Author Topic: United Mileage Plus (Read 301568 times)

Aron27 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 11, 2015, 06:39:40 AM »

Quote from: Lazegotit on September 11, 2015, 05:53:16 AM

I got an email from United saying that if I book a hotel with "rocketmiles" by 10/31 I can get 3k miles, and then 1-10k additional depending on the hotel. Anyone familiar with this?

I did it.. Got 5000 points..

YaakovR · « **Reply #21 on:** November 05, 2015, 01:02:36 AM »

United wants $200 to cancel a rewards ticket.
Is there any kind of workaround that will avoid this fee, or at least lower it?

Any help will really be appreciated.

DMYD · « **Reply #22 on:** November 05, 2015, 01:04:58 AM »

Quote from: YaakovR on November 05, 2015, 01:02:36 AM

United wants $200 to cancel a rewards ticket.
Is there any kind of workaround that will avoid this fee, or at least lower it?

Any help will really be appreciated.

Not if you don't have any status, but can try huca a little to find a good reason why you had to cancel and maybe they will waive it.

D93 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 05, 2015, 01:59:30 AM »

Quote from: YaakovR on November 05, 2015, 01:02:36 AM

United wants $200 to cancel a rewards ticket.
Is there any kind of workaround that will avoid this fee, or at least lower it?

Any help will really be appreciated.

No schedule change?

YaakovR · « **Reply #24 on:** November 05, 2015, 09:55:17 AM »

Quote from: D93 on November 05, 2015, 01:59:30 AM

No schedule change?

There's no saver awards for those dates.

LoLo · « **Reply #25 on:** November 05, 2015, 10:55:57 AM »

Quote from: YaakovR on November 05, 2015, 09:55:17 AM

There's no saver awards for those dates.

I believe he's asking if the flight schedule hasn't changed, if it did, that might help to get the fee waived.

YaakovR · « **Reply #26 on:** November 05, 2015, 11:21:58 AM »

Quote from: LoLo on November 05, 2015, 10:55:57 AM

I believe he's asking if the flight schedule hasn't changed, if it did, that might help to get the fee waived.

No it stayed the same.

Hatastah · « **Reply #27 on:** December 25, 2015, 02:20:15 AM »

I'm about 500 miles short of 70k for the award I need. I can transfer more from chase once my statement closes, but that's not for a coupla weeks. How much would it cost to pay cash for the balance?

D93 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 25, 2015, 02:34:25 AM »

Quote from: Hatastah on December 25, 2015, 02:20:15 AM

I'm about 500 miles short of 70k for the award I need. I can transfer more from chase once my statement closes, but that's not for a coupla weeks. How much would it cost to pay cash for the balance?

You can change your Chase statement date.

Hatastah · « **Reply #29 on:** December 25, 2015, 02:36:36 AM »

Quote from: D93 on December 25, 2015, 02:34:25 AM

You can change your Chase statement date.

Good idea, I was thinking about that. If it's minimal cost to purchase those 500 miles, I would consider not going through the hassle...

D93 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 25, 2015, 03:03:30 AM »

Quote from: Hatastah on December 25, 2015, 02:36:36 AM

Good idea, I was thinking about that. If it's minimal cost to purchase those 500 miles, I would consider not going through the hassle...

They only sell in increments of 1k.

oiseli48 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 31, 2016, 08:47:31 PM »

Systemwide outages on swiss redemptions - i was just on the phone with united for 45 minutes trying to book

Mik77 · « **Reply #32 on:** February 26, 2016, 10:58:19 AM »

I have 35k miles with United. Are they worth anything? Does United allow points to be transferred to different programs?

D93 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 27, 2016, 12:16:36 PM »

Quote from: Mik77 on February 26, 2016, 10:58:19 AM

I have 35k miles with United. Are they worth anything?

Yes

Bostener · « **Reply #34 on:** February 27, 2016, 07:04:22 PM »

And the answer to the second question is of course no.

IsraelGuy · « **Reply #35 on:** February 29, 2016, 01:48:32 PM »

Any current way to hold award using United? Flights all on partners - not enough miles, all I see is an option to "continue and add miles" with a $750 option to purchase some extra miles.

Am I missing something?

palm tights · « **Reply #36 on:** February 29, 2016, 07:47:29 PM »

Can use farelock and then add points?

YudiG · « **Reply #37 on:** March 02, 2016, 06:39:46 PM »

United only allows gold members lounge access when traveling internationally... If someone is going tlv-ewr-ord, will they allow lounge access in EWR before flight to ord?

Menachem613 · « **Reply #38 on:** March 03, 2016, 03:43:43 PM »

I booked a flight and made plans and now they tell me that Swiss (the middle segment of the flight) won't ticket it. What can I do now? Am I totally screwed? There's nothing else available on that day.

I don't want the refund. I want the flight.

Copernicus · « **Reply #39 on:** March 05, 2016, 03:59:24 AM »

I sponsored an upgrade using my GPUs for a round-trip flight that was supposed to take place this month. The GPUs cleared and all legs were confirmed upgraded.

The trip was cancelled but I have not seen the GPUs redeposited to my account.

Then I read this on the United website:

Quote

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/mileageplus/premier/swupgrades.aspx

In most cases, the Global Premier Upgrade will be considered used if any segment of an itinerary is upgraded or flown. However, for travel which includes segments in United BusinessFirst or United Global First, the Global Premier Upgrade will be re-deposited if the United BusinessFirst or United Global First segment(s) could not be upgraded.

So if the upgrade was confirmed when requested, it is still considered used if the flight is cancelled?