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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1300 on: May 19, 2014, 01:53:25 PM »
Of course not. Come on Jack. You should know better

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1301 on: May 19, 2014, 02:07:21 PM »
Can anyone explain this?



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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1302 on: May 19, 2014, 02:13:59 PM »
Of course the FRA-TLV is what matters. If it's a class below the UA flight then it stays at the UA rate, if it's in the higher class then it's a partner award.
I was under the impression that the overwater segment is what determines the pricing and even if you have a connecting partner flight in the same class, you will still get the UA rate. Am I totally wrong or does that only apply to connecting partner flights in the same region?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1303 on: May 19, 2014, 02:17:06 PM »
Can anyone explain this?


In first, the longer leg is in J, while in the second, the longer leg is in Y.

That explains why the first is more expensive, but that still doesn't explain the 25K pricing...
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1304 on: May 19, 2014, 02:21:11 PM »
only apply to connecting partner flights in the same region
That.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1305 on: May 19, 2014, 02:21:32 PM »
On a side note, what does it mean when UA offers a standard award on a partner?
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1306 on: May 19, 2014, 02:22:15 PM »
In first, the longer leg is in J, while in the second, the longer leg is in Y.

That explains why the first is more expensive, but that still doesn't explain the 25K pricing...
Ask the better question, why is BKK-PNH in TG J 25K and not 30K?
Seems like that flight is pulling off the UA non partner chart, which explains the pricing above.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1307 on: May 19, 2014, 02:22:34 PM »
On a side note, what does it mean when UA offers a standard award on a partner?
That a sucker is born every minute?
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1308 on: May 19, 2014, 02:23:51 PM »
In first, the longer leg is in J, while in the second, the longer leg is in Y.

That explains why the first is more expensive, but that still doesn't explain the 25K pricing...

Looks like it's pricing the second as a UA-metal J award. That's where the 25K comes from, though it makes no sense, because it's not UA metal.

ETA: Missed Dan's post above.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1309 on: May 19, 2014, 02:24:07 PM »
In first, the longer leg is in J, while in the second, the longer leg is in Y.

That explains why the first is more expensive, but that still doesn't explain the 25K pricing...
I've yet to see any other route with something like this.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1310 on: May 19, 2014, 02:28:39 PM »
That a sucker is born every minute?

Ha. What's this mean then:

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Standard Awards on some partner airlines may have capacity controls and/or date restrictions.

It's as if they're implying Saver awards on partners do NOT have capacity controls.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1311 on: May 19, 2014, 02:30:04 PM »
On a side note, what does it mean when UA offers a standard award on a partner?
More than that: the standard award doesn't mean they're actually releasing MORE seats on standard award level, you'll never see available standard award but not saver award.

So basically they give you the option to pay 50k or 25/30k.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1312 on: May 19, 2014, 02:39:43 PM »
Of course not. Come on Jack. You should know better

i figured, but hey you never know :)

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1313 on: May 19, 2014, 03:08:20 PM »
More than that: the standard award doesn't mean they're actually releasing MORE seats on standard award level, you'll never see available standard award but not saver award.

So basically they give you the option to pay 50k or 25/30k.

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Note that sometimes United will try to trick you into paying more miles (the Standard award rate) for Star Alliance flights.  But you should always book partner airlines (say, Lufthansa) at the Saver level (low level).

Don’t Let United Trick You Into Paying More Miles for Standard Awards on Partner Airlines (Lufthansa, US Air etc.)
United doesn’t really have access to last seat availability (which is why you pay more miles for a Standard award) for their partner airlines.  They just have access to last seat award availability on their own flights.

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1314 on: May 19, 2014, 06:07:11 PM »
I made an economy class award reservation with United on Brussels airlines. When I check my booking on United it shows as I reserved but when I check on Brussels airlines website it shows "Cabin: Business".
I went ahead and called Brussels and requested to have seats assigned to me and he gave economy seats.
Bluntly, I protested why I'm being seated in economy if I have business class tickets, but the rep told me that he has no idea what I'm talking about and that I have an economy reservation.
What could this mean?.
 

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1315 on: May 19, 2014, 06:09:05 PM »
I made an economy class award reservation with United on Brussels airlines. When I check my booking on United it shows as I reserved but when I check on Brussels airlines website it shows "Cabin: Business".
I went ahead and called Brussels and requested to have seats assigned to me and he gave economy seats.
Bluntly, I protested why I'm being seated in economy if I have business class tickets, but the rep told me that he has no idea what I'm talking about and that I have an economy reservation.
What could this mean?.
 
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1316 on: May 19, 2014, 06:14:35 PM »
IMHO it means they gave you what you paid for
I believe so too but when I checked a week ago it said economy and now it say business?

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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1317 on: May 19, 2014, 07:04:26 PM »
That a sucker is born every minute?

I've seen standard available when saver wasn't many times...

I've never BOOKED it, but I did assume that those options were something other than what was available to Star Alliance.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1318 on: May 19, 2014, 07:08:26 PM »
I've seen standard available when saver wasn't many times...

I've never BOOKED it, but I did assume that those options were something other than what was available to Star Alliance.
Nah... You probably just have to PUTPAC and book it on the Saver level.
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Re: United award flights
« Reply #1319 on: May 19, 2014, 07:47:48 PM »
Nah... You probably just have to PUTPAC and book it on the Saver level.

Or he was looking at a UA flight.
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