Changes to Etihad guest
Feb 25, 2016, 3:25 am
#331
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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I booked a one-way Business class redemption the day before the devaluation in July 2015 for a flight in June 2016. I have just changed it to November 2016 without any extra miles or costs.
My original flight in June was re-ticketed last week due to a schedule change so I don't know if that helped or whether I just got lucky :-)
My original flight in June was re-ticketed last week due to a schedule change so I don't know if that helped or whether I just got lucky :-)
Mar 10, 2016, 12:01 pm
#332
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,838
Data point: just made a date change to flights booked pre-deval, no issues whatsoever, no additional miles/taxes, completely free. Dates were within ticket validity though.
Got an extremely competent agent who made the change on 4 reservations / 2pax in 12mins.
Got an extremely competent agent who made the change on 4 reservations / 2pax in 12mins.
Mar 12, 2016, 2:15 am
#333
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 3,838
Speaking of which ... since the ticket has been reissued and the validity extended for a year - I could easily push this ahead for 100AED/pax as the agent informed me the next change will cost.
Mar 13, 2016, 4:56 am
#334
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I am quite sure that's not how it works. If a ticket gets reissued it still goes off the date of the original issuing date. At least that's how it works with most airlines.
Sep 6, 2019, 10:40 am
#338
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: EY
Posts: 852
Horrendous redemption on an open seat from AUH to ORD recently. 157000 miles plus $321 USD in Economy Flex. You can get a Business Guest Seat for 135000 miles on that route. Was the only one available for me on the day I needed but I'm steaming that I had to blow all my miles on such an overpriced booking (was about $1700 cash) . I wish they let you do layovers with guest seats on the same booking, would have been half the rate, including a flight from India to UAE.
Sep 7, 2019, 7:02 am
#339
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
Posts: 8,265
Horrendous redemption on an open seat from AUH to ORD recently. 157000 miles plus $321 USD in Economy Flex. You can get a Business Guest Seat for 135000 miles on that route. Was the only one available for me on the day I needed but I'm steaming that I had to blow all my miles on such an overpriced booking (was about $1700 cash) . I wish they let you do layovers with guest seats on the same booking, would have been half the rate, including a flight from India to UAE.
Sep 7, 2019, 11:39 am
#340
Join Date: May 2018
Location: AUH
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Was there a reason you absolutely had to use miles on this particular ticket? I would not have redeemed 157000 miles for $1380 ($1700-$320) of value - I would have happily paid the cash fare (on a different airline, if necessary), because 157k miles is not far off an F return AUH-LHR and more than an F one-way AUH-JFK/SYD.
Sep 10, 2019, 12:53 pm
#341
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: EY
Posts: 852
To be frank, I hadn't budgeted that much cash, $3400 for that one way. I wasn't sure of the exact date I needed to leave abu Dhabi, and so wound up booking it only two days before. I was operating under the assumption that normal one ways are in the $600 per passenger range. I had booked all my other flights on this trip, us to India, India to uae, with miles, and had always planned to do the same for this sector. I just need never imagined it would sell out so quickly and leave me with no option. Even a one way in business guest would have been cheaper, but there was no availability. 60000 miles in economy guest to Los Angeles was available, but getting from Los Angeles to Chicago in time would have been an issue. No availability to Washington to NYC.
Sep 26, 2019, 5:38 am
#342
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 112
Data Point: Sweet Spot on Royal Air Maroc still works
Hi all! After the devaluation rumor, I rushed to make a tentative booking because I previously had a trip on RAM that I canceled. So I was stuck with 44k in my account.
As of 3 days ago, the sweet spot was a still available! The agent quoted me 44k to fly JFK-CMN-FRA. Though the space started disappearing fast. I can’t even get a space out of IAD 9 months out!
So I would do it ASAP. Btw, they don’t allow connection over 12 hours, otherwise they will charge two awards.
Good luck and hurry! :-)
As of 3 days ago, the sweet spot was a still available! The agent quoted me 44k to fly JFK-CMN-FRA. Though the space started disappearing fast. I can’t even get a space out of IAD 9 months out!
So I would do it ASAP. Btw, they don’t allow connection over 12 hours, otherwise they will charge two awards.
Good luck and hurry! :-)