Need advice: Is it worth to do a MR to use up GPUs?
It is that time of the year when I've gotten about 80K EQM's for the year as a 1K and my experience has been less than stellar. I also re-qualified as an Exec-Plat on AA, with a good experience until...
View ArticleRemoved from Upgrade List??
Hello, I had the following situation happen to me on a recent flight and being new to united (and frequent flying) this year, was wondering if anyone has encountered anything similar. I was flying from...
View ArticleMileage earned on a weird fare???
So I recently booked a mileage run and was expecting to just earn normal mileage. It was in G. Due to Sandy the run was automatically changed due to cancelled flights and when this happens you get put...
View ArticleUA 1P stuck in CPH w/ SAS tix to EWR from Airfare.com. Any ideas?
My partner is 1P on UA, so *G. He is currently at the end of a very short trip to Lund (Sweden), and was to fly Oct. 30 from Copenhagen to EWR and then on home to DEN (Y class, booked as SAS ticket...
View ArticleFlight Change Notification
Getting this message: ! There has been a schedule change to your reservation. Please see the change in red in Flight Details. If a change will cause a misconnect on your flights, you may change that...
View ArticleYour worst United Club experiences
Let's share our worst lounge experiences. Mine: United Club ( IAH-B ): It's early morning. The club is crowded and somewhat filthy. Here and there, some garbage is on the floor. But I'm not letting it...
View ArticleUA Mileage Run and Query
I just completed a mileage run from ORD-IAH-HNL-GUM-MNL on Oct 27, returned MNL-GUM-HNL-ORD on Oct 28. This was slightly less than 20K miles RT. Only problem was UA 183 GUM-MNL departed 1 hr+ late,...
View ArticleTrip in vain / refund due to IRROPS
Tried finding an answer, but not much luck. Though it isn't easy searching through with just my phone. How do refunds work on already commenced travel due to the IRROPS? I had OSL-EWR on Sunday, which...
View ArticleHow to best use my United Mileage Plus points.
I started regular travel in June of this year and thanks to many domestic flights, my United Plus Explorer card, and quickly working my way through the status levels, I now have just over 200k miles...
View ArticleUsing UAL Miles - USA to Europe
Is it possible to use UAL miles to route USA-ASIA-EUROPE using 1 award ticket? Trying to get from LAX - HKG - BKK - IST in business for 50,000 miles (one way)
View ArticleHelp me choose - AA or United from IAH to China
I hope I can get some help from the folks here at Flyertalk. As part of my new job, I will be flying about 6 times per year from Houston to China (Not sure which cities yet) Common sense tells me to go...
View ArticleRandom Economy fare booked into F (fare basis P)
Just had a weird booking experience on united.com (yes, one of many since the merger). I went to book one of my routine SFO-DEN-LNK-DEN-SFO itineraries (I do that at least 6x/year, sometimes more,...
View ArticleAny CAN-SIN fares
New to UA and wondering if sub-$1000 fares have been offered on UA from Eastern Canada to SIN in recent memory? Looking to purchase four of these mileage runs early in 2013 to earn 1K status, leaving...
View ArticleHas anyone tried an award routing like this?
I know the adage is "if it tickets, it's valid" but I am too far out from my dates to try bookig at this juncture. Would this be a valid n.america to southern Africa zone award?...
View Articleoutrageous excess taxes on award tkts.
have just noticed this despite booking travel 10months ago.. have award flight to sydney australia via narita and shanghai.family of 5(3kids) i have been charged for taxes that i believe i shouldnt...
View ArticleAny way to get something other than first 5 flights of day on itin change?
Trying to use an old credit towards a new itinerary. Problem is when I use ua.com's change function the search only returns 5 options and they seem to just be the first five flights of the day no...
View Articledelayed baggage comp
have been offered delayed baggage comp for a bag which was a day late.(and i needed to buy suit etc for a meeting) was told to look on the united.com for the form and address. looking at the site there...
View ArticleChecking in baggage during 2 hour layover
hi, I have a business trip from SFO to SLC next month but need to be in Vegas right afterwards. Booked a trip from SFO-LAX-SLC-SFO-LAS to get extra miles to requalify for 1K. Anyway, I will be golfing...
View ArticleSUA 777 ORD-HKG Start The End Of March
B747 Winter International Schedule 2012/2013 - Redeployment To improve reliability on the 747-400 fleet, the decision has been made to consolidate the ORD 747 flying into SFO. Below are the planned...
View ArticleSummer 2013 Trip Booking *A 787 Using GPU
We are trying a few things for Our Big Summer Trip to BKK in July 2013. First we are trying to get the most Segments on the 787 as possible and use a GPU on a W fare. We are looking to depart from...
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