Waitlist on United business on award ticket?
Mar 7, 2017, 9:59 pm
#1
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Waitlist on United business on award ticket?
We're ticketed in business for the international segments on ANA, but only on economy on domestic (United). Is it a possibility to waitlist on United for that segment? I called United, and they told me they can't do anything about it.
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Mar 8, 2017, 8:53 am
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Unless you (luckily) experience irregular operations requiring UA to accommodate you on different flights, UA won't do anything about it. It's a LifeMiles ticket after all.
Mar 8, 2017, 10:12 am
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And LifeMiles are going to charge you a substantial change fee to upgrade a leg if it ever becomes available.
Mar 8, 2017, 12:47 pm
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Mar 12, 2017, 4:50 am
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Of course the issue with cancelling and re-booking is if the award space is no longer there for your main long-haul...
Anyhow the point for the OP is that this sort of flexibility just doesn't happen with Lifemiles. You fly what you've booked... Forget waitlisting...