All legs of my outbound award flight was booked in I.
All legs of my return award flight was originally booked in X.
Return is MLE-IST-EDI-EWR-CLE. Business saver is available for MLE-IST-EDI. I called to have MLE-IST-EDI booked in business saver and the agent complied. I tried explaining what I wanted for the EDI-EWR leg (manually issue a business class saver award and book me in coach), but she didn't understand. I just told her to waitlist me (with the intent of HUCAing).
I look at my reservation and now I see:
Depart:
Male, Maldives (MLE)
Arrive:
Istanbul, Turkey (IST)
Fare Class: Business (I)
Depart:
Istanbul, Turkey (IST)
Arrive:
Fare Class: Business (I)
Depart:
Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI)
Arrive:
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Fare Class: United Economy (X) - (I class requested)
Depart:
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Arrive:
Cleveland, OH (CLE)
Fare Class: United Economy (X)
An extra 20k per PAX was deducted from my account to rebook my first 2 legs in Business. Does this mean she booked the Plan B correctly, even though she said she would just waitlist me?
Also, my longest leg is MLE-IST. Am I still entitled to get the 20k per pax returned to my account if I don't clear in business?
FTR - the odd routing is there because there is no business or coach saver availability between IST-EWR for the date I need to return to the US, and EDI-EWR is UA metal.