Author Topic: United award flights (Read 817049 times)

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #3640 on:** March 07, 2016, 06:01:55 PM »

Nyc-tlv on UA award chart has Turkish for 42k. Is it cheaper anywhere else?

D93 · « **Reply #3641 on:** March 07, 2016, 06:02:53 PM »

Quote from: B.D.Da'ehu on March 07, 2016, 06:01:55 PM

Nyc-tlv on UA award chart has Turkish for 42.5k. Is it cheaper anywhere else?

FTFY

37.5k SQ + YQ
40k AC and no YQ.

username · « **Reply #3642 on:** March 08, 2016, 09:43:56 AM »

Quote from: D93 on March 07, 2016, 05:47:53 PM

Yes.

Can you see XN availability when searching for a flight?

I see this by my points:

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As long as you earn or use MileagePlus award miles at least once every 18 months, your award miles will never expire. You can earn or redeem award miles for travel, hotel stays and car rentals, and for a variety of everyday products and services available from partners worldwide. The mileage expiration policy applies to all MileagePlus accounts.

But when i search i do see

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Available fare classes:Y2YN2B2M2E0U0H0HN0Q0V0W0S0T0L0K0G0N0XN0X0

D93 · « **Reply #3643 on:** March 08, 2016, 09:47:49 AM »

Quote from: username on March 08, 2016, 09:43:56 AM

I see this by my points:But when i search i do see

Search a flight that has XN space and no X space, and see if it gives you the option to book it as a saver award.

username · « **Reply #3644 on:** March 08, 2016, 10:06:41 AM »

If I book seperately two seats on the same flight for a passenger, will United cancell one? I have a paid reservation that i am planning on cancelling (w/i 24 hrs), and i want to book it as a reward flight. Available seats are limited, and i cant cancell the paid seats just yet.

coralsnake · « **Reply #3645 on:** March 08, 2016, 10:29:30 AM »

Quote from: username on March 08, 2016, 10:06:41 AM

If I book seperately two seats on the same flight for a passenger, will United cancell one? I have a paid reservation that i am planning on cancelling (w/i 24 hrs), and i want to book it as a reward flight. Available seats are limited, and i cant cancell the paid seats just yet.

They won't cancel. Certainly not within 24 hours of booking.

username · « **Reply #3646 on:** March 08, 2016, 10:36:54 AM »

And if i keep the paid reservation, can i cancel the award and gett all my points back within 24 hours of booking? Flight is in a few weeks.

D93 · « **Reply #3647 on:** March 08, 2016, 10:37:27 AM »

Quote from: username on March 08, 2016, 10:36:54 AM

And if i keep the paid reservation, can i cancel the award and gett all my points back within 24 hours of booking? Flight is in a few weeks.

Yes

username · « **Reply #3648 on:** March 08, 2016, 11:29:46 AM »

Quote from: intgesh on February 24, 2016, 09:13:16 AM

I'm trying to book the direct flight PHX-EWR on 3/1 at 1pm (UA1552). Without logging in, there is no saver availability. With the expanded availability there are 5 tickets in coach on the saver level. I booked the route in April to avoid the close-in fee, however when I tried to change the booking to March 1st there was no saver availability on that flight. Is there anything that would help, such as calling up the airline? Or the expanded award seats don't work for this?

I just had this same issue. Expanded availability was showing two seats, but when i tried to change an existing resservation to that flight it didnt let me. Not even for 1 pass. I had to call up, and they did it no issues.

ETA: Just saw Dans post

Quote from: Dan on February 24, 2016, 10:43:46 AM

Probably won't work.
When you change flights it can't see expanded award space and 99.9% of agents won't give you expanded award space unless you're elite.

so i guess i got the 1%! She was actually very helpful, and before she hung up she asked if there was anything elso, so i started asking about a TLV flight, but she said that she only does domestic.

Agoldsc1 · « **Reply #3649 on:** March 09, 2016, 01:51:25 PM »

General United award ticket question for all the Gurus out there regarding stop-overs:

I know that it is possible to get a free one-way ticket in an international ticket by making your home city a stop over (I.E: Outbound flight is NYC to Zurich, return is Zurich to LAX, with a "stop-over" in NYC, thereby getting a free one-way ticket from NYC to LAX)

I know that it is possible to have a different regions for the stop-over and the destination on the outbound leg (I.E: Outbound flight is NYC to ZUR with a stop-over in JNB, return flight is Zurich to NYC)

My question is if it is possible to have a different region for the stop-over and final destination on the return leg. For example, would I be able to fly NYC to Zurich, then return Zurich to JNB, with a "stop-over" in NYC, thereby getting a free one way ticket of NYC to JNB? The way I see it, this would be an open-jaw ticket (departing NYC, returning to JNB), with one permitted stop-over, all with allowable connecting regions. Does this make sense?

Thanks!

D93 · « **Reply #3650 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:00:21 PM »

You want to fly NYC-ZRH (destination) - NYC (stop) -JNB?

Agoldsc1 · « **Reply #3651 on:** March 09, 2016, 02:06:26 PM »

Quote from: D93 on March 09, 2016, 02:00:21 PM

You want to fly NYC-ZRH (destination) - NYC (stop) -JNB?

Yes, but that was just an example. What I'm really asking is, can I fly the following:

Outbound flight: Region X to Region Y
Return Flight: Region Y to Region X to Region Z (with Region X acting as the stop-over)

Thanks!

joew · « **Reply #3652 on:** March 09, 2016, 03:34:52 PM »

does the close in fee method still work?

username · « **Reply #3653 on:** March 09, 2016, 03:39:29 PM »

worked yesterday

D93 · « **Reply #3654 on:** March 09, 2016, 06:04:58 PM »

Quote from: joew on March 09, 2016, 03:34:52 PM

does the close in fee method still work?

Yes

CS91 · « **Reply #3655 on:** March 10, 2016, 09:53:46 AM »

Already have DW and I booked on a UA flight, and our daughter is listed as a lap infant. Would I be able to book my daughter into her own seat now? Or because I'm only booking her now, it would be a separate PNR and not doable because an infant can't be on her own res?

D93 · « **Reply #3656 on:** March 10, 2016, 10:38:59 AM »

Quote from: CS91 on March 10, 2016, 09:53:46 AM

Already have DW and I booked on a UA flight, and our daughter is listed as a lap infant. Would I be able to book my daughter into her own seat now? Or because I'm only booking her now, it would be a separate PNR and not doable because an infant can't be on her own res?

Just make a fake birthday and you could book her her own seat.

CS91 · « **Reply #3657 on:** March 10, 2016, 10:51:13 AM »

Quote from: D93 on March 10, 2016, 10:38:59 AM

Just make a fake birthday and you could book her her own seat.

How old does she need to be to be on her own PNR?

username · « **Reply #3658 on:** March 10, 2016, 12:08:10 PM »

I see a flight available on Air Canada with miles. But I dont see it available on United. Can a United rep book it for me over the phone?

D93 · « **Reply #3659 on:** March 10, 2016, 12:09:26 PM »

Quote from: CS91 on March 10, 2016, 10:51:13 AM

How old does she need to be to be on her own PNR?

Just make her 100 years older so you can always so you filled in 19 instead of 20.

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