United 1K help desk agent hung up my call
I'm a United 1K member. I usually had good experience when I called United 1K help desk. But yesterday, I had a really bad experience. I called United 1K help desk yesterday, trying to make a change to...
View Articleaward travel for couple traveling together - 1 ways or round trips?
My wife and I are wanting to book award travel for an upcoming trip. We each have enough miles to book our own round trip, or one-ways for both people. Neither of us has enough miles to book RT for...
View ArticleQuestion about cancelling award tickets and rebooking.
Ugh! I was/am trying to book a "complex" award online, couldn't do it so I "purchased" one segment and tried to call in to finish the rest... During that time, I had some miles transferred into my acct...
View ArticleBevy of problems on recent flight YYZ->IAH!
Just a trip report about the strange flight my wife took to get home last Friday. It would have been fitting if the safety video had begun with the opening from that TV show back in the 60's with a...
View ArticleHow many agents does it take to change a reservation? LOL
I'm flying LAX-PTY (Panama)-PUJ (Punta Cana). Both flights are on Copa purchased on UA ticket stock. B fare, which automatically upgrades into Business at the time of purchase for 1k (all elites?). I...
View ArticleUnited Renovates IAH Terminal B South Concourse for $97 Million
I haven't flown thru IAH in a while but I do remember what the concourse looked like prior and this does sound pretty good. United Airlines Unveils Renovated Terminal B South Concourse at Bush...
View Article55k for two pax + baby, SFO-LIH - would you do it?
Hi folks, I'm Gold elite, traveling with my SO who is GM and our three month old son, SFO-LIH. There is R-class inventory available, but I am out of RPUs from my 1k days, and so I can only use miles to...
View ArticleStupid UA Website Errors Out On Premier Instant Upgrades
Something happened about 8 weeks ago (approximately) where the manual upgrade for Premier Instant Upgrades at time of booking error out. This used to work like a champ. Now it 99% of the time fails...
View ArticleUsing United Miles on International Business/First Class Trip for World Cup
I am planning on attending the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and will be flying from LAX to Rio. When I look on the United website at random dates in late 2013 and early 2014, I see "Saver Award" tickets...
View ArticleUnited confiscates over 1 million miles from my account (in 2007)
I wish I had found this website earlier. United confiscated over 1,000,000 miles from me and cancelled 2 first class and 2 business class tickets I had pending claiming that I had sold some miles to a...
View ArticleUpgrade chances for EWR-ARN
I apologize if I have missed a post on this. I looked but could not find one. My wife and I are making our first overseas trip. We are going to Stockholm via Newark on United T class tickets. I am...
View ArticleFour Days in Paris Turns Into Three
In January I booked a flight to Paris for my wife and I in business class (I) using MileagePlus. The trip was TPA-YYZ-ZRH on Air Canada and then ZRH-CDG on Swiss Air. It was to be four days in Paris,...
View Articlehow to deal with over charging by >$20
Has anyone ever sorted out ticketing snafus with 1K voice, or do they always want you to call and waste hours on the phone? Yesterday, I called in three times to get a reservation ticketed. The reason...
View ArticlePartially used refundable ticket expired
I have a partially used, fully-refundable ticket that is now expired. Can I get some credit for the unused portion? Even as vouchers?
View ArticleTIV Refund Due To WX
If I have a ticket EWR-ORD-DEN-ASE and DEN-ASE is cancelled due to weather for the entire day, can I declare a TIV in ORD and get all of my money back and return transportation or do they charge me for...
View ArticleShould UA make EWR-DCA into shuttle-type service?
Let me get this out of the way : EWR is not LGA (for all the DL/AA fanatics) Now, since US is leaving Star, UA doesn't have anyone to partner with on DC-NY-BOS shuttle service. UA already operates...
View Article737-800 Bulkhead
Haven't flown United for close to a year (use American more for work now) and will be flying United in about a month. Question: On the LAX to EWR 737-800 flights, is there a cutout for row 1 or does...
View ArticleEarning Miles on Turkish Airlines
Hi there! I bought two JFK-IST-NAP return tickets on the Turkish Airlines website back in December. They were W class fares and back then (up till Feb 2013), the United.com page still showed that I...
View Articlepromotions for new MileagePlus account
I'm planning on switching over to MileagePlus from Aeroplan as it seems that Air Canada is now using Tango on all international flights and MP will still give full miles for most of those segments. Are...
View ArticleI Vote Tom Horton for New UA President!
http://youtu.be/W2o3d6QRL2k Luckily I wasn't flying today, but it seems like AA and their people have been doing their best, doing what they need to do to help people out. Further impressive is their...
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