Reservation question using miles
 

I understand that for same departure, different return requires different PNR. So I will make two reservations for me and my wife by taking advantage of reduced mileage award promotion using miles from my account. The question is, if she can not make it, can I cancel her reservation, get the fee waived and get the miles back to my account?

I know if it is the same PNR, it works. But not sure for two different PNRs.

Thanks a lot! :rolleyes:

If the miles come from a 1K account, then yes: there is no fee for mileage redeposit.

In all other cases, there is a fee. I did get special treatment once when I cancelled miles on medical grounds. They changed me the fee (lowly 1P here) but gave me a voucher of the same value for use against a future flight. I thought that was good enough. YMMV.

If the miles come from a non-status account but are for a booking held by a 1K, are there fees for changes/cancellations, or does the status of the 1K waive the fees regardless of the origin of the miles?

DD

The important issue is where the miles come from, not who is using the miles. If the miles are from an 1K/GS account, no fee.... if not, fee.

Same departure, different return, different PNR?

Awards are always return tickets. You can't book a one-way, but you can have an "open-jaw" with a different return on the same return-ticket-PNR if it's nearer the departure than the target: eg OPO-VIE-BHX is OK because OPO-BHX is shorter than both OPO-VIE and VIE-BHX.

Similarly you can have an open-jaw returning to the same place from a different airport eg LAX-ORD // JFK-LAX, provided ORD to JFK is shorter than LAX-ORD and JFK-LAX.

The fee, unfortunately, is linked to the account not the flier.

Thanks.

Thanks for all the information. Already hold on a reservation. And the nice agent was joking with me that "you can change without any fee until your last minute departure time". :D

Sorry for the confusion. What I really mean is same departure time, different return date.