reward ticket cancel/change fees
Aug 22, 2017, 7:28 am
#46
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Same goes for the Twitter team – write them in Spanish and you usually have a useful answer with the hour (if sent during European business hours)
Jun 11, 2018, 7:09 am
#47
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Anyone know what fees I'd need to pay to upgrade an award ticket to a higher class of service through IB? Looking to book US-MAD-XXX using IB Avios, with the long-haul segment in premium economy and the connecting flight in Y. If a business award opens on the long-haul, would I just need to pay the 25EUR fee plus any additional taxes? And how easy is this process?
Appreciate any advice!
Appreciate any advice!
Jun 11, 2018, 11:28 am
#48
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Anyone know what fees I'd need to pay to upgrade an award ticket to a higher class of service through IB? Looking to book US-MAD-XXX using IB Avios, with the long-haul segment in premium economy and the connecting flight in Y. If a business award opens on the long-haul, would I just need to pay the 25EUR fee plus any additional taxes? And how easy is this process?
Appreciate any advice!
Appreciate any advice!
P.S. if you have a connecting flight on AA or another Oneworld partner you can't change or cancel the award booking.
Jun 11, 2018, 1:43 pm
#49
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Actually, the agent will probably process it as a cancellation of your existing award and making a new award for you. Keep that in mind since you will need to have enough Avios on hand to cover a full reward in J and hope that award space on the connecting leg is still there.
P.S. if you have a connecting flight on AA or another Oneworld partner you can't change or cancel the award booking.
P.S. if you have a connecting flight on AA or another Oneworld partner you can't change or cancel the award booking.
Jun 11, 2018, 4:48 pm
#50
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Yeah, but IB+ refunds are slow, so you'll have to move a bunch of credit card points to fund a completely new ticket, and then leave the refunded Avios stranded there until your next trip.
Jun 11, 2018, 7:05 pm
#51
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Interesting. So given the option of booking economy through AA or premium economy through IB in the hopes of upgrading to J if/when space opens up, which would you take?
Jun 12, 2018, 3:58 am
#52
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I think you've missed the point in other threads that IB don't often open up additional J space closer to departure. So book the cabin you want to travel in, and be pleasantly surprised if something better comes along.
Jun 12, 2018, 7:00 am
#53
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Jun 12, 2018, 7:10 am
#54
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I don't particularly mind the delay either, but many other programmes manage to refund your miles immediately so 2-3 days is nothing to write home about.
Sep 21, 2018, 4:34 am
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Oct 7, 2018, 11:57 am
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I really want to believe this post (which is just 1 year old), but when I look at the Iberia Plus T&Cs, both in English and in Spanish, only Iberia, Iberia Express, Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum are listed as refundable. Is BA no longer refundable now?
Oct 8, 2018, 10:32 pm
#58
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I have 2 IB flights JNB-MAD-ATH all on one PNR plated on QF ....IB cancelled the first flight and rescheduled us for the following day but forgot or ignored the connecting MAD-ATH segment....now IB dont wont to know about it and QF have asked the one world desk to assist in freeing up 2 D seats for the MAD-ATH sector....thoughts as to how to proceed please ?