Alitalia and SkyMiles - this cant be true
Apr 14, 2011, 4:52 pm
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Alitalia and SkyMiles - this cant be true
I'm overseas and the only internet I have is on my bb, so I have been able to do very limited research -- but I can't seem to verify:
Am scheduled to fly, booked through delta codeshares, alitalia from cai to fco to jfk this sat. My company had to buy full y fare bc all that was left. Departing 4am cai, arriving 1:55pm jfk. Full y fare was, I believe, even more expensive than biz class, but they can't buy biz.
So I call delta gm desk to upgrade w skymiles -- they say can't be done.
?!?!?!
This can't be true? Nearly full flight in y, I want to give them miles to sit up front, but they can't take it? Please tell me fters that there is a way?
Am scheduled to fly, booked through delta codeshares, alitalia from cai to fco to jfk this sat. My company had to buy full y fare bc all that was left. Departing 4am cai, arriving 1:55pm jfk. Full y fare was, I believe, even more expensive than biz class, but they can't buy biz.
So I call delta gm desk to upgrade w skymiles -- they say can't be done.
?!?!?!
This can't be true? Nearly full flight in y, I want to give them miles to sit up front, but they can't take it? Please tell me fters that there is a way?
Apr 14, 2011, 4:58 pm
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I'm overseas and the only internet I have is on my bb, so I have been able to do very limited research -- but I can't seem to verify:
Am scheduled to fly, booked through delta codeshares, alitalia from cai to fco to jfk this sat. My company had to buy full y fare bc all that was left. Departing 4am cai, arriving 1:55pm jfk. Full y fare was, I believe, even more expensive than biz class, but they can't buy biz.
So I call delta gm desk to upgrade w skymiles -- they say can't be done.
?!?!?!
This can't be true? Nearly full flight in y, I want to give them miles to sit up front, but they can't take it? Please tell me fters that there is a way?
Am scheduled to fly, booked through delta codeshares, alitalia from cai to fco to jfk this sat. My company had to buy full y fare bc all that was left. Departing 4am cai, arriving 1:55pm jfk. Full y fare was, I believe, even more expensive than biz class, but they can't buy biz.
So I call delta gm desk to upgrade w skymiles -- they say can't be done.
?!?!?!
This can't be true? Nearly full flight in y, I want to give them miles to sit up front, but they can't take it? Please tell me fters that there is a way?
Apr 14, 2011, 4:59 pm
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My guess is that you can't UG on AZ no matter how many miles. Can you ask for a credit to be issued for the ticket that was issued, then use the credit to purchase Biz class? And you would still have a credit left over for future use.
Apr 14, 2011, 7:32 pm
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Incorrect - only 50K miles - http://www.alitalia.com/US_EN/millem...ding/index.htm
Apr 15, 2011, 12:35 am
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Usually, the credit follows the mode of payment. Unless the OP used his credit card, it can't be done. With some companies it can;t be done even if you used your own credit card as the company issues a travel authorisation to book. To rebook, you would need another travel authorisation. In situations like this what I have done is not use the company bought ticket and buy one on my own instead.
Apr 15, 2011, 3:08 am
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Thanks for the suggestion. This is what I ended up doing. Worked perfectly!
Apr 15, 2011, 7:56 am
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Usually, the credit follows the mode of payment. Unless the OP used his credit card, it can't be done. With some companies it can;t be done even if you used your own credit card as the company issues a travel authorisation to book. To rebook, you would need another travel authorisation. In situations like this what I have done is not use the company bought ticket and buy one on my own instead.
Apr 15, 2011, 11:37 am
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Apr 15, 2011, 4:47 pm
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Nice... I am all about "working the system". Fantastic...Anyway that you can (1) not charge your company more money, (2) fly in a better class of service, and (3) get some flight credit to use personally down the road... that's a win-win-win!
Last edited by MikeyZBT; Apr 18, 2011 at 12:22 pm