United/Lufthansa BOM - IAD flight business class seat info
Hello All: I just booked a business class return ticket from BOM to IAD. I would really appreciate if someone would please give some of your experience on these flights: BOM - FRA UA9133 (operated by...
View ArticleInteresting Scheduling...
My inbound equipment (UA 1090 BOS/IAH) is SCHEDULED to land 18 minutes after my flight (UA 1157 IAH/PIT) is SCHEDLUED to depart. 1090 scheduled to land 1:07pm. 1157 scheduled to depart 12:49pm. Same...
View ArticleReceipt for buyup at OLCI
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View ArticleQuestion about UA/CO 747-400 aircraft
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View ArticleBetter Upgrade Chances ORD-SEA/YVR?
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View ArticleMouthy flight attendant refused to give her name
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View ArticleUnited + 2012 Olympics new advertising campaign
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View ArticleUA Award Travel Availability - Different on web than phone
As a 1K, other than the time it takes, there's no penalty to booking award travel over the phone, so it's not a financial issue. Instead I'm just surprised and confused why award availability seems...
View ArticleGPU on Award travel?
Hi Does anyone know if you can apply a GPU to an award ticket internationally? Thanks
View Articlefare question - can you estimate or know when the fare will end? get pulled?
This fare recently came out (yesterday). Before, the lowest fare in the market was L. I'm debating to buy or wait. Still seems expensive to me. Is there a way from the fare rules I can tell when the K...
View ArticleWhy was flight Cancelled UA4846 EWR-BWI
I was flying from EWR to BWI and my flight 4846 was cancelled last night. Does anyone know why it might have been cancelled? I drove from EWR to BWI to get home and it was clear skys the whole way....
View ArticleAnyone been checking domestic award inventory lately?
I have been trying to change a ticket so I have been checking daily...overnight almost all saver inventory for the various SEA-XXX-IAD routes for the entire month august and september vanished. Last...
View Articleadvice on Lhr fares needed
hi all, I'm looking to purchase a ticket on united for travel between London and the west coast for travel next spring. it seems that there is a fare sale this week, but I'm not familiar with fares in...
View ArticleWhy does UA rebook flts that violate MCT?
I have a flt to PDX from LGA that I purchased in Jan when they had the sale for $115.a/i The schedule changes have been coming fast and furious, which I expected. The latest though has me with a...
View ArticleIssues with Upgrade Waiting Lists
Hello all. I am a platinum member on United and I have experienced a problem from time-to-time that I wonder if anyone else has encountered. Prior to the merger, you could always see online in your...
View Article767-400 schedule
Does anyone know how I can tell what aircraft# will be used for a flight far into the future? I am familiar with using the flight status on united.com to see the aircraft assignment for today + 2 days....
View ArticleA New(?) Problem with an Upgrade
I have not heard of this problem occurring before - so I thought I would ask. A friend was waitlisted for a Global Premier upgrade. When he checked his reservation on line the morning of the flight, it...
View ArticlePaper gpu life limit
They expire on the same day as they would have if still in e-form, but is there any limit to how long the upgrade is good for on PAPER? In other words, when I make 1k can I request a paper GPU cert and...
View ArticleCan't add *G number to award ticket
Hey all, I have an award ticket for next week. I'm only a Silver/Gate Louse on UA, but I'm a Platinum on US. I wanted to use my US number for *G perks, such as higher baggage limit, on UA. The website...
View ArticleUnited terminates heavy maintenance contract with PEMCO in TPA
I saw this in the local paper this morning as I was leaving TPA: http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...irport/1243844 United didn't say where this heavy maintenance work was going to be performed...
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