Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability

[yaakov]

i just had an easy time doing plan b. it was the first time i tried and was pretty easy with the united chat support. it was a little funny but it only costed me 75k points in total and was confirmed instantly. see attached conversation

[JACKBLUE]

i just had an easy time doing plan b. it was the first time i tried and was pretty easy with the united chat support. it was a little funny but it only costed me 75k points in total and was confirmed instantly. see attached conversation

When is flight? How did you get confirmed so fast? there wasn't any I class open when you chatted?

[yaakov]

the flight is in 2 weeks. there was no i class avail when i chatted. thats what the 1rst agent told me when i asked. see attached

[Davidthebest]

the flight is in 2 weeks. there was no i class avail when i chatted. thats what the 1rst agent told me when i asked. see attached

So how did they go around that ?? What's the key to get them book it like that ? Is it pure luck ?

[yaakov]

I have no clue. this is the first time i ever tried. it seems they first waitlisted me without charging any points( im not sure why they did that) and then confirmed me with paying 30k points

[Dan]

i just had an easy time doing plan b. it was the first time i tried and was pretty easy with the united chat support. it was a little funny but it only costed me 75k points in total and was confirmed instantly. see attached conversation

Wow. Anyone else try this via chat?

[Davidthebest]

Wow. Anyone else try this via chat?

The question is we don't know what to try 🤣. It seems that he just got pure luck for asking one thing and getting an other thing .

[shmooz]

Wow. Anyone else try this via chat?

Yes during pandemic I did via chat, took forever but was setup correctly and cleared days before flight because it was covid and available. This seems like a mistake/mazal.

[yaakov]

Im trying to figure out if its supposed to be 75k or 78K? now i have 3k extra in my account

[Spoon]

Im trying to figure out if its supposed to be 75k or 78K? now i have 3k extra in my account

I was about to ask you that. I believe It's supposed to be 75k

[JACKBLUE]

Im trying to figure out if its supposed to be 75k or 78K? now i have 3k extra in my account

I was about to ask you that. I believe It's supposed to be 75k

Depends how far out the travel date is.

[yaakov]

its for in less then 2 weeks

[yelped]

Depends how far out the travel date is.

I think if they do it manually, most reps won't charge the added 3k surcharge nonsense that they added lately.

I may be wrong, though, no recent experience.

[kargagaliciana]

I did plan B for a flight JNB to EWR. They deducted 70k miles  but on the email receipt it says under method of payment "miscellaneous document" it does not say 70k miles.

Is this done correctly?

[Spoon]

After lots of HUCA, no agent will do it for me. They're insisting that I need to book the X class first and only then can they deduct the miles for confirmed I wait list. Can I do it that way?

[Dan]

After lots of HUCA, no agent will do it for me. They're insisting that I need to book the X class first and only then can they deduct the miles for confirmed I wait list. Can I do it that way?

Sure.

[Spoon]

Sure.

Is it harder that way? Because in the DDMS post you seem to say not to do that

[Dan]

Is it harder that way? Because in the DDMS post you seem to say not to do that

DDMS post is a decade old.

[Spoon]

DDMS post is a decade old.

True.

Also does confirmed wait-list still get PR1 status?  Comments on DDMS seem to say otherwise?

[Dan]

True.

Also does confirmed wait-list still get PR1 status?  Comments on DDMS seem to say otherwise?

I'm not even sure that designation is still called PR1. People need to share more DPs here