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http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/mileageplus/awards/travel/types.aspx
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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 507497 times)

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1280 on: April 20, 2015, 12:30:05 AM »
Same plane. (atleast sometimes). And could be closer to home. So why not.

Forgot they do have the 752s on the EWR route.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1281 on: April 20, 2015, 12:52:26 AM »
Forgot they do have the 752s on the EWR route.
Like 1 a day. And I verified, his is a cool 737.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1282 on: April 20, 2015, 12:55:06 AM »
Like 1 a day. And I verified, his is a cool 737.

Ummm, it clearly says 757-200 in the booking image
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1283 on: April 20, 2015, 12:56:04 AM »
Like 1 a day. And I verified, his is a cool 737.

Sometimes more it seems.

And:

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1284 on: April 20, 2015, 12:59:00 AM »
Sometimes more it seems.

And:


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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1285 on: April 20, 2015, 08:20:12 AM »
Haha that was a fun convo to read. Working on a 2 week trip, so having a free parking spot by a relative near EWR was the factor pushing me for that airport. And, yes, it's the 757. :-)

Doesn't matter.

Seems like IN gets requested lots of times of Plan B's even though the pax is not elite. Either way, you're better off with IN.
I don't have IN, is it really better?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1286 on: April 20, 2015, 08:45:42 AM »
FWIW, No KSML for transcon ewr flights.
And of course IN is much better.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1287 on: April 20, 2015, 08:49:49 AM »
Forgot they do have the 752s on the EWR route.
And even those are not all lie-flat.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1288 on: April 20, 2015, 08:57:59 AM »
FWIW, No KSML for transcon ewr flights.
And of course IN is much better.
Yeah that's fine. It's a morning flight, so it's just lunch that's an issue. I guess we'd bring some snacks/sandwiches and maybe head to NKS when we land. ;D

Is there a way I can get them to change me to IN?
Is it a problem that it still hasn't ticketed (~12 hours so far), or does Plan B take longer to ticket?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1289 on: April 20, 2015, 11:54:40 AM »
1) Is there a way I can get them to change me to IN?
2) Is it a problem that it still hasn't ticketed (~12 hours so far), or does Plan B take longer to ticket?
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1290 on: April 20, 2015, 12:04:01 PM »
bump
Some times I've heard it can take up to 24 hours to ticket.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1291 on: April 21, 2015, 09:48:26 AM »
I had to call up to finally get them to ticket it. Got the confirmation email and this is the Class now. Does that make sense?


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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1292 on: April 21, 2015, 09:58:24 AM »
I had to call up to finally get them to ticket it. Got the confirmation email and this is the Class now. Does that make sense?


HN is economy anytime award, meaning if I doesn't clear, u probably  won't get back the milage difference

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1293 on: April 21, 2015, 10:01:33 AM »
HN is economy anytime award, meaning if I doesn't clear, u probably  won't get back the milage difference
>:( How did that happen?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1294 on: April 21, 2015, 10:03:17 AM »
>:( How did that happen?
When they reissued the ticket they changed it to HN, I guess not every agent know how to set it up properly using X

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1295 on: April 21, 2015, 10:05:00 AM »
When they reissued the ticket they changed it to HN, I guess not every agent know how to set it up properly using X
Uch looks like I'll need to call again. Thanks.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1296 on: April 21, 2015, 10:28:40 AM »
HN is economy anytime award, meaning if I doesn't clear, u probably  won't get back the milage difference
+1. Call up to get it corrected.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1297 on: April 21, 2015, 01:45:47 PM »
Boy, nothing goes simply in this game, does it?

Reps are claiming there was no Saver space available yesterday when I booked, that's why I was put in HN. Can you even DO Plan B if there's only standard space available?

Getting transferred around to try and show someone my screenshot that shows XN space. I hope that blocking out my dates doesn't come back to haunt me.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1298 on: April 21, 2015, 01:47:39 PM »
Boy, nothing goes simply in this game, does it?

Reps are claiming there was no Saver space available yesterday when I booked, that's why I was put in HN. Can you even DO Plan B if there's only standard space available?

Getting transferred around to try and show someone my screenshot that shows XN space. I hope that blocking out my dates doesn't come back to haunt me.
Why would it come back to haunt you?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #1299 on: April 21, 2015, 01:50:16 PM »
Why would it come back to haunt you?
The screenshot doesn't have anything specific in it, like my name, and doesn't even have the dates of travel. Technically, I could have pulled that out of anywhere.