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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2500 on: April 26, 2015, 12:15:06 PM »
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2501 on: April 28, 2015, 12:11:52 AM »
Business class gets priority boarding and lounge access (at least on this route) without any need for status or cc.

If you book it as Round Trip tickets (one from each account) - you can maximize the free stop/OW, for example: NYC-TLV-NYC//NYC-LAX (even a year later) for the price as NYC-TLV-NYC, but if you book them as One Ways you can not do this.
Can you book OW with a stop over jfk-lax-phx?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2502 on: April 28, 2015, 12:18:47 AM »
Can you book OW with a stop over jfk-lax-phx?
no stop overs on OW's
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2503 on: April 28, 2015, 12:46:10 AM »
no stop overs on OW's
Are there other airlines that do stop overs on a OW

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2504 on: April 28, 2015, 12:47:08 AM »
Are there other airlines that do stop overs on a OW
Yes

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2505 on: April 28, 2015, 01:53:16 AM »
If you think nobody cares about you... just forget to pay your credit card bill

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2506 on: April 28, 2015, 07:40:18 AM »
If I want to switch a RT to multi-destination within 24 hours (of reservation), do I need to PUTPAC? I keep trying online but it's erroring out.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2507 on: April 28, 2015, 07:58:57 AM »
If I want to switch a RT to multi-destination within 24 hours (of reservation), do I need to PUTPAC? I keep trying online but it's erroring out.
Theoretically, you can do it online. You'll likely need to call if it's even slightly complicated as UA.bomb can't handle that.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2508 on: April 28, 2015, 08:30:55 AM »
Theoretically, you can do it online. You'll likely need to call if it's even slightly complicated as UA.bomb can't handle that.
I'm assuming adding a new region to lower the price is considered complicated. Thanks!

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2510 on: April 28, 2015, 02:42:30 PM »
if am looking to avoid close in booking fee, does the change have to be on the same flight, or same route?
and does it have to be in the same Award category, ie if i book a Standard Award and find availability is saver Award.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2511 on: April 28, 2015, 03:06:29 PM »
if am looking to avoid close in booking fee, does the change have to be on the same flight, or same route?
and does it have to be in the same Award category, ie if i book a Standard Award and find availability is saver Award.
No. No.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2512 on: April 28, 2015, 07:04:59 PM »
when booking standard award and saver open up is there a way to get the extra miles back without canceling and re booking?   

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2513 on: April 28, 2015, 08:14:45 PM »
flying in less then a month EWR-TLV Available Cabins: J9, JN9, C9, D9, Z9, ZN9, P9, PN0, R0, RN0, IN0, I0, Y9, YN9, B9, M9, E9, U9, H9, HN9, Q9, V9, W9, S9, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0 what are the chances of J or Y opening up for saver

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2514 on: April 29, 2015, 12:29:13 AM »
flying in less then a month EWR-TLV Available Cabins: J9, JN9, C9, D9, Z9, ZN9, P9, PN0, R0, RN0, IN0, I0, Y9, YN9, B9, M9, E9, U9, H9, HN9, Q9, V9, W9, S9, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0 what are the chances of J or Y opening up for saver

Very slim.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2515 on: April 29, 2015, 01:06:31 AM »
Very slim.
even few days before? if so ill wait till the end and book standard award (standard can be booked as long that there is seat available for card holders CMIIW)

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2516 on: April 29, 2015, 01:45:23 AM »
even few days before? if so ill wait till the end and book standard award (standard can be booked as long that there is seat available for card holders CMIIW)
correct, might as well wait...if your a cardholder then you can always book the standard award
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2517 on: April 29, 2015, 01:59:11 AM »
No. No.
O/w booked. Thanks for the help.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2518 on: April 29, 2015, 02:51:41 AM »
even few days before? if so ill wait till the end and book standard award (standard can be booked as long that there is seat available for card holders CMIIW)
I think there's a chance. A flight I booked on that route for my mother around Pesach time had P that switched to I a few days out. Y doesn't seem very likely though.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #2519 on: April 29, 2015, 02:16:52 PM »
I think there's a chance. A flight I booked on that route for my mother around Pesach time had P that switched to I a few days out. Y doesn't seem very likely though.
with Z class available (9+seats)  it should be easier CMIIW