Originally Posted by
hauteboy
A few weeks ago I put an award biz class on UA/Qatar on hold as I was waiting on some points to transfer in my account. When the points showed up the next day I purchased the itin, it just showed as pending at first, no big deal I figured it would go through eventually. I hadn't checked the itin in awhile but last night when I go to check the reservation, my QR segments have disappeared, and now there is no availability. So something seriously gone wrong with my itinerary, I don't think UA would be able to rerequest that availability? On hold with MP service center and they are saying they can't use QR at all??
There is another thread discussing this very issue that you described above. The summary is that there are many issues with booking QR flights and most of the agents claim that it is not possible to book QR flights anymore (they don't see the availability that shows up online). What you need to do is to book online if you can (even that doesn't always work) and call later to add UA/*A segments once the original reservation is ticketed.
Originally Posted by
6rugrats
I thought you could no longer book award travel on Qatar:
Effective June 15, 2012, United will terminate its codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways. Reservations booked through United for Qatar Airways-operated flights scheduled to depart on or before September 14, 2012, will be honored as ticketed. Customers booked through United on Qatar Airways-operated flights scheduled to depart on or after September 15, 2012, will be accommodated on their scheduled flights with new flight numbers. Customers will be able to accrue mileage on Qatar Airways codeshare and interline flights until September 14, 2012. Award travel ticketed on or before September 14, 2012, will be honored as ticketed and valid for one year.
Your quote contradicts your conclusion - it says that award flights booked by 9/14 will be honored as ticketed.