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An independent issue with this ticket is that BOS-SAL-BOS is difficult. On the current pdf timetable there are SAL-BOS direct flights but not vice versa. You don't want to rely on this flight existing when you want it to if you have it open dated. (Although you have another North American segment, so it's not a disaster necessarily to fly BOS-MIA-SAL-BOS as of now.)

Yes, I noticed that actually - we will be changing that most likely.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by chewy3 (Post 7261381)

Yeah, that's what I'm going to do - it's only annoying because I have to refund MRU tickets that are already ticketed and reformulate everything.

If I cancel an MRU AONE4 - do they have to refund the credit card and then recharge it or can they just credit the amount to a different ticket? If it's the latter that will be a big relief.

Normally it is a refund (which often takes 60 days) and recharge (somehow that is instantaneous); so you have to float double the fare for a month or 2. This is the difference between reissue and refund; but reissue isn't an option if you haven't traveled. At least you don't have the 10% cancellation penalty, that some fares have.

Your bigger problem is getting A inventory again out of MRU, on thin routes the sale of A counts even if it is later cancelled, causing less future A inventory to be made available. A couple of dozen canceled bookings can use up all of the inventory for a year (hence the need to go asking for A to be made available again, instead of being in the system).

When I did a similar thing (refund an AONE5 to resissue a new AONE5), the credit appeared on my card within a week. I was certainly expecting it to take much longer, especially as this was right around the time of the threatened BA FA strike.

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Originally Posted by number_6 (Post 7261982)

Your bigger problem is getting A inventory again out of MRU, on thin routes the sale of A counts even if it is later cancelled, causing less future A inventory to be made available. A couple of dozen canceled bookings can use up all of the inventory for a year (hence the need to go asking for A to be made available again, instead of being in the system).

I've never had a problem getting availability to either MRU-JNB or MRU-LHR - it seems to be much more of an issue during the winter.

I must say dealing with MRU is great.

While this may not be relevant to BA ex-MRU, it might nonetheless be an interesting data point: Using the AA RTW desk, I had to change the start date of an AONE4 that had already been ticketed. This resulted in the cancelation of the original ticket, rebooking on the new one, and no new credit card activity. The new ticket was simply exchanged for the old one, so no refunds and no new charges.

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Originally Posted by WearyBizTrvlr (Post 7274990)

I just did the same thing two days ago with my NRT start date (bad sinus infections and 14 hr flights are not good companions) and have had no troubles either.