Author Topic: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability (Read 512383 times)

mclovin · « **Reply #2220 on:** October 02, 2017, 10:34:52 PM »

So final part of story is gate agent said they can't touch mileage ticket and I have to call the mileage plus line. So I called it again. Spoke for 2 seconds and was put on hold. Couldn't hear what they said. Few minutes later she comes back on and says OK she is going to speak to her supervisor and put me back in business. On hold for another 20 minutes. Gate agent waited to give out the last upgrade. As they start boarding she comes back on and says it's done. Gate agent prints out my new ticket. And I publicly thank hashem.

yelped · « **Reply #2221 on:** October 02, 2017, 10:52:30 PM »

Great to hear! So what actually happened here? Why were you not on the top of the list and then what changed?

Yammer · « **Reply #2222 on:** October 03, 2017, 01:44:49 AM »

Quote from: mclovin on October 02, 2017, 10:34:52 PM

So final part of story is gate agent said they can't touch mileage ticket and I have to call the mileage plus line. So I called it again. Spoke for 2 seconds and was put on hold. Couldn't hear what they said. Few minutes later she comes back on and says OK she is going to speak to her supervisor and put me back in business. On hold for another 20 minutes. Gate agent waited to give out the last upgrade. As they start boarding she comes back on and says it's done. Gate agent prints out my new ticket. And I publicly thank hashem.

Happy to hear that it worked.

But as mentioned above, does plan B need to booked initially? Or can you book economy and then try to upgrade with plan B

yelped · « **Reply #2223 on:** October 03, 2017, 08:42:19 AM »

Quote from: Yammer on October 03, 2017, 01:44:49 AM

Happy to hear that it worked.

But as mentioned above, does plan B need to booked initially? Or can you book economy and then try to upgrade with plan B

http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/38212

According to this, should be booked as such initially.

Yammer · « **Reply #2224 on:** October 03, 2017, 11:39:56 AM »

Quote from: yelped on October 03, 2017, 08:42:19 AM

http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/38212

According to this, should be booked as such initially.

Thanks

high end hobo · « **Reply #2225 on:** October 03, 2017, 03:02:01 PM »

Quote from: yelped on October 03, 2017, 08:42:19 AM

http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/38212

According to this, should be booked as such initially.

That is Litchachila everyone agrees.

The question is Bedieved with doing it after still work and it looks like from mclovin's story that it can

efflpetzel · « **Reply #2226 on:** October 08, 2017, 02:42:32 AM »

Quote from: mclovin on October 02, 2017, 10:34:52 PM

So final part of story is gate agent said they can't touch mileage ticket and I have to call the mileage plus line. So I called it again. Spoke for 2 seconds and was put on hold. Couldn't hear what they said. Few minutes later she comes back on and says OK she is going to speak to her supervisor and put me back in business. On hold for another 20 minutes. Gate agent waited to give out the last upgrade. As they start boarding she comes back on and says it's done. Gate agent prints out my new ticket. And I publicly thank hashem.

What was the route

mclovin · « **Reply #2227 on:** November 01, 2017, 11:18:06 AM »

Quote from: efflpetzel on October 08, 2017, 02:42:32 AM

What was the route

ewr-tlv

Quote from: yelped on October 02, 2017, 10:52:30 PM

Great to hear! So what actually happened here? Why were you not on the top of the list and then what changed?

no clue. maybe bec i didnt book it as a plan b fro the beginning. dont know what changed

Solma · « **Reply #2228 on:** November 05, 2017, 06:35:55 AM »

Is it possible to waitlist O class (First) while confirmed in X or only when confirmed in I ?

Thanks

knicks3216 · « **Reply #2229 on:** November 09, 2017, 03:46:01 PM »

I have 2 booked saver economy awards using 45K Aeroplan miles on a United flight from Auckland-NYC.
Is it worth re-booking using Chase points through United to try to get 2 seats next to each other in business class. There are currently 29/60 seats available for a mid-January flight, but only 4 pairs of seats together. I'd be cancelling the original flights for a $200 fee and the 90K Aeroplan points would be refunded.

Is there a high success rate? I don't want it to fall through and then have points stuck in United and Aeroplan after transferring them from Chase and Amex.

Do I have to cancel on Aeroplan before booking through United to avoid having 2 tickets in our names?

Daniel · « **Reply #2230 on:** November 22, 2017, 04:05:29 PM »

I set this up with an agent and my reservation now says "Fare Class: United Economy (X) - (I class requested)" but I don't see the miles being deducted. Does it take time? Does it mean it wasn't properly setup?