Strategy about booking an award Int'l. R.T. at the 330-day mark.
I am still fairly new to the redeeming miles game and would like to know what to do in our case. We plan to fly roundtrip SFO<-->LHR next summer, outbound 6/14/2014 and inbound 7/5/2014. My...
View ArticleWould a purchase of Premier Accelerator miles with a UA Chase card yield 3X...
a UA Chase card, yields you triple credit card miles ? Any quick reply will be much appreciated, as my flight date is coming up in a week.
View ArticleUpfaring woes
Hey all, I've been having problems tripping to upfare a B fare to a flexible Z fare. Last night, a UA agent redid the ticket, but screwed up and made it nonrefundable. Fortunately, I caught it on the...
View ArticleLHR Positive Boarding Program
Saw this on the UA updates page: Quote: Effective June 24, 2013, United Airlines will be participating in Heathrow AirportÂ’s Positive Boarding Program which is intended to streamline the passenger...
View ArticleEWR-HNL to depart in morning starting November
Well, it seems HA's competition has made one change I might like - UA 15 EWR-HNL will now depart 9:30AM instead of after noon starting in early November. HA, don't take this lying down, please cut...
View ArticleNeed help with Reward Itinerary BLR-BOS for my wife and a infant
Hello, My wife needs to travel from BLR-BOS with our 11 month old baby girl. I have about 80,000 miles on United (Actually a bit less than 80k but I can buy a few miles). We are trying to have her fly...
View ArticleUpgrade list says Booked 15 Checked In 23 ???
This is a new one for me. I'm tracking Upgrades SEA-ANC. The flight for tonight, June 29, UA 565, shows in the Upgrade list Capacity 24 Booked 15Checked in 23. What is this?
View ArticleHow to find Tail Number of flight?
Is there any way before/after a flight to find out the Tail Number of the plane? The new Livery has put the tail number on the mid-to-lower side of the rear fuselage at such an angle that it is many...
View ArticleUA MileagePlus account - Negative Balance
I have a problem. I got a phone message from UA mileageplus department on Friday saying my account has a negative balance. He will cancelled my upcoming trip which will be next Wednesday if I do not...
View Articlebaggage ?
round trip ewr to nbo. have a layover of 23 hours in zrh airline taking me to zrh and then to nbo is Swiss. Do I pickup and then recheck bags, or can I arrange for bags to go directly thru?
View ArticleBizarre delay AMS-IAH?
Hi, Had an unusual experience last week flying AMS-IAH, and wondering if anyone has any thoughts: Doors closed; about 10 minutes after that we were told we were waiting on some "paperwork" but that we...
View ArticleAny way to check *A upgrade awards before ticketing?
My wife and I are planning to fly transpac in the fall on one *A carrier or another and would like to purchase coach tickets and upgrade with miles. Is there any way to tell if there is availability...
View ArticleNew TV Commercial for p.s.
Link I like Matt Damon, but I'm not impressed - anyone else?
View ArticleUnited CEO at Aspen Ideas Festival July 1st
United's CEO Jeff Smisek will appear at the prestigious Aspen Ideas Festival July 1st. The topic is "What is the future of air travel" and the moderator is Andrew Ross Sorkin. I'm certain it will be...
View ArticleArrggg... UAL/LH lost all five of my checked bags...
Having flow 100k miles for each of the past 15 years I have a rule to never check luggage. Only on family vacations have I ever varied and even then I only check one or two bags at the most. This...
View Articlepremier oversell option?
I was just told that the premier oversell for full Y fare only exists on UA mainline. I am trying to get on UA5212 tonight it is F0/Y0. Please advise if this policy is still in place for premier...
View ArticleCheapest United Airlines flight (regardless of departure/arrival city)?
I have a flight credit in someone else's name, and was told my United Airlines (after complaining on Twitter), that I could book a very cheap flight in her name and get the remainder back in the form...
View ArticlePartner Award Cancelled - No Alternative Offered, Honeymoon Plans Falling Apart
I have spent the last hour on the phone with United because the partner award that I had for Singapore Airlines from Singapore to Denpassar, Bali was cancelled and ultimately is now going to ruin the...
View ArticleThe h3!! that is EWR Terminal A
<RANT> Is there a single worse flying experience in the US than United in Terminal A at EWR? - Express flights are constantly delayed or cancelled - Terminal is a dump - People have to stand or...
View ArticleUA3862 on 6/30 delayed 4+ hours due to "awaiting crew" and refueling;...
The gf and I were flying to BUF yesterday (6/30) via IAD and had our BUF-IAD leg on UAX (UA3862) delayed 4+ hours first because our flight was awaiting crew for 4 hours and then because they realized...
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