United Club Entry refused. Club Full
Many of us know the crowds at United Clubs are out of control. In a first for me today I was refused entry as the club at MSP had no more seats or standing room left. I understand that safety concerns...
View Articlewait & see, or preemptive re-routing?
My brother has just checked in for his flight (RDU-IAH-LAX) tonight. However, at the check-in counter, the agent alerts him to the fact that his RDU-IAH flight is delayed for 2 hours (awaiting inbound...
View ArticleWhat are yearly limits on purchasing/gifting MP miles?
Some easy questions, but I haven't found the answers after searching FT..Any help is appreciated! I know I can purchase up to 100k miles for myself each year with MP. However, my Mom (who moved in with...
View ArticleSame Day Flight Change at Airport (Standby to earlier flight)
I tried searching, but was getting a ton of non-related input from the boards, so I wanted to see what experiences everyone else has had. On Monday 2/25, I will be flying from PHX to EWR on the 5:40 PM...
View ArticleFacebook musings
This was posted recently on the United FB page, along with an old CO photo. They still don't get it... Before we had jet bridges, we rolled out a gold carpet. Continental began rolling out the gold...
View ArticleWhat happens w/ CPU on Award Res If I have the Club Card but 2 Pax on PNR
I've looked and couldn't find the answer in posts here. The UA website makes clear that as a primary United Club Visa cardholder, I am eligible for CPUs on award reservations but that the benefit does...
View ArticleUnited Distress Gets Stuck in Snow at ICT
In a scene right out of "Airport," a United Express flight in Wichita took a wrong turn and got stuck in the snow. Here are details: http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspo...-need-him.html
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Thrown Off a United Airlines Flight for Taking Pictures!
Sorry, it's my first time on this forum. Apologies if this is in the wrong spot or has been posted before. Did a search and nothing came up. http://upgrd.com/matthew/thrown-off-...-pictures.html Quote:...
View ArticleBooking Award Ticket - booked business tix can i get 1 coach leg?
So I have reserved an award flight in business saver going ORD-IST-SIN-MLE There is a nonstop IST-MLE flight for the same day that is showing an economy ticket on EF (but not on united.com) - can I...
View ArticleDo you pick the empty row or the open seat?
With the current upgrade policy it's impossible to get an empty seat next to you so when your upgrade clears and you have a choice between an empty row or a row where the seat you don't want...
View ArticleIs this a valid route ?
Trying to use the UA award searching function for LAX=>FRA=>KIX=>HKG. The site come back with: "Error ! We were not able to find any available flights for award travel meeting your...
View Articleaward or purchase first (have to do both)
hi - i guess this applies to most if not all programs. I am booking trip on UA for myself and several others with some on miles and some via $. Is there a best sequence to ensure best availability and...
View ArticleCheaper to book on Weekends?!?
I know the traditional view (and my past experience validates it) is to book on Tuesday or Wednesday when the airlines free up lower fare buckets. The WORST time was weekends, when low price fare...
View ArticleCan't switch flights because tickets are award upgrades
I just spoke to UA regarding my reservation to fly EWR-PHX on a Thursday. Wanted to switch my award upgraded seats (coach to first) from the 5:30PM to the 7:50PM flight and UA said that there are no...
View Article$140 Signature Visa or $95 ExploreCard?
I know there are separate threads or lots of discussions on Chase credit cards, but Moderator, please don't merge into the threads yet because there are too much infomation in other existing threads...
View ArticleWhat if I book a flight that has already taken off?
I was able to find a flight whose scheduled departure was just one-minute away, and I clicked all the way to the last step for payment. Checking flight status, the plane has already taken off. What if...
View ArticlePMUA 777 or 744 in BF
Is there an advantage to either? As well, are the coach products now the same?
View ArticleDo Blackout Dates affect SDC or Standby?
I am planning to travel from Friday to Sunday over an upcoming weekend and fares have remained exceedingly high. I found a great fare for the adjacent Thursday/Monday so I purchased that today with the...
View ArticleHow's Overhead Bin Space on P.S. flights
I know this might change a bit with the reconfig of P.S., but having a first P.S. flight out of JFK was wondering how the carry-on space is on this flights. Since they have less seats than typically...
View ArticleStrange routing EWR-JFK
Don't know if this is new or something that's known in these parts. Was just searching for a flight NYC-TLV and one of the options confused me for a moment. I couldn't figure out how "Time on the...
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