This Crazy Early Upgrading Must Stop!
I've tried in the last couple of weeks to book flights from ORD to MUC and from ORD to DXB in business class on a one or two day notice. Business class seems to often fill up a day or two before the...
View ArticleMileage upgrade refund question?
I am doing SJU-IAD-SFO on a MP upgrade. SJU-IAD cleared at booking but IAD-SFO has been waitlisted for months and I am sure it won't clear now as flight is showing F1 a week out. I called UA and wanted...
View ArticleWhat routes for PMCO 752's right now?
trying to book a domestic mileage run and would like to book on PMCO 752's for the BF seat. my typical mileage run routing is IAH-EWR-SFO-IAH. I want to adjust to catch these if possible.
View ArticleAny Way to Find R Without Checking Each Day?
I am looking to use some GPU's in January, 2014 going from PHL-BKK. I know I need to find Trans Pacific flights with R availability. I have started with each day in January and looked on each day to...
View ArticleMileage Assistance
Hello My Beautiful Fellow FlyerTalker Members - I need the assistance of the ever wise members of this forum. There's one thing I am not savvy about is mileage usage and I want to burn some UA miles. I...
View ArticleAward Travel Conundrum - One Adult Two Small Kids - Two Accounts
Travelling Trans-Pac. One account has enough points for 2 round trip tickets. Another account enough for 1 round trip ticket. United won't let me book the second kid on the last account unless I pay a...
View ArticleWill I get miles for this mix-up?
Hi guys. About a month ago, I took a flight on Air Canada, one of the star alliance members. When I booked my flight, I entered my United Mileage #, an 11 digit numberic-only number. After about a...
View ArticleUsing a United Credit on a OneWorld Codeshare
I have a $2k credit on United and my main FF account is with British Airways. I was just wondering whether anyone knew of any Oneworld flight in the world that is code shared with United that I could...
View ArticleUsing 016 ecerts or etps for paying taxes/fees on awards.
Hi Lets get on the same page regarding what I am cashing in. By ecerts I mean the 1016 type. By etps I mean the gifts promotional certs where you enter a PIN as well. When fly international united hit...
View ArticleAre mileage runs against the rules at UA?
I do them often... But I always get nervous when I have to call to get something changed or fixed. For instance... My upcoming run did not ticket properly. I am using a single RPU for my JFK-LAX-IAH...
View ArticleInfant Fare Refund?
Hi, My wife booked an international award ticket on C for 60,000 miles and added my infant son in lap for $750. I may have to cancel this trip and was wondering if I could get back the 60,000 miles and...
View ArticleExtending TCVA Ticket
I have a $170 balance on an ETC that expires tomorrow. I called and asked a rep what the details are and he said that I have a 1 month grace period to use it but travel has to be completed in within 2...
View ArticleMileagePlus Shopping portal + Club card?
First I would like to apologize if this is posted in the wrong section. For those of you who use the Mileage Plus shopping portal a quick question for you. I already sent a message to the CS...
View ArticleQuestion about Buisness to Dublin
Hi all - I am looking for advice. I am planning a trip from ORD to Dublin for June, 2014. I have three options: Use miles to upgrade. Use miles to book business Use my Club card to buy two for one...
View Article2013 MP Statements?
I'm sorry if this has been asked already, but are they ever going to run a 2013 statement on our accounts? Everything so far in 2013 is listed as "Recent Activity" and it becomes a pain when trying to...
View ArticleJetblue/United merger?
I saw somewhere (sorry no link) that United and Jetblue might be in talks about a merger. However, I haven't seen any news on a credible news site and I doubt this is true. If there were talks what...
View ArticleYou Can Merge 016 and 12TCVA Certs For International Travel
So I got bumped once and got some bad service. For the former I got a 016 e-cert and for the later I got the other type of cert that requires a PIN number. I was always told you couldn't combine them...
View ArticleStatus on Mileage Award Tickets Purchased for Others
Hi, I will be purchasing tickets for my sister using my miles/account in the coming months. My question is, will my status in the frequent flyer program (gold) be applied to her ticket? Or does it only...
View ArticleBooked a revenue ticket and award space disappeared
I'm trying to book a business class ticket for my toddler and me over Christmas and I found award space on ANA's flights from SIN-NRT and NRT-ORD. I only found one seat, but I figured that it wouldn't...
View ArticleUA removed my credits!
Back in February I went through a struggle with MP over getting my status renewed. Eventually I was successful on the basis of getting credits for taking transatlantic United flights in January. This...
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