Note that USA-MNL traffic is quite notorious on December/January. Even their deeply discounted J/C/Z class fares are blacked out from the middle of December onwards.
In my situation, I waitlisted for DTW-MNL for the standard award. Had something opened up, I would have had to pay a $35-$50 redeposit/reissue fee, but I would have saved a lot of miles.
- Pat
MNL-DTW standard at the beginning of January
Note that USA-MNL traffic is quite notorious on December/January. Even their deeply discounted J/C/Z class fares are blacked out from the middle of December onwards.
In my situation, I waitlisted for DTW-MNL for the standard award. Had something opened up, I would have had to pay a $35-$50 redeposit/reissue fee, but I would have saved a lot of miles.
- Pat