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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 507662 times)

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #880 on: October 05, 2014, 10:27:02 AM »
i made a reservation with plan b and it all looked right, then i changed it did i just mess up the plan b
Could be. Does it still say I class requested?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #881 on: October 05, 2014, 10:33:14 AM »
thanks. the lady really messed it up. i called back and got the same lady and she continued messing it up splitting our reservation and whatnot. so i called to cancel and rebook, it took an hour and a half  and b'h now it looks right lets hope for the best iy"h.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #882 on: October 05, 2014, 11:27:44 AM »
thanks. the lady really messed it up. i called back and got the same lady and she continued messing it up splitting our reservation and whatnot. so i called to cancel and rebook, it took an hour and a half  and b'h now it looks right lets hope for the best iy"h.
what route?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #883 on: October 05, 2014, 07:17:59 PM »
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #884 on: October 06, 2014, 05:21:19 AM »
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date? good luck and keep us posted.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #885 on: October 07, 2014, 08:26:57 PM »
Back in January before the devaluation, I had successfully set up a Plan B award for EDI-EWR, flying last week.  It said "I class requested".  A couple of days before the flight I got an e-mail stating that my upgrade was not yet processed and that I'd be placed on the upgrade standby list.  At T-24 I checked the upgrade standby list.  There were a few people on it, but my name was missing.  Also, my reservation had changed to "R class requested".  We had a delay getting to EDI and then got stuck in the international arrivals hallway for ~45 minutes because an international departure just started boarding.  By the time we got to the gate, the flight was departing in 20 minutes (too late to even try to get PR1 status) and all first class seats were occupied.  The upgrade list showed 2 people had been upgraded.  My name still was not on the list. 

FWIW, the same thing happened in CLE the week prior for a short haul flight (I class switched to R, not added to standby list automatically).

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #886 on: October 07, 2014, 08:30:02 PM »
You checked the upgrade list AFTER you checked in at the airport?
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #887 on: October 07, 2014, 08:43:12 PM »
You checked the upgrade list AFTER you checked in at the airport?

Correct, I neglected to mention that.

My outbound journey was CLE-EWR-....  When I checked in at CLE I was not on the upgrade list.
My return journey was MLE-IST-EDI-EWR-CLE.  I was checked in and given boarding passes at MLE.  I checked the upgrade list while in the arrivals hall and was not on it.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #888 on: October 11, 2014, 07:48:16 PM »
date? good luck and keep us posted.
So this is what happened We checked in but still didn't see our names on the standby list so we tried speaking to the check in lady and she didn't know what she was talking about so We went to the lounge and the lady was really nice she called the help desk and finnaly got us on the waiting list but as pr2 so We told her were supposed to be pr1 and she called again she mentioned she was on the phone with lead. anyway they also told her that I was supposed to be pr2 and we couldn't really argue anymore and there were only 2 seats available anyway so that's that I didn't get upgraded and my wife and I had to sit in different rows with our child. I couldn't beleive no one offered to switch seats so that we can sit together making it a little easier with a kid without the bassinet.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #889 on: October 11, 2014, 09:31:04 PM »
You mentioned gg checkpoint line 53?
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #890 on: October 28, 2014, 12:02:16 PM »
Do I get a free bag if I didn't clear for business at the time of check-in?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #891 on: October 28, 2014, 12:25:23 PM »
Do I get a free bag if I didn't clear for business at the time of check-in?
Yes

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You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #893 on: October 28, 2014, 02:15:56 PM »
How?
Ask for a refund on online. Not guaranteed, but it should work.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #894 on: October 28, 2014, 02:17:37 PM »
Ask for a refund on online. Not guaranteed, but it should work.
Okay, that makes sense. I thought you said that you can checkin 2 free bags at time of check in.
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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #895 on: October 28, 2014, 02:18:49 PM »
Okay, that makes sense. I thought you said that you can checkin 2 free bags at time of check in.
No. You'd have to pay for 1 or both bags and just get refund later. Shouldn't be too hard if you flew J or F.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #896 on: October 29, 2014, 07:09:42 PM »
Almost got the upgrade. The ticket agent was so condescending and nasty. She insisted anyone can be upgraded EXCEPT JFK flights. I got it corrected on the phone but by the time I had it corrected it was too late.
Work is what you do between vacations.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #897 on: October 29, 2014, 07:14:03 PM »
Almost got the upgrade. The ticket agent was so condescending and nasty. She insisted anyone can be upgraded EXCEPT JFK flights. I got it corrected on the phone but by the time I had it corrected it was too late.
Sorry to hear. Better luck next time. You gotta love NYC agents.

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #898 on: November 05, 2014, 08:10:21 AM »
i have a saver award ticketed  leaving this Sunday 11/09/2014 at 3:50 PM. Could I still call and do the PLan B?

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Re: Plan B Discussion: Booking BusinessFirst Awards Without Availability
« Reply #899 on: November 05, 2014, 08:40:31 AM »
i have a saver award ticketed  leaving this Sunday 11/09/2014 at 3:50 PM. Could I still call and do the PLan B?
You'd need to cancel and rebook the whole thing.