Cancel Etihad Award Flight

[andy2015]

Pretty simple one - I want to change routing from BNE-AUH-IAD to SYD-AUH-IAD to get on the A380. I will have to cancel + redeposit points and make a new booking. SYD-AUH has a seat available for the same date but there is none on the AUH-IAD leg. So the question: does anyone know if my seat on the AUH-IAD flight will come available for me to rebook after I cancel the original award booking?

 

[mark4217]

Try calling VA and ask them to split the booking keeping the AUH-IAD on the original in place. Ask them to hold your new SYD-AUH booking before canceling and returning your points from the BNE so you can pay for the new booking. I don't know what sort of layover you get from the new itinerary?? From memory BNE arrives at 6am for a 9am connector and SYD arrives at midnight for a 02:30am connector.

 

[mark4217]

Better check what day you actually arrive as it may be the same day as opposed to the next day.

 

[andy2015]

Won't be able to do that as it was one award redemption not two separate. It seems like I am going to have to wait until another seat on the AUH-IAD flight opens up and hope the SYD-AUH seat isn't taken. There may be a chance of that really close in to departure.

 

[mark4217]

Did you call and check??. I'm sure I have spit redemption flights before.

 

[mark4217]

Or maybe I have always redeemed in separate legs for this very reason. I call and double check though.

 

[andy2015]

Was 187k points this way verses 282k for separate so quite a huge "saving" but obviously at the loss of this flexibility.

 

[mark4217]

So VA have verbally said no splitting the original booking??,