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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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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2480 on: November 18, 2020, 08:56:01 AM »
Quote from: mochjas on November 16, 2020, 01:43:26 PM
Should we discuss Plan D here or open a new thread?
While I'm still trying to figure out C
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2481 on: December 01, 2020, 12:38:39 PM »
Yesterday I booked ewr-lhr for today and lhr-ewr thursday with Plan B. lhr-ewr was upgraded within 15 minutes but not ewr-lhr. Now that I'm within a few hours of the flight is there anything I can do to make it happen?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2482 on: December 01, 2020, 12:39:29 PM »
Quote from: alt123 on December 01, 2020, 12:38:39 PM
Yesterday I booked ewr-lhr for today and lhr-ewr thursday with Plan B. lhr-ewr was upgraded within 15 minutes but not ewr-lhr. Now that I'm within a few hours of the flight is there anything I can do to make it happen?
Read the DDMS post?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2483 on: December 01, 2020, 12:44:37 PM »
Quote from: Dan on December 01, 2020, 12:39:29 PM
Read the DDMS post?
What does ddms stand for? Sorry for the ignorance...
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2484 on: December 01, 2020, 12:49:44 PM »
Quote from: alt123 on December 01, 2020, 12:44:37 PM
What does ddms stand for? Sorry for the ignorance...
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2485 on: December 01, 2020, 01:24:25 PM »
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2486 on: December 01, 2020, 01:26:37 PM »
Am I supposed to be on the waiting list yet or is that only once I check in?

If I can't get upgrade I'm cancelling my ticket. Can I cancel after checking in?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2487 on: December 01, 2020, 05:22:10 PM »
whats the chances this will confirm the upgrade?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2488 on: December 01, 2020, 06:11:25 PM »
Quote from: Yoel on December 01, 2020, 05:22:10 PM
whats the chances this will confirm the upgrade?

These days, I'd say high.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2489 on: December 02, 2020, 11:55:25 AM »
Quote from: Yoel on December 01, 2020, 05:22:10 PM
whats the chances this will confirm the upgrade?

I booked lhr-ewr with plan B 2 days before the flight and got confirmed in 15 minutes. I booked ewr-lhr 25 hours before the flight, did not get upgraded right away but was put #1 on wait list once I checked in. I was upgraded 1 hr before the flight.
I hope these data points are helpful. Thank you Dan and all for the great info.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2490 on: December 04, 2020, 12:47:07 AM »
is it possible to confirm a business saver award on one date and waitlist for a different date for the same flight number?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2491 on: December 04, 2020, 07:51:45 AM »
Quote from: MFE on December 04, 2020, 12:47:07 AM
is it possible to confirm a business saver award on one date and waitlist for a different date for the same flight number?
I belive only on flight booked.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2492 on: December 04, 2020, 08:54:27 AM »
Quote from: MFE on December 04, 2020, 12:47:07 AM
is it possible to confirm a business saver award on one date and waitlist for a different date for the same flight number?
yes.
Most agents won't know how to set it up though.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2493 on: December 04, 2020, 12:08:40 PM »
Quote from: nafnaf12 on December 04, 2020, 08:54:27 AM
yes.
Most agents won't know how to set it up though.

How does it work? Your booked on one flight and waitlist for multiple flights for a higher class and if not one clears before your booked flight then you take your booked flight?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2494 on: December 08, 2020, 11:39:50 AM »
Now that UA is dynamic pricing, how many miles do I need to have in my account to set up a plan B RT from EWR-TLV?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2495 on: December 08, 2020, 12:04:14 PM »
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2496 on: December 16, 2020, 11:53:22 AM »
If the only saver space available is XN can I book a plan B for someone who does not have the CC from my account if I have the CC? I know I probably can, but just want to confirm before I waste my time.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2497 on: December 16, 2020, 11:53:56 AM »
Quote from: mochjas on December 16, 2020, 11:53:22 AM
If the only saver space available is XN can I book a plan B for someone who does not have the CC from my account if I have the CC? I know I probably can, but just want to confirm before I waste my time.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2498 on: December 16, 2020, 11:54:13 AM »
Quote from: mochjas on December 16, 2020, 11:53:22 AM
If the only saver space available is XN can I book a plan B for someone who does not have the CC from my account if I have the CC? I know I probably can, but just want to confirm before I waste my time.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #2499 on: December 17, 2020, 12:24:08 PM »
I called United 5 times and can't seem to find an agent that can help me with this.
One supervisor told me that they no longer do award wait list even after I asked them to check with the CORE system.
Can someone please help me with that and advise how to get the Plan B flight?
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