United MileagePlus (Consolidated) - Hidden City ticket ... would you risk it for a VDB?

I'm looking at a flight where the plane is wide open to where I want my final destination to be. Adding a hidden city drops the price significantly, but that flight is:

Available Cabins: Y1, YN1, B1, M0, E0, U0, H0, HN0, Q0, V0, W0, S0, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0

There are still 4 days to the flight ... it is the last flight of the night. Do I hop off or go to the ticket counter to see if they need VDB?

Or is that a risk not worth taking?

EDIT: just as an FYI, the flight before is more than 4 hours prior to this one and looks like this:

Available Cabins: Y3, YN3, B3, M2, E2, U1, H0, HN0, Q0, V0, W0, S0, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0

I'm looking at a flight where the plane is wide open to where I want my final destination to be. Adding a hidden city drops the price significantly, but that flight is:

Available Cabins: Y1, YN1, B1, M0, E0, U0, H0, HN0, Q0, V0, W0, S0, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0

There are still 4 days to the flight ... it is the last flight of the night. Do I hop off or go to the ticket counter to see if they need VDB?

Or is that a risk not worth taking?

EDIT: just as an FYI, the flight before is more than 4 hours prior to this one and looks like this:

Available Cabins: Y3, YN3, B3, M2, E2, U1, H0, HN0, Q0, V0, W0, S0, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0

If you try to VDB, you might have a difficult time explaining to the agent why you want to stay where you are for say, several days.

That said, an agent did offer to configure my ticket for my last segment (IAD-LGA) once to be an open ticket that I could reuse at a later date if I found my own transportation to New York when I took a VDB. (It was the last flight of the night and I needed to be in New York by 9AM, so I was considering taking an overnight Amtrak train on my own dime so I could still take the bump. After a bit of consideration, I turned it down.)

well, it might not be worth it ... they might not even be oversold and the 45 min wait to see if they call anyone isn't worth it.

Plus, if I do go up for the VDB and they end up not needing me, they might flag me... ahhh screw it, I'll just jump ship at my stop and screw the greed

well, it might not be worth it ... they might not even be oversold and the 45 min wait to see if they call anyone isn't worth it.

Plus, if I do go up for the VDB and they end up not needing me, they might flag me... ahhh screw it, I'll just jump ship at my stop and screw the greed


:rolleyes::rolleyes::confused:

GREED - a desire to attain or pocess more then one deserves

I think UA probably considers using "hidden cities" to get a fare your not eligible for a form of greed in the first place. Perhaps you should have said "screw the "excessive" greed