Hawaiian Airlines flight mixed with UA award flights
Trying to book an award trip EWR-LAX (stopover) then LAX-OGG (desitnation) then OGG-HNL-EWR for the return. The OGG-HNL flight will be on Hawaiian. All of the UA metal legs have saver availability and...
View ArticleHow would a fare break affect international milage upgrades?
UAL.com is showing me a fare for LHR-EWR-LAX one way at $1700. LAX-EWR is in B. EWR-LAX is in K. Would a milage upgrade require two redemptions in this case because of the fare break?
View ArticleWhich itinerary to HNL would you choose?
All legs on award F Option 1: 6:00 am BOS --> SFO 737-900 connection time 45 mins 10:25 am SFO --> HNL 777-200 Arrive 12:45 pm Option 2 7:30 am BOS --> DEN 757-200 connection time 1 hr 43 mins...
View ArticleNYC to Phuket, united vs lufthansa
My husband and I are going to Thailand in December and looking to book award F / B tickets. So far we have a choice between Lufthansa B / Thai F or United Global First / Thai Business. The flights are...
View ArticlePaying for a United Flight vs Using Southwest Miles
I have 3 cards: Ink Bold, United Explorer and Southwest Rewards. I have 40k+ miles which are enough to cover a SAN-DEN (about $440 ~ 24K miles) flight for two people. I can fly with United and use my...
View ArticleBest route from IAH to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk?
Anyone with experience getting from Houston to Yuzhno? United to Moscow has either a 45 minute or 6 hour connection in Frankfurt, and I have no optimism for making a 45 minute connection there, so...
View ArticleUS-operated UA reward tix July 2014 - big question
Hoping someone knows the rule on this...no, it's not what if they do (or don't) merge with AA or move to OneWorld. I am mostly delighted because Mrs FTF and I scored Saver Biz tickets home from...
View ArticleOnline Check-in with UA or LH?
Not exactly sure where to post this (in LH or UA). I am posting it here since majority of the concerned trip is on UA.. Mods, sorry if it is in the wrong place. I have a single return ticket booked...
View ArticleWhy Would United Take Themselves Out of The Equation?
We just this moment decided to take a day trip early this week from Chicago to Detroit to see the art museum before the emergency city manager lets Christie's auction off the collection to the highest...
View ArticleTips to book trip consisting of rewards and paid tickets?
I have this problem a lot and haven't seen any posts on it. Suppose my family of four want to go to Europe and have enough points for one return trip. So I have to pay for three. The big problem is how...
View ArticleCheap European cities to fly into over the winter?
Flying from the west coast, what are the cheapest airports united flies into? Lisbon? somehwere in England?
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Change Fee/Fare Confusion?
I may need to change an international itinerary, so I was assuming change fee of $300 (approx £200) plus fare difference would be due. When I look at alternative flights, it says £100 fare difference...
View ArticleDOJ Antitrust Reviews and AA-US Suit: Will the DOJ Look at United-Continental...
I was inspired by a discussion in the DL forum to think about this, namely the idea that the DOJ might not stop once it (possibly) halts the AA-US merger. It seems that there is a completely new...
View ArticleUA Irrop reRouting Options severly Limited on DL
Today I had a major delay getting to ATL. I spoke to the 1k desk and they agreed to get me on a non-stop DL flight. After 30 minutes on hold a noticeably frustrated CSA stated that DL has a new policy...
View ArticleLAX-NRT-AKL vs. LAX-SYD-AKL
In about 6 weeks we are headed out on our honeymoon. We are currently booked for: SMF-LAX (UAX, CR700 F, 0538a) LAX-NRT (NH5, 777 new J, 1245p) NRT-AKL (NZ90, 747 J, 1900p) Using the old faithful last...
View ArticleWith new expiration should I sell my miles?
Ok so I JUST found out about this expiration thing that is about to happen on Sept 30 with my miles. I really can't plan on going on vacation any time soon because of financials so no need of flight or...
View ArticleExplorer Card vs. Club Card
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but I'm brand new and was hoping to find some answers about the new Visa card. Am considering these cards. Both seem like a pretty good deal but was wondering...
View ArticleChart showing FF miles needed to upgrade
I've been searching all over the UAL website, logged in with my mileage plus account and not logged in, and I can't find this. Did they remove it? I'm planning a trip next year and can only afford...
View ArticleBest time to arrive and depart LHR
Hi, need the forum's collective knowledge and insight for help with my situation. I am flying from ABQ -> LHR on Nov. 10, 2013 and returning on November 15, 2013. These are hard dates. I will be...
View ArticleWhat's in the snack basket?
When they swing the FC snack basket in front of my face, I'm a bit uncomfortable rummaging through the offerings. Is there a standard list of what I should find in there? Are there any rules of...
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