[FARE GONE] ORD-LHR $327 a.i. (also ex-SFO, ex-LAX) - Page 60

boxo · Mar 2, 09, 2:18 am

Finally flew my one and only. Rode backwards on LHR-ORD.

Thanks to Jaimito for booking this.

N1120A · Mar 2, 09, 1:39 pm

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Originally Posted by kneemuh

Best way I can think of is the beg a CSR to put you on a different departure (i.e. earlier flight). Maybe even a direct. I've never seen a flight keep a BMI codeshare after a change like that.

When I did my only one of these trips, our bookings were UA coded pretty much as soon as they hit my itineraries. I think being a UA FFer helps.

6rugrats · Mar 2, 09, 1:55 pm

We were able to successfully upgrade three seats using SWUs for the ORD-IAD-LHR leg the night before at SEA. On the return trip at the airport, we were able to change the routing to just LHR-ORD, dropping the IAD leg, and again upgrade all three tickets to the new business configuration.

Thanks again to those who helped me with this!

secretsea18 · Apr 1, 09, 7:05 pm

I just returned from my ORD-IAD-LHR trip. We got excellent exit row seats on the IAD-LHR outbound and a great flight crew. The best part of flights was the free upgrades we got on the LHR-IAD return!!! I went from E+ and my Mom went from E- to Business. Very nice service, but the recliner style seating, not the backwards facing lie flats. A great trip and a very nice experience on United (which I had not flown in over 8 years since they d/c service to my prior city.)

Looking forward to JFK-FCO later in the month!

Thanks to the OP for this deal. It was great.

MDtR-Chicago · Apr 1, 09, 7:49 pm

Oh I've been meaning to post...

My wife and I took a trip on this fare in January and had a great time. Booked ORD-IAD-LHR-ORD-SFO, with a separate one-way SFO-ORD at the beginning. Due to weather we were re-routed onto the non-stop ORD-LHR.

Had good service on the UA legs. We also booked a RyanAir flight LGW-DUB (quite an experience) and BD DUB-LHR.

Not really a mileage run but used it toward a 1P challenge and got a great deal on vacation airfare. (This has worked out well for United. Directing more flights their way this year because of the experience.)

Thanks to the OP!