*A Booking
Jul 15, 2017, 9:21 am
#1
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*A Booking
This is probably a stupid question, but I am *A Gold with UA. If I am booking directly with other *A carriers such as AC or LH should I buy them as a "guest" and provide my UA number then opposed to making an account with them?
Jul 15, 2017, 11:11 am
#2
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It's up to you whether you want to create an account or not. If you don't plan on ever doing this again, the guest route should be just fine.
Jul 16, 2017, 1:02 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Yea don't make an account with them. You'll usually be able to enter your FF # when purchasing the flight and entering passenger details, but if you forget that, you can always add it at OLCI 24 hours before the flight.
Jul 27, 2017, 8:03 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Outside of Cleveland Ohio
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The only upside of making an account is if you are going to use the mobile tools via their apps, otherwise its mostly not worth it (though LH will gift you 500 miles for signing up)
Jul 28, 2017, 3:29 am
#5
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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Just in case the point has been missed... If you open a FF account with each *A airline you fly and book flights crediting to each respective program you will end up with a bunch of accounts each with small mile/point balances.
You CAN credit ALL your *A travel to one *A FF program....in your case since you are G with UA that would be the best place to credit.
Not trying to insult you if you knew that...but it wasn't clear to me from your question....(better safe than sorry)
You CAN credit ALL your *A travel to one *A FF program....in your case since you are G with UA that would be the best place to credit.
Not trying to insult you if you knew that...but it wasn't clear to me from your question....(better safe than sorry)
Jul 29, 2017, 4:06 pm
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Just in case the point has been missed... If you open a FF account with each *A airline you fly and book flights crediting to each respective program you will end up with a bunch of accounts each with small mile/point balances.
You CAN credit ALL your *A travel to one *A FF program....in your case since you are G with UA that would be the best place to credit.
You CAN credit ALL your *A travel to one *A FF program....in your case since you are G with UA that would be the best place to credit.
While I maintain several *A accounts (AC, NH, SQ, AV) in order to search for award space and/or book awards using transferred UR/MR points, in almost all instances I credit paid *A flights to my home program (UA) for mileage earning.
Small balances in multiple accounts is a really bad outcome, particularly since many of these programs have non-extendable expiration periods.