No, I meant book the award flight, then effectively postpone the trip like I did the first time. I'm stuck here with a sick family member and my schedule's shot to shit. So if I could somehow extend the ability to book the award I wouldn't have to lose it or put myself in a real bind by trying to force everything to be ready by January.
I know I have until this January, but I basically need longer. I just don't know how to go about extending it? Call?
I don't know if its even possible to cancel and rebook a flight that's already been cancelled and rebooked. I'm currently being flogged like I'm a criminal over on FT for even engendering to ask about this.
That is one of those times where status matters. I have done that on AA multiple times a day (don't ask, it wasn't for me, but for a daughter stuck with visa issues in Chile) with no cost whatsoever. I am EXP so that is my experience of it. Call and ask. I agree with @Matt that social engineering can play a role. But it probably is what it is. HUCA if necessary.
Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. I have no status with United. Nor any other airlines actually.
If I understood you correctly - you are not really canceling, just changing travel dates. You can change dates as many times as you need, but @Matt is right - typically, you get a year form the original booking date (and since you have no FF status, you also incur change fees). I have been successful twice on United, and that involved the infamous pre-devaluation award booking change, but I am 1k on UA. HUCC may work, so the best of luck!
I booked my original award pre-devaluation, and have until January 2015 to rebook it. But I need to find a way to extend it a few months past January since I've been sequestered here due to some family illness.
