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"You may redeem miles for travel in United Global FirstSM, United First®, United Business® or United BusinessFirst® , even if the space is not available. In these cases, United Economy in the same award type must be confirmed, and the front cabin will be waitlisted. For example, a Saver United First award must be confirmed in Saver United Economy to be eligible for waitlisting. If the courtesy waitlist does not clear, it will expire 24 hours before itinerary departure, and you will automatically be added to the airport upgrade standby list upon check-in. In these cases, you will be confirmed on a space-available basis by a United airport representative at the gate once the flight has closed for check-in. For United BusinessFirst and United Business travel awards, the difference in miles will be refunded when the United BusinessFirst or United Business class segment of the trip could not be confirmed. Waitlist requests may only be made over the phone with your local United Reservations office"


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Author Topic: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability  (Read 507406 times)

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1480 on: August 02, 2015, 09:51:20 AM »
If she gave you PR2 and you're at the top of the list, it's safe to assume they were given a lower priority.
bottom gets cleared first?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1481 on: August 02, 2015, 09:51:57 AM »
... No? Huh?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1482 on: August 02, 2015, 09:52:37 AM »
... No? Huh?
so why isn't safe to assume I have lower priority if I'm at the top

ETA my bad misread your last post

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1483 on: August 02, 2015, 09:53:03 AM »
Reread what I wrote.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1484 on: August 02, 2015, 09:53:55 AM »
so why isn't safe to assume I have lower priority if I'm at the top

ETA my bad misread your last post
Top clears first
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1485 on: August 02, 2015, 10:01:10 AM »
Top clears first
Thanks. Unfortunately it's full now. Though a lot can change from now until 6. (Both better and worse)

But what you guys go through for this is mind boggling lol. Next time I'm just booking LH with a stopover.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1486 on: August 02, 2015, 11:19:49 AM »
Thanks. Unfortunately it's full now. Though a lot can change from now until 6. (Both better and worse)

But what you guys go through for this is mind boggling lol. Next time I'm just booking LH with a stopover.
first time navigating any road is always the hardest.

But give credit to guys on here for giving very easy directions to follow.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1487 on: August 02, 2015, 03:02:56 PM »
first time navigating any road is always the hardest.

But give credit to guys on here for giving very easy directions to follow.

+1  Boy you guys are focused!  Have a tough time with my dieing grey matter just following.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1488 on: August 02, 2015, 05:26:34 PM »
Both seats cleared. Hell yeah!! Thanks Batman (AJK) and all others.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1489 on: August 02, 2015, 06:04:05 PM »
Both seats cleared. Hell yeah!! Thanks Batman (AJK) and all others.

It's a great feeling. Congrats! Safe travels.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1490 on: August 02, 2015, 08:11:37 PM »
Both seats cleared. Hell yeah!! Thanks Batman (AJK) and all others.
Congrats.

And now you understand why people go through this.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1491 on: August 02, 2015, 09:39:57 PM »
Both seats cleared. Hell yeah!! Thanks Batman (AJK) and all others.
Still booking LH with a stop? ;)
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Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1492 on: August 02, 2015, 10:22:14 PM »
I did a plan b reward for myself wife and kid. Its lax-ewr and then ewr-tlv. We were already confirmed for first from lax-ewr. If i want to go to the airport 24 hours before the flight to get us all PR1 status, can i go myself for all three tickets or do i have to shlep all of them along? Also can i do the request for pr1 status for my second flight (ewr-tlv) in lax since it will be within 24 hours of the ewr-tlv flight? Thanx in advance!!
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1493 on: August 03, 2015, 10:31:42 AM »
And lastly, are the lines to be referred to the clerk at the airport about PR-1 status still

"If the agents in the airport are all clueless you should direct them to look up “gg onestandby” in their system (they’ll know exactly what this is) and look around lines 81 which spell out the details of the procedure for this award."

or has it been changed to lines 32-57?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1494 on: August 03, 2015, 12:02:57 PM »
Can I set up a Plan B for only the outbound portion of a RT itinerary? (as I don't have enough miles to cover both portions in biz)

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1495 on: August 03, 2015, 12:08:11 PM »
Can I set up a Plan B for only the outbound portion of a RT itinerary? (as I don't have enough miles to cover both portions in biz)
Only one way is fine
Still booking LH with a stop? ;)
i actually did for the return as UA only had early am flights home from Europe and I'd kill the day. The nonstop here was amazing as I get to sleep and arrived early enough to have a day.

But in all honestly for next time if I found a decent LH connection I don't know if I'd go through the headache of going to the airport 24 hours before and not finding out if I'm cleared until boarding time.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1496 on: August 03, 2015, 12:48:17 PM »
I booked NYC-LAX-MEL in XN last night. Will I be charged a change fee if I call within the 24hr cancellation period to set up a Plan B?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1497 on: August 03, 2015, 12:50:11 PM »
I booked NYC-LAX-MEL in XN last night. Will I be charged a change fee if I call within the 24hr cancellation period to set up a Plan B?
No.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1498 on: August 03, 2015, 01:45:36 PM »
And I would be charged a change fee if it's more then 24hr?
Also, what about if departure is less then 21 days?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1499 on: August 04, 2015, 01:21:35 PM »
If I book LAX-ZRH-EWR-TLV for 80k in business but  LAX-EWR is in coach
can I get PR-1 status at airport ?

Also can I book it through SQ ?