History of UA's Royal Pacific Service?
I picked up two decks of playing cards today at an estate sale. They are labeled United Airlines Royal Pacific Service. When did UA have this Royal Pacific Service? Which destinations were served? The...
View ArticleChoose from California's three biggest cities
Here is an ad currently on United.com Choose from California's three biggest cities Try San Francisco, San Diego, L.A. on for size A simple and straight forward ad- but the three largest cities in...
View ArticleCan public access United's flights statistics?
My assumption would be not, but just asking - is there a way to find out which routes are busiest or least loaded based on the actual flight data - like SFO-LAX has XX% booked averagely in Y and so on.
View ArticleAward waitlisting strategy for multi-passenger reservation
I've got 4 people on an award itinerary, 2 with status, and I'm trying to decide whether to waitlist for a higher class of service on one leg -- and if so, how to go about it. Here's the situation: 2...
View ArticleWhy would the UA GAs do this ?
I was using the return portion of an award ticket IAH LAX IAH. Made the standby at the airport in LAX with another pax/ I heard him talk to other pilots, he was a pilot in street clothes. 2 of us out...
View ArticleCan use PremierAccess lane when flying another carrier?
I'm wondering if anyone knows the policy on using the PremierAccess line at security if you are flying another carrier, but have PremierAccess privilege? JetBlue and UA shared a security checkpoint. My...
View ArticleUnited's Website Errors caused me $17,000 in pending transactions...
Anyone have this? I booked one PNR last night which got an errors on three credit cards - $3600 (one transaction went through however money taken out of each account) Put another PNR on hold awaiting...
View ArticleHow Does Air China's IAH-PEK Compare to United's IAH-NRT for Onward Transit...
Any one have experience with IAH>PEK>NRT? Curious about legroom & food in economy vs UA; as well if anyones experienced delays into PEK UA = $200 more
View ArticleAdding Partner Flights To Current Reservations
Hello In my quest towards 1K status this year I've booked a few *A Partner Flights (Copa, TAM, and US Air). I made sure to add my United Mileage Plus Account # to the reservation at the time of...
View ArticleCabin Class Confusion - Inevitable w/ merger of 2 bureaucracies, -Or...
As other's have commented many times, there are way too many names for classes of service on UA. I have to say that if I were a foreign visitor with only modest English skills I would be completely...
View ArticleNeed to show credit card with ticket purchased for another traveler?
I know this used to be an issue. I don't know if it is these days. I also see some indication it may not be an issue for travelers with UA status but I don't know if that's true. Later this month I'm...
View ArticleFA's Locking LAVs Near Jumpseats So They Can Eat?
UA flt 432 from Iah to San..Tuesday July 30/13. Several passengers in line to use lav in coach, I am fourth in line. Lav facing jump seat has occupied sign on. Psgs going in at out of the same lav. The...
View ArticleJet Airways (9W) flight dropped from ticketed UA award reservation - what to do?
Folks, I am new the nuisances of UA MP international award travel using partners. In Jan. I ticketed award seats from the US to India. The last segment from DEL to CCU was on Jet Airways (9W). Now, the...
View ArticleConsolidated United Operational Upgrade (OP-UPs) Experinces for 2013
I recently received my first "free" upgrade on the new United. As Gold, I've batted exactly .000 in getting upgrades on my domestic segments. However, on a recent SFO-PEK flight, I got bumped up to...
View ArticleLithium Ion batteries in baggage on UA?
[First off, apologies for the long post and complex question] I'm in the middle of a trip and unforeseen circumstances have me purchasing a cordless drill today with two Lithium Ion batteries. Each of...
View ArticleA little confused - How many miles can be transferred to an account yearly?
Is it true that a single United Mileage plus account can only receive a transfer of 15000 miles total in a 1 year period? I am finding conflicting info.
View ArticleUnited Partner Award Change Question
Hello Everyone, Looking for some help, hopefully. Have a multi-city partner award booked in coach, one leg already flown. I need to change the date on the return and the only thing available is...
View ArticlePremier Gold qualification based abroad
Hi, apologies if this has already been posted, but the Search function did not provide any help. Im permanently based in GVA and am currently an FTL with Swiss. My travel pattern primarily consists of...
View ArticleWhat are UA folks think about DL service between LAX and SFO
what do you guys think about this route? DL offers 14x flights hourly during weekdays, same as UA does. But seems to have better service opinions.
View ArticleUA at FCO check in question
Flying FCO-EWR tomorrow. My boarding pass says "check in at terminal 5 and take the bus to terminal and then all UA flights depart from Terminal C." Since I already have my boarding pass and have carry...
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