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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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Author Topic: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability  (Read 507476 times)

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1200 on: February 15, 2015, 06:37:49 PM »
Can I make plan b even there is no availability on business Even on the hight rate?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1201 on: February 15, 2015, 06:49:35 PM »
Sure, why not?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1202 on: February 16, 2015, 10:51:37 AM »
If I bought the award saver ticket in Y can I call in to have them set up a plan B, or is it only possible when making the award ticket?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1203 on: February 16, 2015, 11:10:58 AM »
You can do it now. I wouldn't be surprised tho if UA tried to charge you change fee.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1204 on: February 16, 2015, 01:37:17 PM »
You can do it now. I wouldn't be surprised tho if UA tried to charge you change fee.
Thanks. I will do it and they wont charge me a fee.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1205 on: February 17, 2015, 09:58:03 AM »
Had a pretty competent-sounding rep look at gg onestandby, and she claimed the only ones who get PR-1 status are GS members.

All others are PR-2.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1206 on: February 17, 2015, 10:01:26 AM »
Had a pretty competent-sounding rep look at gg onestandby, and she claimed the only ones who get PR-1 status are GS members.

All others are PR-2.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1207 on: February 17, 2015, 10:02:45 AM »
Had a pretty competent-sounding rep look at gg onestandby, and she claimed the only ones who get PR-1 status are GS members.

All others are PR-2.

Putting on my game face for check-in.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1208 on: February 17, 2015, 10:07:30 AM »
I have  feeling that maybe the ggstandby line changed again?..
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1209 on: February 17, 2015, 10:31:34 AM »
Also, lately when I check in someone who has Plan B set up, he does not show up on the upgrade list at all. Is that how it always worked? The airport agent has to put you manually on the upgrade list?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1210 on: February 17, 2015, 10:39:30 AM »
Also, lately when I check in someone who has Plan B set up, he does not show up on the upgrade list at all. Is that how it always worked? The airport agent has to put you manually on the upgrade list?

Yup. I got an email saying the upgrade didn't clear and to please check in to he added to upgrade standby list. Checked in, and wasn't put on the list at all, let alone PR-1.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1211 on: February 17, 2015, 10:51:48 AM »
Yup. I got an email saying the upgrade didn't clear and to please check in to he added to upgrade standby list. Checked in, and wasn't put on the list at all, let alone PR-1.
When that happened to me I just called and they confirmed me in J over the phone, but YMMV obviously.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1212 on: February 17, 2015, 10:53:37 AM »
When that happened to me I just called and they confirmed me in J over the phone, but YMMV obviously.

Was there award space?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1213 on: February 17, 2015, 10:57:29 AM »
Was there award space?
Not in J. When my status changed from "I class requested" to "R Class" I just said pointed out that I'd already paid for J and there were still seats for sale and it was weird I wasn't confirmed (played naive a bit). Flight ended up having 4 seats open (on a 772 GIG-IAH).

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1214 on: February 17, 2015, 11:11:12 AM »
Also, lately when I check in someone who has Plan B set up, he does not show up on the upgrade list at all. Is that how it always worked? The airport agent has to put you manually on the upgrade list?
Always been that way.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1215 on: February 17, 2015, 11:29:19 AM »
Always been that way.
Always been that you have to manually ask for PR-1 status or you always had to ask to even show on the waitlist?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1216 on: February 17, 2015, 11:45:53 AM »
Both.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1217 on: February 17, 2015, 05:08:23 PM »
After educating agent about being a displaced business class passenger, and deserving PR-1 status, she finally made the call to the mileage desk, and confirmed that that's where I belong.  Then she called me back to the desk, and told me that it was a mistake, and that she's putting me back into PR-2.  I referred her to gg onestandby line 81, they were shocked that a non-United employee would know this information, but then they printed it out for me, and apparently it has changed.  It now shows that only elite members can be put into PR-1 status, and that everyone else must be in PR-2.  So now there's basically no chance of me flying business class tonight.  Any advice?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1218 on: February 17, 2015, 05:13:22 PM »
After educating agent about being a displaced business class passenger, and deserving PR-1 status, she finally made the call to the mileage desk, and confirmed that that's where I belong.  Then she called me back to the desk, and told me that it was a mistake, and that she's putting me back into PR-2.  I referred her to gg onestandby line 81, they were shocked that a non-United employee would know this information, but then they printed it out for me, and apparently it has changed.  It now shows that only elite members can be put into PR-1 status, and that everyone else must be in PR-2.  So now there's basically no chance of me flying business class tonight.  Any advice?

Yeah, that's what I was told, too. I posted upthread.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1219 on: February 17, 2015, 05:14:51 PM »
@Dan, you gotta figure out the new lines.

Rindsy, can you post a screen shot of the ggstandby line?
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