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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #60 on: November 19, 2012, 07:31:44 AM »
Why only one? :P ;)
Since you've never shared with us how to do more, or how to do them better.
If you want to do a tutorial at the DO this week, I'd be up for it. And I'd sposor your beer.

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Re: Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #61 on: November 19, 2012, 08:01:53 AM »
Free legs.
I think he also had a post about how to make a circle trip using a free one way in certain situations.
oh, that's old news. to be precise its not really free legs, its more like free stopovers and utilizing both an OJ + free stopovers
to be honest, these are fairly simple rules that most mediocre award book'ers are aware of.

still he doesn't write the real stuff [ maybe slight hints here and there];)
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #62 on: November 19, 2012, 08:01:59 AM »
In think he'd rather you sponsor his ambiance
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #63 on: November 19, 2012, 08:20:47 AM »
In think he'd rather you sponsor his ambiance
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #64 on: November 19, 2012, 09:47:42 AM »
oh, that's old news. to be precise its not really free legs, its more like free stopovers and utilizing both an OJ + free stopovers
to be honest, these are fairly simple rules that most mediocre award book'ers are aware of.
Indeed, I've never understood Reuven's fascination with it, when I looked there it seemed like really basic stuff that I've blogged about in passing for years.
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #65 on: November 19, 2012, 09:58:51 AM »
oh, that's old news. to be precise its not really free legs, its more like free stopovers and utilizing both an OJ + free stopovers
to be honest, these are fairly simple rules that most mediocre award book'ers are aware of.

still he doesn't write the real stuff [ maybe slight hints here and there];)
It was a chiddush to me due to the supposed back tracking rules.

Any advice to using this on a TLV - ?? routing?

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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #66 on: November 19, 2012, 10:00:36 AM »
It was a chiddush to me due to the supposed back tracking rules.

Any advice to using this on a TLV - ?? routing?
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #67 on: November 19, 2012, 10:06:08 AM »
The rule with UA and US is that there are no rules.  Once you understand that you'll be able to HUCA and play with UA.com and perform miracles.
In this all doable online? From what I've heard, a lot depends on HUCA.

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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #68 on: November 19, 2012, 10:20:03 AM »
In this all doable online? From what I've heard, a lot depends on HUCA.
Some shtick is doable online, other requires HUCA and perhaps at different points of the itin.
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #69 on: November 19, 2012, 01:06:26 PM »
Some shtick is doable online, other requires HUCA and perhaps at different points of the itin.
I've spent hrs trying different itin's online, and while I've found some decent 'savings', I know there's more lurking out there.
I've also heard that if you call up to make changes and they don't approve them, that it's entered onto your pax (or s/t of that nature), and when you call back, it could cause issues.

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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #70 on: November 19, 2012, 02:02:45 PM »
Some shtick is doable online

Their website actually became much more capable, it can now do a lot of changes etc.
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #71 on: November 19, 2012, 02:06:18 PM »
Their website actually became much more capable, it can now do a lot of changes etc.
example of something it can do now it couldnt do before?

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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #72 on: December 27, 2012, 11:10:49 AM »
Have a ticket in business class 120k rewards
Here is my itinerary dec 17 YYZ-EWR
                              Dec 18 PHl- TLV
                              Dec 27 TLV-EWR
                              Dec 28 EWR-YYZ

I am trying to change the EWR-YYZ leg to Jan 3 keep on getting told no bec I already had a stop over on the way out. Is there any way to do this?? 

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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #73 on: December 27, 2012, 11:14:28 AM »
You didn't have a stopover on the way out, you had an en-route OJ (EWR // PHL).

However, because it's apparently viewed as a stopover, they don't want to let you stop again in EWR.

Try having the rates desk manuall price.
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Re: Add leg on United rewards ticket
« Reply #74 on: December 27, 2012, 11:15:40 AM »
You didn't have a stopover on the way out, you had an en-route OJ (EWR // PHL).

However, because it's apparently viewed as a stopover, they don't want to let you stop again in EWR.

Try having the rates desk manuall price.
That's what I keep on saying. They seem to disagree. 

Now does anyone know if I forfeit EWR-YYZ will I get my luggage if connection was supposed to be a hour and a half?
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