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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #60 on: November 01, 2013, 01:06:52 PM »
Time will tell.
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #61 on: November 01, 2013, 01:09:13 PM »
Should I jump ship and sell off my miles? I have united just got offer for 1.6cpm?? And Ur got offered 1.65?
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #62 on: November 01, 2013, 01:09:13 PM »
I dont even have vacation time now to burn my miles that I have :(

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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #65 on: November 01, 2013, 01:27:52 PM »
So you have to do nothing.

Just call at some point and change the ticket.

So I guess it may be possible, if UA uses the pricing scheme based on the date of the ticket, to book LH F months in advance for a mere change fee.
No way they'll use the old chart. You'll have to pay the difference in fare.
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #66 on: November 01, 2013, 01:30:44 PM »
Round and round we go, it seems  :P
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #67 on: November 01, 2013, 01:43:35 PM »
No way they'll use the old chart. You'll have to pay the difference in fare.
In the past simple date changes have gone by the old chart.
We shall see.
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #69 on: November 01, 2013, 01:49:25 PM »
So how much will round trip tickets start costing (in point obviously) from NY to Europe? Paris/Italy specifically

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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #70 on: November 01, 2013, 01:51:19 PM »
So how much will round trip tickets start costing (in point obviously) from NY to Europe? Paris/Italy specifically
Dan posted a chart.

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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #73 on: November 01, 2013, 02:57:47 PM »
I like @united's tweet.
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #74 on: November 01, 2013, 03:06:52 PM »
I like @united's tweet.
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They deleted it. Must have been written by an foreign rep.
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #76 on: November 01, 2013, 03:51:22 PM »
S'ok.
I've seen funnier parody-like that FT thread on Smisek :D
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #77 on: November 01, 2013, 04:50:16 PM »
Just got off the phone with UA, say I book a ticket using UA 70K to fly LH F JFK-FRA-NRT Dec 24th and decide I cant go and decide to depart on may 1st,  it is a mere $100 for the date change, the same $100 will include a route change if I wanted  to fly on May 1st on ANA F JFK - NRT.

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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #78 on: November 01, 2013, 05:10:01 PM »
So it seems ual902 may indeed have a chance. PlatinumGuy, looks like you're incorrect...

A question answered by UA Insider:

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Aaron - if I book an award in Jan 2014 and then make changes in Feb or beyond (in routing, airline, origin, destination, etc), will it be repriced according to new mileage reqs. or will I keep the old pricing on that ticket?

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Hi DWFI, Our existing change process will apply. Changes to awards that require a change in date do not result in a change to the award price. Any other change will require an add/collect in miles and fees for changes or cancellations will still apply as per our existing policies.
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Re: United raising awards
« Reply #79 on: November 01, 2013, 05:45:33 PM »
"Finally, a note about mixed-carrier Saver Awards. Although there will now be two charts, it will be still be possible to combine United/United Express and MileagePlus partner award flights on the same itinerary. However, the MileagePlus partner award cabin level will need to be lower than that of the United-operated segment(s) in order to take advantage of the United Saver Award price. So, for a US to Europe itinerary where the long-haul segment is in United Global First, the intra-Europe connecting segment would need to be in Business or Economy (as they typically already are) to take advantage of the United Saver Award price. Similarly, for a US to Europe itinerary where the long-haul segment is in United BusinessFirst, the intra-Europe connecting segment would need to be in Economy to take advantage of the United Saver Award price."
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