ISP
Apr 18, 03, 8:42 am
Good morning all!
Yesterday I completed the first leg of a little holiday vacation I decided to take (FLL-LGA). I booked the ticket w/ UA, and all flights have UA flight #'s. The metal used yesterday was all US (FLL-DCA, DCA-LGA). I was able to standby on US for no charge to catch an earlier shuttle flight out of DCA. Here's my question: on the return leg, the metal is all UA (LGA-ORD, ORD-FLL). I really would love to avoid ORD, and want to connect through DCA again to get shuttle bonus mileage. Am I allowed to standby for a US flight when I am supposed to be on UA metal? Or was I only permitted standby yesterday because I was on another US metal flight? Any tips would be appreciated. I called UA to ask about this, and there line is simply busy. After this post, writing a letter to Consumer Affairs!
Yesterday I completed the first leg of a little holiday vacation I decided to take (FLL-LGA). I booked the ticket w/ UA, and all flights have UA flight #'s. The metal used yesterday was all US (FLL-DCA, DCA-LGA). I was able to standby on US for no charge to catch an earlier shuttle flight out of DCA. Here's my question: on the return leg, the metal is all UA (LGA-ORD, ORD-FLL). I really would love to avoid ORD, and want to connect through DCA again to get shuttle bonus mileage. Am I allowed to standby for a US flight when I am supposed to be on UA metal? Or was I only permitted standby yesterday because I was on another US metal flight? Any tips would be appreciated. I called UA to ask about this, and there line is simply busy. After this post, writing a letter to Consumer Affairs!