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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4720 on: April 30, 2019, 07:56:47 PM »
Depends on the route and class, but that's an option.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4721 on: April 30, 2019, 07:57:14 PM »
so avianca LM best bet for close flights?
Depends what airline and which route. AC can be good too.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4722 on: April 30, 2019, 08:13:22 PM »
Depends what airline and which route. AC can be good too.
United ewr to fll

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4723 on: May 01, 2019, 08:35:57 PM »
Made transfer from ur to United almost two hrs ago and points still didn’t post....is that normal?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4724 on: May 01, 2019, 08:56:06 PM »
Made transfer from ur to United almost two hrs ago and points still didn’t post....is that normal?
Did you log out of your United account and log back in?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4725 on: May 01, 2019, 09:38:11 PM »
Did you log out of your United account and log back in?
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4726 on: May 01, 2019, 09:42:15 PM »
Made transfer from ur to United almost two hrs ago and points still didn’t post....is that normal?

Look in the chase transfer history, it may show sending for sometimes rare odd reasons then you have your answer.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4727 on: May 01, 2019, 11:07:53 PM »
Look in the chase transfer history, it may show sending for sometimes rare odd reasons then you have your answer.
Says Transfer request in progress.... never had this before it always posts instantly.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4728 on: May 01, 2019, 11:23:11 PM »
Says Transfer request in progress.... never had this before it always posts instantly.

Yup, had it int he past you are in limbo, it may now take up to 24  hrs. or longer, try calling, don;t think they can expedite it, but you may try.

You can also do another thing maybe. If you have more points, try doing a second transfer, this will hopefully go through, cancel the first, I think I did it once when I had this issue, don't remember though.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4729 on: May 01, 2019, 11:47:45 PM »
Made transfer from ur to United almost two hrs ago and points still didn’t post....is that normal?
i had it once I waited a few days and it never came to United it just came back into my UR account.... there’s no one to talk to UR says call UA and UA says call UR....
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4730 on: May 02, 2019, 08:41:56 AM »
Made transfer from ur to United almost two hrs ago and points still didn’t post....is that normal?
Same here.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4731 on: May 02, 2019, 09:02:37 AM »
Yup, had it int he past you are in limbo, it may now take up to 24  hrs. or longer, try calling, don;t think they can expedite it, but you may try.

You can also do another thing maybe. If you have more points, try doing a second transfer, this will hopefully go through, cancel the first, I think I did it once when I had this issue, don't remember though.
How do I know that the new transfer will work instantly? How do I cancel an old transfer?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4732 on: May 03, 2019, 02:46:59 PM »
Can you change the FFN of a UA ticket booked for the MP account holder to a different *A FFN (to get *G benefits)?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4733 on: May 03, 2019, 02:55:51 PM »
Can you change the FFN of a UA ticket booked for the MP account holder to a different *A FFN (to get *G benefits)?
sure, but have to call to remove the original FFN, also can always change back once you use the benefits 😉
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4734 on: May 03, 2019, 03:06:46 PM »
sure, but have to call to remove the original FFN, also can always change back once you use the benefits 😉
Interesting, I once tried for an LH flight booked with UA and they had a hard time changing it.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4735 on: May 05, 2019, 12:47:39 AM »
Booked a business reward ticket however it’s a mixed cabin rewards with one segment in economy. Can I still get the business benefits on the economy leg of the trip? (ex lounge access two hand bags...)

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4736 on: May 05, 2019, 01:05:03 AM »
I just waitlisted 2 GPU’s EWR-TLV-EWR for Lag Baomer. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but...

I selected the option to waitlist for both premium plus and Polaris. Any DP’s if that hurts my Polaris chances?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4737 on: May 05, 2019, 01:08:59 AM »


I just waitlisted 2 GPU’s EWR-TLV-EWR for Lag Baomer. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but...

I selected the option to waitlist for both premium plus and Polaris. Any DP’s if that hurts my Polaris chances?
Good luck. But kinda a waste of a GPU IMO to use it for Premium.
And AFAIK it won't hinder you spot on the upgrade list, look at any flight you'll see those cleared to Premium are still on top of the J list.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4738 on: May 05, 2019, 01:19:04 AM »
Good luck. But kinda a waste of a GPU IMO to use it for Premium.
And AFAIK it won't hinder you spot on the upgrade list, look at any flight you'll see those cleared to Premium are still on top of the J list.

Thanks! Last year 4 of my GPU’s went unused, would be thrilled to get premier plus with them...
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4739 on: May 05, 2019, 07:50:14 AM »
Thanks! Last year 4 of my GPU’s went unused, would be thrilled to get premier plus with them...
I'm sure people here could have used it.  ;)