Stopover rules for non transoceanic award flights
I'm going to be based in istanbul for a year and have quite a few united miles to use. If I book a ticket from Istanbul to Tunis via Cairo can i have a stopover in Cairo? Can I have a stopover on all...
View ArticleAngled Seats: OZ in I SEA-ICN?
I'm planning to fly to ICN in the fall. The only business class award seats I can find are SEA-ICN on OZ. The equipment is 333 -- which I gather means the old, angled seats. For sleeping, how bad is...
View ArticleHow do I cancel OLCI?
I can't find a way anymore... trying to see what my other confirmed standby options for a flight tomorrow are but I can't figure out how to get there!
View ArticleUA 777 or LH 747 in Biz FRA-IAD
Flying 5 of us back from a Med Cruise from Rome on 7/24/13. Only Biz avail through FRA (wanted to stick 3 kids in Y). On FRA-IAD leg, both UA 993 (777-2) and LH 418 (747-8) are available in business...
View ArticleNYC to Lisbon: UA64 or TAP104
Hello, I'm going to Lisbon this summer (using a 50k miles United bus/1st class award). Deciding if I should fly on flight UA64 (leaving EWR at 8:10pm arriving in LIS at 8:20am the next day) or on TAP...
View ArticleExperiences with BE1 aircraft out of DEN
I've got a DEN-PUB flight upcoming in a couple of weeks, and wonder if any FTers have experience with this service, operated by Great Lakes Airlines? The flight departs at 5:25 pm and is scheduled in...
View Article753 - To have in-seat power or not - that is the question
So, flight status for my upcoming flight on a 753 says only overhead video and no in-seat power for EP seating. However (albeit not always reliable) Seat Guru says it does have in-seat power along with...
View ArticleIf you think UA is Bad...Try COPA!
Just booked a ticket MIA-SDQ (via PTY) on Copa. I am 8000 miles short of 70K RDMs so even though I shooting for EXP on AA, this was a good deal for just under $500 last minute. What a bad experience...
View ArticleChecking bags through at IAD and leaving airport
I searched but couldn't find a thread that matched. My wife is flying with our daughter SAL-IAD-ATL, and due to the storms tonight I rebooked her on tomorrow's IAD-ATL instead of the last flight today....
View Articlemixed carrier itin-how long to ticket?
The answer to this is probably out here, but I've tried every search I can think of with no success. I booked a UA-TK itinerary. Checked for a confirmation email and got something new - an email...
View ArticleAward tickets for someone else, then getting paid back in miles
I've been redeeming miles for a friend because he doesn't have access to the award tickets that I do (premier gold). He's then been transferring miles from his Chase rewards account to pay me back....
View ArticleUA Awards flight, 7/18 Egypt air, Should I worry?
Hi guys, My parents have an upcoming award flight using egypt air, PEK - CAI - JFK, transit in CAI for 4 hours. Should I worry? Anything we can do at this point?
View ArticleGlobal First in cabin luggage storage
Hi all, New to the United Forum. Booked SFO-LHR (747) and LHR-LAX (777) in Global First. When looking at the seat maps on SeatGuru it says no overhead and no floor storage in the 747. Dumb question...
View ArticleHelp with an IAH-DXB-IAH itenerary
I'm a long time "lurker" but this is my first post on flyertalk so apologies if I'm not following proper protocol. I've reviewed dozens of posts trying to find some answers but not coming up with much,...
View ArticleSevere thunderstorm/flood warning in Atlanta..Can I cancel my flight?
Hi all, I was planning to fly to ATL tomorrow, but I received bad news when I checked the weather forecast: there's a severe thunderstorm/flood warning issued for the city and the surrounding region...
View ArticleU/g w/RPU or wait for CPU?
1K on a 757 Saturday afternoon flight EWR-SEA....hmmmm...already 6 seats "booked" (per seat map). Dep. 8/24...thoughts?
View Article(IFE on) United Express (Flights) operated by ExpressJet(?)
I was wondering if the United Express Jets offer XM radio like they did on the Delta flights operated by ExpressJet? As I recall the Delta flights had memory foam seats as well and I wonder if the same...
View ArticleQuestion re: passport needed or not?
I have a UA reservation that goes like this: Day 1: AAA-IAH(long layover)-EWR (arriving at EWR at 11pm); Day 2: EWR-PEK (departure from EWR at 11am). They are booked on the same ticket. The question...
View ArticleWhere is United Flight #1?
Pre Merger, the Flight 1's were ORD-HNL for pmUA and IAH-HNL-GUM for pmCO. Then post merger, Flight 1 was IAH-HNL for a while, then when that route went to a pmUA 777, Flight 1 disappeared. Didn't it...
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What Kind of Funny Business is SHARES up to Now?
The last three days, when I login to my UA account, I am taken to this reservation page. Anyone have any idea what this might be? I can assure you while I have several reservations in my account, I'm...
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