Using UA Miles for Business to South Africa
Hi Everyone, I'm planning on using my UA miles to go from SFO to South Africa in 2014. It's quite early I know, but I'm figuring out what my options are. When is generally most available for 2 business...
View Articlecan Chase MP Explorer card "change owner" for 1K fee waiver?
Hi all -- I give my 1K MM benefit to a family member who does not have a Chase card, but is a co-account cardholder with someone else in our family. I haven't checked on this issue in a long time, but...
View Article787 DEN-NRT Delayed Implementation?
A friend and I purchased B fare tickets DEN-NRT on 4/10 and had confirmed upgrades on the 787. Everything was fine up until today...the reservation for 4/10 still says flight UA139 and confirmed in...
View Article*newbie question* Upgrading flight ORD-NRT
Hi Folks - I've been reading quite a lot here and gotten some good tips, but am not sure I'm interpreting the tea leaves right, so I hope I'm not posing a very immature question. About a year ago, I...
View ArticleHelp,YUL-SFO on AC using UA Miles, not ticketing???
I have been on the phone for 3-4 hours today with numerous United reps trying to figure out why my YUL-SFO AC saver miles seat booked two days ago for Nov 2013 still has not ticketed. I received...
View ArticleReservation change to Bombardier Q200 to Europe!!??
I Just checked our reservation for May 12, 2013 IAD to FCO and in red it states there has been a schedule change and the change shows we are now on Bombadier Q200. Our friends are also booked on that...
View ArticleBest Way to find Award Availability on EVA
I've read that Eva's website gives accurate award availability, but from what I have experienced, this is not true. After some searching, I have 1 flight with 2 biz seats (out of a 6 week span), but...
View ArticleNo one Free checked bag for United card holders?
I have the Chase UME card and used it to pay the flight tax.I booked an award round trip flight on united.com. The first flight is Lufthansa. On the return, the last flight is United. Do I still get 1...
View ArticleIs anyone else tired of the cookies in F?
I've been offered endless cookies for dessert on UA since I started flying them again in May. I declined on them all. In fact, it seems they have few takers of cookies anymore. The FA's usually return...
View ArticleFluctuating W-fare (transpac)?
IÂ’m not familiar with W-fare on transpacific routes and this is the first year that I qualified for 1K (because of atypical circumstances). I need travel from NYC-PVG during lunar New Year and couldnÂ’t...
View ArticleRoute Map
Is there a place where you can see all the direct destinations from a point of origin, even of the destination is not an everyday flight? For example, I'd like to see everywhere I can get from ORD in...
View ArticleGood customer service - it's not that hard
Traveling on an award ticket to MSY this weekend. I booked the ticket a good bit in advance as I always do for our NYE trip. I knew that in the interim, the schedules would change. And they did. My...
View ArticleUA Fare Rules - How to access?
Hi, So I'm looking at a one way flight from ORD-MSY on 3/8/2013 and I see availability in L, but the search only returns fares in U (higher fare class). I'm assuming it's because I'm looking at a one...
View ArticleUA 4726 CLE-BDL Record Time
UA 4726 UAL site shows departed CLE 6:27PM arrived BDL 6:33PM, wow this RJ145 exceeds the concorde at that rate if this flight took only 6 minuntes. It arrived 1:27min early, the pilot must have really...
View ArticleMajor crew issues?
A friend of mine has been stuck at DEN the past 36 hours due to what appear to be serial delays-turned-cancelations due to crew availability. She claims she's in good company among other...
View ArticleR space disappeared while processing upgrades, did I trigger some sort of...
I just bought four tickets to Hawaii on separate PNRs, but I chose them because the outbound flight was R4 and the inbound was R5. Then, I began processing the upgrades using regionals/globals and...
View ArticleCompensation for major equipment downgrade?
Hi, We're in Berlin flying back to Newark tomorrow on a paid business class ticket. The flight is supposed to be a 757 with lay-flat seats. It is now a 767-200. No layflat, no power jacks. The main...
View ArticleHNL-BKK W fare
I can search for cheapest ticket HNL-BKK, and find $1002 10/21/13 out, back 11/21/13. It 's a no-GPUable fare, and it routes HNL-NRT-HNL. When I look at fare class, I can see W9 on all flights. When I...
View ArticlePS Headsets - shortage?
I have done 4 transcons between JFK and LAX/SFO in the last 2 weeks, and on all flights when the portable entertainment systems are distributed in C, on all 4 flights, FA's were asking pax if they had...
View ArticleChanging an award booking
Hi FTers I've finally saved enough miles to make some award bookings, but I'd like to check a few things. If I make an award booking, then later see a better option (e.g. different routing or carrier),...
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