Booking with my explorer card
Could I book my flight now with my united explorer card, and later apply points for the tickets? Would I take a chance of not getting the same award when doing it this way? Looking at booking travel...
View ArticleWhat's happened to de-icing at ORD?
I was on UX 3725 last night, Feb. 7, from ORD to ATL and experienced a 3 hour 52 minute weather delay at ORD. At least half of this delay, and possibly the entire delay, could have been avoided, if...
View Article"Inactive" reservation
So I booked a flight yesterday and noticed that it was listed at "inactive" on my reservations. Ticket was booked and paid for. Any reason to be concerned / worried?
View ArticlePaid $50 to UA for a $250 Fare Reduction?
My fare on my flight went down by $250 so I called them to get the credit and they made me give my credit card to charge me a $50 change fee to get this credit. The agent said the fare desk said they...
View ArticleDowngraded from Platinum to General during flight?
I started my itinerary 5 days ago as a Platinum and today when I checked my itinerary for my return flight tomorrow my economy plus seats were removed and I was downgraded to general member. Now I have...
View ArticleNo IAD-GVA/ZRH non-stop flights during Christmas week 2013?
I am looking to book a direct flight from IAD to GVA or ZRH between 12/24 and 12/28 but there are 0 available. Are these schedules not yet bookable, or does United just cancel this service during the...
View ArticleFirst class boarding... ON AN EMBRAER RJ145!!!!!!!
Was flying COS-IAH part of my MR on the 6th of February when the pre-board announcement was made. "Now as a part of our pre-board process, we would like to invite our Global Service members, uniformed...
View ArticleTSA PreCheck Hack
Anyone seen this TSA PreCheck hack? Basically you can make the TSA scanner beep 3x, or find out when you aren't going to beep 3x. http://hackmytrip.com/2013/01/stayin...-tsa-precheck/ Your resident...
View ArticleAward Booking Help - One Way C3-C2-C1
Hello fellow FT'ers This will be my first Award Booking and trying to get a little assistance. I realize that I need to do the leg work and make the calls, just trying to figure out what I should know...
View ArticleUA875 SEA>NRT First Class - New or Old Seats by November 2013?
I have a confirmed award seat in F on UA875 on Nov 1st and trying to guess if it's going to be in old UA seats or new? Anyone have current information on what is likely? When I booked the ticket I...
View ArticleGuinee Airlines
I noticed on this page: http://www.united.com/web/en-US/cont...es/served.aspx A number of destinations which are listed as served by "Guinee Airlines". There are 38 examples on that page including ORF,...
View ArticleHkg-nrt-lax award. Switch to ANA?
I'm currently booked on UA78 (737-800) and UA 810 (777-200) on 2/26. 78 is WL for Business. 810 is confirmed in First. This is a saver award. NH912 (767-300) and NH6 (777-300ER) just opened up for...
View ArticleAMA "Closing Keynote: Transforming the MileagePlus Program at United Airlines"
American Marketing Association Conference in Chicago, February 19, Closing Keynote Address... Quote: Transforming the MileagePlus Program at United Airlines Michelle Brown, Director, Strategy &...
View ArticleYou ordered a Vegetarian meal but I am sorry... (computer glitch)
OK. There are a lot of hickups in this merger and a lot of people getting stressed and upset etc etc. We know that. So, I'd like to relate a funny and totally unexpected event that happened to me...
View ArticleNo Economy seats?
We just purchases a non-refundable international ticket, all on United. The first leg had no economy seats and I did not feel like paying $35 per ticket. There were many economy plus seats and business...
View ArticleIFE listings?
Are these available online someplace? Looking for info on the TATL routes (in C) for this month. This link doesn't have the listings for the 747 :( And this isn't very useful either.
View ArticleAny sightings of award upgrade seats US-Australia
Hi, Started looking for award / upgrade business first seats for this coming december 13 / january 14 for syd-lax/sfo and return. I saw a few upgrade seats late december ( eg 25 - 28 dec) no award...
View ArticleOverbooking Domestic F???
So I was doing a MR this past week and had already received my CPU from HNL-ORD when at the gate they announce F is overbooked and they want volunteers to downgrade, $1500 compensation offered. I had...
View Articleno award change fees if 1k books ticket for a family member?
Is it true if my husband, who is 1k books me an award ticket out of his account, that if I change or cancel the award ticket, there are no fees for me even tho I am a base member? I am thinking of...
View ArticleNo E+ if Traveling on a US Ticket?
So we're on US award tickets with legs on UA, NH, and NZ. For the UA sector where we're stuck in Y, my wife and I (both 1Ks) can't get seats in E+ for free. UA tells us there's nothing they can do...
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