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http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/mileageplus/awards/travel/types.aspx
Click on "United air travel award rules:"
"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 507580 times)

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Let me chime in. Used Plan B for my parents 4 months ago cleared both ways!
Awesome.
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Does this also work for partner airlines?

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Nope, this is only offered on CO Flights using CO mileage

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i have an award booking 60k points tlv-zrh-ewr b/c  right now cleard on LX in b/c from tlv-zrh,  and cleard only in economy on UA979 zrh-ewr.

Will plan B work for us?

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i have an award booking 60k points tlv-zrh-ewr b/c  right now cleard on LX in b/c from tlv-zrh,  and cleard only in economy on UA979 zrh-ewr.

Will plan B work for us?

how do u have a ticket for 60k??

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so will plan b work in my case?
Thanks

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so will plan b work in my case?
Thanks
No idea, why not call and find out?
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does this concept apply to DELTA as well or just CO

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does this concept apply to DELTA as well or just CO

Only CO.
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how do u have a ticket for 60k??

One-Way in Business from TLV-N. America is 60k now

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So here is my answer, they will not waitlist on united, however if the zrh-ewr does not open up in B/C, i can get my miles back into my account as a displaced b/c passenger

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So here is my answer, they will not waitlist on united, however if the zrh-ewr does not open up in B/C, i can get my miles back into my account as a displaced b/c passenger
How many miles will you get back?  If you are in J for TLV-ZRH I'd imagine you wouldn't get anything back.
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how do u have a ticket for 60k??
one way

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How many miles will you get back?  If you are in J for TLV-ZRH I'd imagine you wouldn't get anything back.
She said 20k,  the diference between economy and b/c

Yes i took her name etc.. just in case

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She said 20k,  the diference between economy and b/c

Yes i took her name etc.. just in case
But you got business for TLV-ZRH?

I know on CO if you clear the domestic segment but not the international segment you get the miles back.  But if the international segment clears than there are no refunds.
Seems strange that you would be entitled to a refund.
YMMV I suppose.
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But you got business for TLV-ZRH?

I know on CO if you clear the domestic segment but not the international segment you get the miles back.  But if the international segment clears than there are no refunds.
Seems strange that you would be entitled to a refund.
YMMV I suppose.
1-Yes

2- she mentiond something about "the longer of the 2 flights"

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Re: Need help finding a ticket? Post here! Award ticket edition (Master thread)
« Reply #58 on: September 19, 2011, 12:16:34 PM »
Nice!
Please update when it clears. We're at 100% clearing here on DDF :D


Now, the flight is leaving tomorrow, and there's only one seat open in B/F, and there's already one person on the 'upgrade standby list'. According to them I should be on the list too.
 
"Who is included on the upgrade list?

There are several reasons why a customer could get upgraded on a flight. Below are some of the most common types of customers shown on the list of “Customers Upgraded” and “Upgrade Standby” lists:



1. Eligible premium cabin fares. Customers who have paid or redeemed miles for a seat in First Class or BusinessFirst but were only able to confirm a seat in Economy Class will appear on the “Upgrade Standby” list after checking in. If space is available, they will be cleared on to the “Customers Upgraded list” "


As the latter being Plan-B. How can I get myself on this cherished list?? I understand I have to checkin first, how can I checkin before 24 hours of the flight?

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You need to ask an airport agent to manually place you on the list within 24 hours of the flight.

Make sure to stress you are a displaced BusinessFirst customer as you paid for a BF seat but are seated in coach.  This will give you priority status that will place you ahead of regular people on the upgrade standby list trying to use miles+cash or SWUs to upgrade.  Make sure they notate the priority status.  In CO language it's called "PR-1."  Confirm that you have PR-1 status.

Also due to the refundable nature of most BF seats, there are commonly no-shows at the gate, so even if it says full there's a chance they will upgrade people even after they board the plane.
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