Have costs been removed from mileage redemption screen?
I'm looking at award travel. Unless my memory is failing, I thought that in the past, the booking screen showed how many miles are needed for each option (i.e. for each flight you select, the cost in...
View ArticleHow do you hit status flying short trips?
I recently took a new job that has me traveling 2-4 times a month. Its a little frustrating because the flights i take are all pretty short 600-800 miles. I am wondering if its worth it to take a...
View ArticleStar Alliance Gold Benefits while crediting to no-status United premier?
Thanks to a match, I'm now Star Alliance Gold through TK. This is handy, but I'd I think I'd rather earn my miles on my no-status united account. Can I earn miles on the united account but still take...
View Articleaward ticket help- sgn to msy
Looking for first class award ticket. the legs are: sgn-icn- June 22, depart 11:40 PM, arrive june 23 6:40 AM. Flight OZ 2736 ~10 hour layover icn-lax- Depart june 23 4:30PM, Arrive june 23 11:30 AM....
View ArticleInaccurate Receipt (United)
I just took a around-the-world business trip on United, business class all the way. Costs about $12,000. The problem is the receipt United gave me is missing about $1,000 in taxes and fees, so I can't...
View ArticleCall from UA Reservations when waitlisted segment clears?
This morning I flew home on Alaska, but got a call from United as I was walking to my car. I figured I was getting a flight status update, even though I wasn't flying United. :p Anyhow, I was surprised...
View ArticleWays to cut down change fees?
Trying to change the return date for a discounted first class round-trip TPAC tickets, for which the outbound was used few months back. However, was told by UA agent that I have to pay for the price...
View ArticleMileage accrual on different airline programs on one itinerary
Since Austrian P class does not qualify for MP mileage accrual, is it possible to earn miles on those segments in their Miles&More program and the rest in MP? My scheduled outbound is in OS P class...
View ArticleInteresting Mileage Plus Award Route!
I was trying an award ticket and got this route! This has 777-300, A380, and 787 Dreamliner!! Anyone interested to book, go ahead and search on United!! Depart: 11:30 p.m. Sat., Jun. 29, 2013 Delhi,...
View ArticleUnited (EV) CVG-EWR Flight is the "WORST Flight in America" WSJ
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...389346270.html Changing the flight number to clear the stats seems like fraud to me.
View ArticleWhat Will Replace the 747's to Australia ?
We all know what problems UA has had on this route with the reliability of the 747's. What aircraft will they use to replace it and when?
View ArticleUnited refuses to honor letter
During one of the big snowstorms this year, my flight never arrived and I was stranded for a couple of days. I understand acts of god are excluded by UA's contract of carriage but I asked for some...
View ArticleUA going to phase out domestic 757s in favor of 737
Hey all heard this from a UA pilot I sat next to dead heading on an Alaska Airlines flight over the holiday weekend. He flies the 737 for UA and we were chatting about the UA planes. He said they plan...
View ArticleLady wants $170k for spilled coffee.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...p?cmpid=hpfsln In my opinion, once FA places coffee on tray, it's passengers responsibility to manage cup.
View ArticleIn-Flight Internet and Power SFO to Beijing
I am back again with a hopefully good question. I am travelling on United 889 to Beijing from San Francisco, and from what I understand in-flight (wi-fi) satellite internet is available on that...
View ArticleMid-afternoon gap in SEA-SFO, SFO-SEA service?
In the process of looking at to/from flight availability for the SEA/SFO pairing, I noticed a gap in the afternoons. Maybe this is just seasonal, but at least in the near future the morning departures...
View ArticleHNL-NRT on old config 777-200
Has anyone recently experienced a change out to the newer 777-200 on the HNL-NRT route? Last year they were flying the 747 on this route, my first trip this year and it's the version with the old...
View ArticleDelayed LGA->ORD because of ... "VIP Movements"???
Hi! I'm sending this from perhaps my seventh or eighth straight delayed LGA->ORD flight in a row. The reasoning this time was actually quite amusing to me: ORD inbounds being ATC held because of "...
View ArticleDo you earn miles on saver award ticket?
If you use my Miles to redeem a ticket that fly 20,000 miles and if I have 1k premium, do I get the 40,000 miles? Will the 20,000 miles count toward my actual miles flown?
View ArticleWhy send an Intl 752 to DEN?
I've got UA1643 EWR-DEN as one segment of a family trip next month (EWR-LAX nonstops were beyond my budget and I have an any-hub-but-ORD mentality). It's usually operated with a bog-standard domestic...
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