New fee to change Award Type
Mar 27, 2012, 10:38 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 21
New fee to change Award Type
So I used to book 50k miles Continental reward tickets if no saver was available. Then I'd check back once in a while and if a 25k became available, I could just use the change flight function to get the saver instead.
Continental would redeposit the extra 25k miles back into my account, no fees, no problem ...
Now I read this:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...ticketing.aspx
Changing the cabin, award type, or changing a flight to a different airline, regardless of departure date (75$ - $50, etc.)
So does this mean, that if I tried the same now with the new United, they would charge me $50 for crediting the 25k miles back???
Continental would redeposit the extra 25k miles back into my account, no fees, no problem ...
Now I read this:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...ticketing.aspx
Changing the cabin, award type, or changing a flight to a different airline, regardless of departure date (75$ - $50, etc.)
So does this mean, that if I tried the same now with the new United, they would charge me $50 for crediting the 25k miles back???
Mar 27, 2012, 10:40 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Redwood City, CA USA (SFO/SJC)
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So I used to book 50k miles Continental reward tickets if no saver was available. Then I'd check back once in a while and if a 25k became available, I could just use the change flight function to get the saver instead.
Continental would redeposit the extra 25k miles back into my account, no fees, no problem ...
Now I read this:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...ticketing.aspx
Changing the cabin, award type, or changing a flight to a different airline, regardless of departure date (75$ - $50, etc.)
So does this mean, that if I tried the same now with the new United, they would charge me $50 for crediting the 25k miles back???
Continental would redeposit the extra 25k miles back into my account, no fees, no problem ...
Now I read this:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...ticketing.aspx
Changing the cabin, award type, or changing a flight to a different airline, regardless of departure date (75$ - $50, etc.)
So does this mean, that if I tried the same now with the new United, they would charge me $50 for crediting the 25k miles back???
Even with the new fees, restrictions on award tickets remain far less obnoxious than those for tickets purchased.
Mar 27, 2012, 10:46 pm
#3
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 21
Thanks for the quick answer. So I guess yet another point that just got worse compared to before. So far I cannot find any benefit for the customers about this merger ...
BTW: I just spent 50 minutes on the Premiere Priority line trying to get this answer. They should have a look at this forum and see how it is done ;-)
BTW: I just spent 50 minutes on the Premiere Priority line trying to get this answer. They should have a look at this forum and see how it is done ;-)
Mar 27, 2012, 10:59 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Redwood City, CA USA (SFO/SJC)
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Posts: 8,826
Thanks for the quick answer. So I guess yet another point that just got worse compared to before. So far I cannot find any benefit for the customers about this merger ...
BTW: I just spent 50 minutes on the Premiere Priority line trying to get this answer. They should have a look at this forum and see how it is done ;-)
BTW: I just spent 50 minutes on the Premiere Priority line trying to get this answer. They should have a look at this forum and see how it is done ;-)
Apr 20, 2012, 6:19 am
#6
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Apr 20, 2012, 6:58 am
#7
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Apr 20, 2012, 12:08 pm
#8
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Apr 21, 2012, 7:26 pm
#9
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I'm really confused. Please explain yourself.
Apr 26, 2012, 12:00 am
#10
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Posts: 120
Another favorable change for PMUA: You can now book a single standard award on mixed metal (for example UA US-Frankfurt; LH Frankfurt to another destination) so long as saver inventory is available on the partner flight. Previously, this required two awards - standard on UA; saver on partner.