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May 21, 2015, 7:53 am
#961
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Programs: UA 1K, DL Gold, IHG Diamond AMB, MR Gold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, National EE
Posts: 1,083
Do the miles for re-booked flights take longer to post than normal? All of my miles/segments, etc. always post within 48 hours, but for some reason my last segment which was re-booked due to a missed connection has yet to post and it has been 48+ hours.
May 21, 2015, 11:31 am
#962
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,855
sometimes -- I would not worry until 72+ hours for UA operated a bit longer for partners.
May 21, 2015, 11:36 am
#963
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Programs: UA 1K, DL Gold, IHG Diamond AMB, MR Gold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, National EE
Posts: 1,083
Ok thanks. I'm eager to see how it posts. I originally booked N but was rebooked into Y. I have 28.5 segments right now so I really hope is posts as Y so I can get 1.5 PQS and qualify for Silver.
May 21, 2015, 1:31 pm
#964
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 687
Hello all.
Im taking a UA flight from NYC to Las Vegas this June. This will be my last flight before becoming a premier member, so I wanted to make sure I planned this right. As you know, EWR to LAS is about 6 hrs gate-to-gate, and since no tablet can stream video for that long, I wanted to avoid the A320's (I also didn't want the 30 inches of legroom.) I avoided the 320's successfully, and chose the B737-800 both ways, in hopes for DirecTV. I was also given the option of the 737-900's, but declined as I read an article that said that there were some new Sky Interior 739's that did not have any entertainment.
My question is simple: Is their any chance the 737 will not have a setback TV? UA says that there are 5 planes without DirecTV installed, but aren't those planes reserved for Guam/Asia service? Thanks!
Im taking a UA flight from NYC to Las Vegas this June. This will be my last flight before becoming a premier member, so I wanted to make sure I planned this right. As you know, EWR to LAS is about 6 hrs gate-to-gate, and since no tablet can stream video for that long, I wanted to avoid the A320's (I also didn't want the 30 inches of legroom.) I avoided the 320's successfully, and chose the B737-800 both ways, in hopes for DirecTV. I was also given the option of the 737-900's, but declined as I read an article that said that there were some new Sky Interior 739's that did not have any entertainment.
My question is simple: Is their any chance the 737 will not have a setback TV? UA says that there are 5 planes without DirecTV installed, but aren't those planes reserved for Guam/Asia service? Thanks!
May 21, 2015, 2:12 pm
#965
Moderator: Budget Travel forum & Credit Card Programs, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYJ/YVR and back on Van Isle ....... for now
Programs: UA lifetime MM / *A Gold
Posts: 14,429
Lots of discussion in thread posted below, including entertainment.
And don't forget about last minute subs
EDITED TO ADD: eliminated wrong thread, see post below.
Last edited by EmailKid; May 21, 2015 at 3:21 pm Reason: eliminated wrong thread
May 21, 2015, 3:16 pm
#966
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,855
Yes.
Lots of discussion in thread about fleet updates including entertainment.
And don't forget about last minute subs
Lots of discussion in thread about fleet updates including entertainment.
And don't forget about last minute subs
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...5-edition.html
and
https://sites.google.com/site/united...fleet-tracking
To the OPs question, there are 5 out of 122 738s used for North American service w/o DirecTV and another 8 w/o DirecTV used for Guam service.
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Last edited by WineCountryUA; May 21, 2015 at 3:28 pm Reason: tablet link
May 21, 2015, 3:20 pm
#967
Moderator: Budget Travel forum & Credit Card Programs, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYJ/YVR and back on Van Isle ....... for now
Programs: UA lifetime MM / *A Gold
Posts: 14,429
May 22, 2015, 2:44 am
#968
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Catania, Sicily/South Jersey (PHL)/Houston, Texas/Red Stick/airborne in-between
Programs: United Global Svs, AA PlatPro, WN RR, AZ/ITA Freccia, Hilton Diam, Bonvoy Gold, Hertz Prez, IHG
Posts: 3,548
new challenge for me:
I was trying to buy a ticket an upgrade and on the payment screen it is defaulting to Guam on the address so it will not take the mainland US zipcode from billing and thus will not let me pay. The upgrade is for someone I have flying NRT-GUM then GUM-HNL; the upgrade itself is for the GUM-HNL section and I presume why it is defaulting to Guam on the address.
Anyway around this? I cannot find one.
I was trying to buy a ticket an upgrade and on the payment screen it is defaulting to Guam on the address so it will not take the mainland US zipcode from billing and thus will not let me pay. The upgrade is for someone I have flying NRT-GUM then GUM-HNL; the upgrade itself is for the GUM-HNL section and I presume why it is defaulting to Guam on the address.
Anyway around this? I cannot find one.
May 22, 2015, 7:58 am
#969
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Jersey Shore/YYZ
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 12,521
new challenge for me:
I was trying to buy a ticket an upgrade and on the payment screen it is defaulting to Guam on the address so it will not take the mainland US zipcode from billing and thus will not let me pay. The upgrade is for someone I have flying NRT-GUM then GUM-HNL; the upgrade itself is for the GUM-HNL section and I presume why it is defaulting to Guam on the address.
I was trying to buy a ticket an upgrade and on the payment screen it is defaulting to Guam on the address so it will not take the mainland US zipcode from billing and thus will not let me pay. The upgrade is for someone I have flying NRT-GUM then GUM-HNL; the upgrade itself is for the GUM-HNL section and I presume why it is defaulting to Guam on the address.
May 23, 2015, 2:53 am
#970
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Catania, Sicily/South Jersey (PHL)/Houston, Texas/Red Stick/airborne in-between
Programs: United Global Svs, AA PlatPro, WN RR, AZ/ITA Freccia, Hilton Diam, Bonvoy Gold, Hertz Prez, IHG
Posts: 3,548
No those were not available it defaulted to CC and not where I could choose what was on file (I was logged into my account). It wanted the details entered manually but had Guam as the state without an option to change thus the zipcode would not check. Oddly I rebooted computer and tried several more times, reclogged in from another computer and still no go.
Finally this afternoon via a different internet access point the normal screen came up with my normal CCs on file to choose from.
'Twas odd but finally resolved.Thanks
Finally this afternoon via a different internet access point the normal screen came up with my normal CCs on file to choose from.
'Twas odd but finally resolved.Thanks
May 23, 2015, 5:26 am
#971
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: fwp blood diamond, dykwia uranium
Posts: 7,251
same flight no, different equipment
hola
i booked a 3 segment trip with the intent to get my 4 ua segments for status.
at the time of booking each segment had different flt numbers (eg) ua 111, ua 222, ua 333
today i checked in and i see the middle leg has the same flight number as the first, so my journey is now ua 111, ua 111, and then ua 333. the second ua 111 is on different equipment.
so for the purpose of EQM distance: would this count count the total distance traveled or "direct" route?
and for the purpose of the 4 UA flight minimum: would this trip count as 3 or 2 united segments?
i booked a 3 segment trip with the intent to get my 4 ua segments for status.
at the time of booking each segment had different flt numbers (eg) ua 111, ua 222, ua 333
today i checked in and i see the middle leg has the same flight number as the first, so my journey is now ua 111, ua 111, and then ua 333. the second ua 111 is on different equipment.
so for the purpose of EQM distance: would this count count the total distance traveled or "direct" route?
and for the purpose of the 4 UA flight minimum: would this trip count as 3 or 2 united segments?
May 23, 2015, 6:00 am
#972
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Jersey Shore/YYZ
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 12,521
If shown as different segments you are fine. Full PQMs and PQS.
May 23, 2015, 6:02 am
#973
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: fwp blood diamond, dykwia uranium
Posts: 7,251
May 23, 2015, 10:28 am
#974
Moderator: Budget Travel forum & Credit Card Programs, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYJ/YVR and back on Van Isle ....... for now
Programs: UA lifetime MM / *A Gold
Posts: 14,429
May 24, 2015, 1:52 am
#975
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MRY - CNX - TXL
Programs: UA 1K / *G / Marriott PE / Expedia Gold+ / Hertz PC
Posts: 7,058
I know I'll get slippers SFO-NRT-SFO but what about NRT-SIN-NRT? (Trying to figure out how many pairs to swipe from the hotel right now/pack)