does this also apply if they don't ticket?
I would guess that in that case WF never pays for the ticket, so UA can cancel for lack of payment, but not sure.
Though on 2nd thought, WF probably only pays for tickets at the end of the month, end of week at the earliest. So it's entirely possible that they just wont pay up, I mean why would they. Being that they are being issued on 701 stock, I'm not sure that UA will be responsible to honor if they don't get paid at all. Will be interesting to see how it plays out. This is going to set a precedent.
That being said, I was planning on booking tickets for my fam on Friday, and for no real reason pushed it off to motze shabbos. So now I have a DL reservation expiring tonight, and I have to figure out whether or not to issue that ticket