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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4780 on: July 22, 2019, 04:37:03 PM »
had interesting award ticket story was trying to get an economy priced award 1 way tkt originating NYC>TLV on ua or partners last week in august for the economy lowest award 42,500 points
it showed available and when i tried to book showing 5 seats left at the end before going thru always received error message
when i called UA they said the connecting flt out of europe to TLV wasnt avalable in X cls and the system will eventually update to show its not available
after trying for 2 weeks myself
i callled today and said i can go any airport jfk,ewr,phl any day bet 25-28 aug guy puts me on hold for 10 minutes comes back with a NON STOP UA FLT AND EVEN OFFERED ME A CHOICE of afternoon or evening flt i asked him what he did and he  said he passed it to seat allotment or revenue management
and they came back with the non stop option on UA
so moral of the story never give up keep trying and  everything and i mean EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED FROM ABOVE! 

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4781 on: July 22, 2019, 05:08:41 PM »
had interesting award ticket story was trying to get an economy priced award 1 way tkt originating NYC>TLV on ua or partners last week in august for the economy lowest award 42,500 points
it showed available and when i tried to book showing 5 seats left at the end before going thru always received error message
when i called UA they said the connecting flt out of europe to TLV wasnt avalable in X cls and the system will eventually update to show its not available
after trying for 2 weeks myself
i callled today and said i can go any airport jfk,ewr,phl any day bet 25-28 aug guy puts me on hold for 10 minutes comes back with a NON STOP UA FLT AND EVEN OFFERED ME A CHOICE of afternoon or evening flt i asked him what he did and he  said he passed it to seat allotment or revenue management
and they came back with the non stop option on UA
so moral of the story never give up keep trying and  everything and i mean EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED FROM ABOVE!
Nice
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4782 on: July 23, 2019, 05:00:20 AM »
had interesting award ticket story was trying to get an economy priced award 1 way tkt originating NYC>TLV on ua or partners last week in august for the economy lowest award 42,500 points
it showed available and when i tried to book showing 5 seats left at the end before going thru always received error message
when i called UA they said the connecting flt out of europe to TLV wasnt avalable in X cls and the system will eventually update to show its not available
after trying for 2 weeks myself
i callled today and said i can go any airport jfk,ewr,phl any day bet 25-28 aug guy puts me on hold for 10 minutes comes back with a NON STOP UA FLT AND EVEN OFFERED ME A CHOICE of afternoon or evening flt i asked him what he did and he  said he passed it to seat allotment or revenue management
and they came back with the non stop option on UA
so moral of the story never give up keep trying and  everything and i mean EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED FROM ABOVE!
Very nice!

United seems to give reward ticket passengers the same level of service as paying passengers as opposed to some airlines that treat you with contempt for utilizing a "free" ticket.

I just put my brother on a United business class award tickket booked with Aegean miles (45k one way LAX-TLV + 5 euro) and by mistake only entered his middle and last name.
I called Aegean to add the first name but they said they can't touch the ticket. I called United who also said they can't add the name but promised that if Aegean add a note to the reservation with the first name, they would let it go through.

Sure enough, my brother had no problem at the airport.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4783 on: July 23, 2019, 07:20:00 AM »
Has anyone had the close-in workaround work with nonUA metal?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4784 on: July 23, 2019, 08:17:28 AM »
Has anyone had the close-in workaround work with nonUA metal?
Yes. Tough these days though.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4785 on: July 28, 2019, 01:33:02 AM »
Yes. Tough these days though.
but only on the phone though not online correct?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4786 on: July 29, 2019, 05:32:06 PM »
Correct.

is there a way to tell how NYC-TLV will be?

additionally, does it pay to use my miles for this route?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4787 on: July 29, 2019, 05:45:50 PM »
is there a way to tell how NYC-TLV will be?

additionally, does it pay to use my miles for this route?
Search 2020.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4788 on: July 29, 2019, 10:25:25 PM »
additionally, does it pay to use my miles for this route?
Compared to what? It’s a dollar and cents calculation....

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4789 on: July 30, 2019, 09:58:56 AM »
Compared to what? It’s a dollar and cents calculation....

whats the value for UA miles?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4790 on: July 30, 2019, 10:46:49 AM »
whats the value for UA miles?
value is relevant....but market value to sell is in the 1.25 range.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4791 on: July 30, 2019, 11:49:47 AM »
value is relevant....but market value to sell is in the 1.25 range.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4792 on: July 31, 2019, 10:02:21 AM »
*Relative*  ;)
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4793 on: August 03, 2019, 11:13:11 PM »
When doing a rewards ticket is it possible to get Econemy plus with miles or only with money?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4794 on: August 03, 2019, 11:52:52 PM »
When doing a rewards ticket is it possible to get Econemy plus with miles or only with money?

Yes, its possible to get with miles but the value is usually far from great.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4795 on: August 04, 2019, 12:14:06 AM »
Yes, its possible to get with miles but the value is usually far from great.
how many miles?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4796 on: October 24, 2019, 09:38:56 AM »
anyway to avoid close in United booking fee on a one way flight from JFK to TLV on Turkish airlines(42500 per passenger).  Can I book Turkish airlines for this route for less with miles by transferring hybird points?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4797 on: October 24, 2019, 10:17:48 AM »
anyway to avoid close in United booking fee on a one way flight from JFK to TLV on Turkish airlines(42500 per passenger).  Can I book Turkish airlines for this route for less with miles by transferring hybird points?
You can book with TK.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4798 on: October 24, 2019, 12:17:39 PM »
You can book with TK.

I can do better than 42500 miles one way jfk-tlv?
and only citi thank you points transfer to TK?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #4799 on: October 24, 2019, 12:22:18 PM »
trying to book on Tk metal