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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4020 on: October 09, 2016, 04:39:24 PM »
Assuming all stopovers are until 24 hours it should be 57.5k.
Just keep HUCAing
They all were under 24 hours. Gave up on this trip, but thanks.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4021 on: October 09, 2016, 06:12:19 PM »
Ha

How does it compare to plan B?
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4022 on: October 09, 2016, 06:44:42 PM »

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4023 on: October 09, 2016, 08:24:14 PM »
Vs. Plan B, which has pretty high odds
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4024 on: October 10, 2016, 12:33:03 PM »
Assuming all stopovers are until 24 hours it should be 57.5k.
Just keep HUCAingPretty much Zero
not true anymore. HUCA may not help with the new award rules. Supposedly if you cant make it show in the united tool it wont work.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4025 on: October 10, 2016, 12:49:48 PM »
not true anymore. HUCA may not help with the new award rules. Supposedly if you cant make it show in the united tool it wont work.
Oh it shows but depending on how you enter it you get different mileage calculations.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4026 on: October 10, 2016, 03:51:59 PM »
Oh it shows but depending on how you enter it you get different mileage calculations.
unless it shows when you search as a one way and not multi-city.....

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4027 on: October 10, 2016, 04:46:49 PM »
How long does it take for a reward ticket to 'ticket'. I made a domestic reservation 45 minutes ago, and it still has not ticketed yet. Normal?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4028 on: October 10, 2016, 04:50:51 PM »
How long does it take for a reward ticket to 'ticket'. I made a domestic reservation 45 minutes ago, and it still has not ticketed yet. Normal?

On UA metal, definitely not normal. Call them, there may be an issue with the flight.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4029 on: October 10, 2016, 05:03:53 PM »
On UA metal, definitely not normal. Call them, there may be an issue with the flight.
told by the call back# that award tickets are taking a long time to ticket. IT is working out the kinks. Its gonna cost me some $ :(
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4030 on: October 10, 2016, 05:10:56 PM »
told by the call back# that award tickets are taking a long time to ticket. IT is working out the kinks. Its gonna cost me some $ :(

Makes sense it has to do with the new changes, they maybe even manually push things through. You have 24 hours from ticketing, so no worries.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4031 on: October 10, 2016, 05:23:28 PM »
As she was telling me that she can do nothing, as my points are frozen, the ticket got ticketed. (took about 80 minutes)She was more excited than I was. I told her that i would rather do it online (**cough cough**), and it worked as in the past. She even held on the line to make sure i can do it, and opened up some nice seats in row 5 for me! The new flight ticketed instantly.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4032 on: October 13, 2016, 08:10:07 AM »
When is end of year with United for earning status? I am 6k short of Gold and have a flight in January.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4033 on: October 14, 2016, 11:04:06 AM »
Anyway to hold award flights while miles post? Rep claims its not possible.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4034 on: October 19, 2016, 08:35:19 AM »
Anyway to hold award flights while miles post? Rep claims its not possible.

Fare lock. Costs $

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4035 on: October 19, 2016, 08:49:21 AM »
Fare lock. Costs $
Sorry, for not posting update. I got them to hold it for me for 3 days for free until the mikes posted. Then they wanted to charge me for booking over the phone and close in fee, even though they told me it wouldn't apply. So I canceled the hold and booked it online with the trick discussed here.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4036 on: October 19, 2016, 10:23:13 AM »
When is end of year with United for earning status? I am 6k short of Gold and have a flight in January.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4037 on: October 19, 2016, 10:29:01 AM »
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IINM it goes by calendar year for earning.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4038 on: October 27, 2016, 10:09:50 AM »
So im in KBP now and my flight to WAW is delayed. Its a revenue ticket. Need to catch a flight from WAW as my next flight tonight to start my award itinerary.  Both these flights are on LOT. If i misconnect in WAW my only option is to have them reroute me on LH. Tomorrow morning from WAW to FRA then on to NY as opposed to tonights WAW-HAM-EWR routing. What happens if the reroute me:
1. will they charge the addl points.
2. Will they even be able to reroute me or its tough on me because of shabbos?
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4039 on: October 27, 2016, 12:26:02 PM »
Are the two itinerarys linked