Hold for 24 hours.....
At risk of being flamed for not searching (because I think I remember a thread about this too, but can't find it searching), why do I sometimes but not always get the option to hold a selected...
View ArticleEU Compensation Question
OK - here is the situation. Booked a ticket through miles from GVA to NYC. Return ticket on Air Canada - Air Canada went mechanical and canceled. What are the rules for compensation in Switzerland?...
View ArticleAny chance of a retroactive change fee refund (after travel waiver is issued)?
I have a friend who re-scheduled an 8 July departure out of SFO but he did it last week and paid a $450 change fee. Now that there's a travel waiver posted for travel 68 July, can he ask for a...
View ArticleDelay--Cargo Loading???
My kids and I will be taking UA 989 from IAD-FRA in a few weeks and with a train to catch a few hours after arrival I have begun to track the timing trend for the flight. The past two days the flight...
View ArticleEasier to visit top security prison camp than enter the US via United Airlines!
Just completed a nightmare trip (paid full fare First Class) back to IAD from YVR Canada. Problems started the day before when I got an eMail inviting me to Check0In online. Tried to do so but their...
View ArticleReturn leg add a stop in the middle
My original itinerary is ORD -> MSY and then return MSY -> ORD. I have already completed the first leg of my itinerary and wanted to change my return flight to stop in SFO for 2 days to visit my...
View ArticleStar Alliance Award on US Air 2014 WC
I am trying to find two united business class seats to rio from Chicago t-330 and it seems like United isn't releasing any saver fares. However, US Airways had available flights shortly after midnight...
View ArticleTOD Upgrade on Codeshare Flight (LH) Denied
My wife and I purchased tickets a few months ago to travel EWR-FRA-SOF and SOF-MUC-EWR. These were United tickets but all flights were operated by Lufthansa. These were economy class tickets (S class)....
View Article747 on SFO runway during Asiana crash
Didn't see a thread on this - but in news videos I saw a UA747 on the parallel runway. By the looks of it, it was queued for takeoff when the crash occurred and the takeoff was aborted (it looked to be...
View ArticleSo who designed the pmCO BF flat seats?
I got to fly on the pmCO BF seats on two back to back domestic flights IAD-IAH on a 764 and IAH-LAX on a 787. Yeah I know, for domestic flights, those are heaven, but I noticed two huge deficiencies....
View ArticleYoungest member?
My granddaughter is 7 days old and is now a member of the Mileage Plus club. :cool:
View ArticleCan't believe how much better US Air Club is vs. UC
In Charlotte today at US Club, fresh assortment of spiced olives, nice selection of cubed cheeses (cheddar, pepperjack, AND a tangy provolone), SOUP!, gourmet style chips. Why is the UC so sucky? I am...
View ArticleShortest USA-Intl flight?
I'm looking for a flight shorter than 132 miles. Could be on United/US/AC ... anything that starts in another country (thinking maybe Canada?) and ends up in the US. Any ideas?
View ArticleNeed Help - Delay in LHR
Have UA ticket from LHR-YVR-DEN. The LHR-YVR leg is on Air Canada. The LHR-YVR leg is severely delayed, and I will miss my YVR-DEN flight. There are plenty of UA options that will get me to DEN (via...
View ArticleUA not displaying SN Award Availability?
Tried doing some searches and couldn't find any information on FT or elsewhere on this. Am in the process of planning a trip next summer, and was planning on using UA miles to get from Europe back to...
View ArticleLOT (LO) award flights not available online
United.com is not showing LO award seats anymore. X is available, phone agent(s) are able to see & book those flights, but there is nothing online. It has been going on for a while now...
View ArticleIAH gates are only determined day of departure?
I've long noticed the trend that gates at IAH are not fixed until day of departure. For example, I have three flights tomorrow, going through IAH-ORD-EWR. Arrival and departure gates at ORD and EWR are...
View Articlequestion about the new PQD system
It says as one of the criteria: Flights operated by a Star Alliance or a MileagePlus partner airline and issued on a United ticket (ticket number starting with 016) Does that mean if I book on, say,...
View ArticleLooking for info on status matching
Looking at swapping over from the Delta world. Anybody done this recently and can offer tips?
View ArticleAirline Alliance Helped in Crash Aftermath
In the hours immediately following Saturdays crash of an Asiana Airlines jumbo jet at San Franciscos airport, dozens of United Airlines employees were scrambled to tend to the needs of survivors at...
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