Rewards booking
Aug 23, 2016, 9:18 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA Gold, Amex Plat, US Air Silver, JPM Palladium
Posts: 157
Ive only book award tickets for my husband and we have different last names on all travel related programs (not sure if that makes a difference).
He had to sign up for skypass, and I added him as a family member, which took several days or a week for approval. We had to submit identification and our marriage certificate. Then I transferred my points to him, and booked our tickets together on the same itinerary.
Hope this helps...
He had to sign up for skypass, and I added him as a family member, which took several days or a week for approval. We had to submit identification and our marriage certificate. Then I transferred my points to him, and booked our tickets together on the same itinerary.
Hope this helps...
Aug 23, 2016, 10:40 pm
#3
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Programs: KE Skypass Morning Calm Member, OZ Club
Posts: 2,352
You can only buy a ticket for yourself or DIRECT family members (spouse, kids). You will have to prove your relationship with a marriage or birth certificate. Then, when you are linked on the account you can buy that member a ticket.
You can't buy for a friend or acquaintance. Or even your cousin.
You can't buy for a friend or acquaintance. Or even your cousin.
Aug 31, 2016, 5:22 pm
#7
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,943
On this note: I now have a reservation for next summer (showing on KE website in my dashboard) that has not been ticketed (just booked/reserved). I will be transferring Chase points. Per agent's instructions, I sent the "application" for booking by email yesterday. He said to wait until I confirm that they've received it before transferring my points over and ticketing.
In the meantime, I'd like to go ahead and book a condo. But it's nonrefundable. My worry is that something will happen to my booking if it's not officially ticketed. I read on another thread that someone had to wait months to get it ticketed. KE told me it is on hold until about a week before the trip. This seems strange to me.
Just want to make sure that as long as I can see it on my KE Skypass account as a reservation, I'm good to go. I set up a family account months ago and will be transferring points for all of us to my account. Then ticketing from there.
UPDATE and further question: so they've received it but b/c I hadn't transferred the points, I don't think anything was done. Now I was told to resubmit the app and passport. Did that. I've now got the necessary Skypass points for booking the ticket. Agent tells me that they will stay on hold for 11 months, basically until a few days before the flight. This makes me so nervous. Is it typical to not be ticketed formally (and the points not be deducted) until right before flight? I'd like to get seats, etc, sooner than a week before.
In the meantime, I'd like to go ahead and book a condo. But it's nonrefundable. My worry is that something will happen to my booking if it's not officially ticketed. I read on another thread that someone had to wait months to get it ticketed. KE told me it is on hold until about a week before the trip. This seems strange to me.
Just want to make sure that as long as I can see it on my KE Skypass account as a reservation, I'm good to go. I set up a family account months ago and will be transferring points for all of us to my account. Then ticketing from there.
UPDATE and further question: so they've received it but b/c I hadn't transferred the points, I don't think anything was done. Now I was told to resubmit the app and passport. Did that. I've now got the necessary Skypass points for booking the ticket. Agent tells me that they will stay on hold for 11 months, basically until a few days before the flight. This makes me so nervous. Is it typical to not be ticketed formally (and the points not be deducted) until right before flight? I'd like to get seats, etc, sooner than a week before.
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Sep 3, 2016, 10:17 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SDF
Programs: Delta, Southwest, Hyatt
Posts: 153
On this note: I now have a reservation for next summer (showing on KE website in my dashboard) that has not been ticketed (just booked/reserved). I will be transferring Chase points. Per agent's instructions, I sent the "application" for booking by email yesterday. He said to wait until I confirm that they've received it before transferring my points over and ticketing.
In the meantime, I'd like to go ahead and book a condo. But it's nonrefundable. My worry is that something will happen to my booking if it's not officially ticketed. I read on another thread that someone had to wait months to get it ticketed. KE told me it is on hold until about a week before the trip. This seems strange to me.
Just want to make sure that as long as I can see it on my KE Skypass account as a reservation, I'm good to go. I set up a family account months ago and will be transferring points for all of us to my account. Then ticketing from there.
UPDATE and further question: so they've received it but b/c I hadn't transferred the points, I don't think anything was done. Now I was told to resubmit the app and passport. Did that. I've now got the necessary Skypass points for booking the ticket. Agent tells me that they will stay on hold for 11 months, basically until a few days before the flight. This makes me so nervous. Is it typical to not be ticketed formally (and the points not be deducted) until right before flight? I'd like to get seats, etc, sooner than a week before.
In the meantime, I'd like to go ahead and book a condo. But it's nonrefundable. My worry is that something will happen to my booking if it's not officially ticketed. I read on another thread that someone had to wait months to get it ticketed. KE told me it is on hold until about a week before the trip. This seems strange to me.
Just want to make sure that as long as I can see it on my KE Skypass account as a reservation, I'm good to go. I set up a family account months ago and will be transferring points for all of us to my account. Then ticketing from there.
UPDATE and further question: so they've received it but b/c I hadn't transferred the points, I don't think anything was done. Now I was told to resubmit the app and passport. Did that. I've now got the necessary Skypass points for booking the ticket. Agent tells me that they will stay on hold for 11 months, basically until a few days before the flight. This makes me so nervous. Is it typical to not be ticketed formally (and the points not be deducted) until right before flight? I'd like to get seats, etc, sooner than a week before.
Sep 4, 2016, 7:57 am
#9
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,943
Ah! No they didn't. I'll call again and ask for that. A DL record locator will make me feel so much better. I had a moment of panic when I went on KE yesterday to check it and the site showed my rez but would not show the details. Said that I needed to call about a change. But after some research, I saw that one of the flight numbers had changed, so it was probably just that.
Sep 4, 2016, 4:04 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,943
waterandwoods, BINGO. Thanks for the tip. I called and (without needing to wait for a call back) was given the DL confirmation. All checked out fine and I'm beyond thrilled. Now to rent a condo. Oomph.