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How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« on: December 14, 2020, 09:24:03 AM »
Hello,

I want to book a flight on United.

I have a $100 ETC and $200 on United Travelbank.

However, when I go to payment, Travelbank is unavailable.

I was wondering what would be the process to be able to use the $300 I have to pay for my next flight.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks!

Hjeko


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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2020, 09:42:26 AM »
Thank you for your response :)

The problem is that I can't use Travelbank to pay for my ticket first and then cancel it to get ETC.

That's why I was asking for advice :)

Thank you!

Hjeko

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2020, 09:43:46 AM »
Partner flights?
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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2020, 09:48:25 AM »
No it's a direct flight from New York to Paris on United.

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2021, 07:04:45 PM »
Any easy way to convert Travel Bank to ETC?
Book a flight and cancel for a ETC?

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2021, 12:20:31 AM »
travel bank can be used for anyone or only account holder ?

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2021, 12:26:57 AM »
travel bank can be used for anyone or only account holder ?
anyone.

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2021, 06:21:44 PM »
are funds available for immediate use ?

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2021, 07:12:50 PM »
are funds available for immediate use ?
yes

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2021, 04:15:28 PM »
I have both ETCs and TravelBank.  Assuming they both have approximately the same expiration dates,...
which one offers me more flexibility to keep for future (ie, which should I use up first)?

Points to consider:
a. ability to extend beyond expiration
b. ability to buy for family member tickets
c.  ability to use on partner airlines
d.  ability to use only part of the ETC (vs ease of using only the amount needed with TB credit)
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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2021, 04:55:15 PM »
as you write dan "United.com looked like it was confused after I applied both of them"

it doesnt seem to happen to everyone...

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2021, 07:13:33 PM »
I’m trying to book a United flight on the app and the mobile website but don’t see my TravelBank as a payment option. Does it only work on a desktop?

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2021, 01:48:08 PM »
united is giving me issues about canceling a flight i booked on amextravel from tlv-ewr in exchange for an ETC
if i cancel it on the website in exchange for a future flight credit, can i then later have it converted for an etc?

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2021, 03:27:43 PM »
united is giving me issues about canceling a flight i booked on amextravel from tlv-ewr in exchange for an ETC
if i cancel it on the website in exchange for a future flight credit, can i then later have it converted for an etc?
It’s been getting way harder to get an ETC. Until recently, Twitter DMs used to work but in the last few days I’ve gotten several refusals from Twitter too.

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #16 on: December 02, 2021, 04:26:40 PM »
It’s been getting way harder to get an ETC. Until recently, Twitter DMs used to work but in the last few days I’ve gotten several refusals from Twitter too.
i huca'd on twitter and they gave it to me

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2021, 06:18:49 PM »
i huca'd on twitter and they gave it to me
Wish I was as lucky.
Had 1 reservation where the passenger doesn’t want to fly because of travel restrictions, the other one price dropped by $200 so I wanted to get an ETC and then rebook. Both were refused.

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2021, 07:37:12 PM »
Wish I was as lucky.
Had 1 reservation where the passenger doesn’t want to fly because of travel restrictions, the other one price dropped by $200 so I wanted to get an ETC and then rebook. Both were refused.
huca

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Re: How to deal with ETC and Travelbank money
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2021, 11:37:02 PM »
Wish I was as lucky.
Had 1 reservation where the passenger doesn’t want to fly because of travel restrictions, the other one price dropped by $200 so I wanted to get an ETC and then rebook. Both were refused.
Update: I HUCAd and they gave me an instant ETC