joseeantonior

You are calculating RDMs, not PQMs. You get 1 PQM for every real (BIS) mile flown. That means you would need to actually fly those ~4.5k miles. Doesn't matter if bought with Copa or United, they will be the same.

joseeantonior

I have read the following on my fare rules:

CHANGES
ANY TIME
CHARGE USD 300.00.
) WAIVED FOR SCHEDULE CHANGE.
NOTE -
--
CHANGE MADE TO OTHER THAN THE FIRST TICKETED
FLIGHT COUPON

Does that mean that I can change the flight for free as long as it's during the same day?

Kacee

No it means you will pay $300 for any change.

WineCountryUA

But Same Day Change (SDC) rules override the ticket rules and changes fitting the SDC rules (such as 24 hours prior to travel - new & old and all UA metal) will be less (and based on status).

The "waived for scheduled changes" refers to UA initiated schedule changes

Kacee

That wasn't OP's question. He was asking about the fare rules he quoted in his post.

helvetic

What's the best way to upgrade TXL-EWR-SFO from a P fare to F on a UA 764? Is it worth it? How much better is UA F than J?

(Fwiw: I flew here on LX via SFO-ZRH-TXL and the J product was pretty mediocre—except for the food, which was great. Had a lot of issues with the air quality on that old A340 plane making me so sick I couldn't breathe lying flat, and my throat was in pain the entire time.)

WineCountryUA

The TXL-EWR is typically a 2-class 764, when are you seeing 3-class?

On P fares (on 3-class) GPU are not usable. So $$$ upgrades or miles+copay are the options.

nwflyboy

I'm currently investigating my options for an award ticket using UA miles, but the new united.com search engine appears to be filtering out the flights I'm looking for. I've looked all the way to 330 days out and not seeing what I expect. The flight in question used to show up reliably using the search engine on the old site, so I'm guessing it's more of a website issue (probably intentional - yeah, friendly skies...) rather than a 100% lack of availability.

I haven't resorted yet to searching on ANA/EF (will try that next) but this experience raised a wider question I'm hoping someone here can answer:

Is there any way to still get the old united.com site to load?

(I know there used to be a trick to do that, but it doesn't seem to be working any more, at least not for me.)

Thanks.

mahasamatman

Are you sure the flight still exists? Schedules change all the time.

nwflyboy

Yes, the flight definitely exists .

Actually, the flight DOES appear on UA.com in a search. What seems odd (and makes me suspect UA is trying to hide availability, but only partially succeeding) is that the calendar view shows available seats in "Saver Economy" (tan color, every day) and the calendar also shows "Saver Economy & premium cabin" (green color, a few days midweek for a few weeks). A reasonable, predictable pattern - so far so good, right?...

But when I select one of the "green days" the list below the calendar only shows the availability for Economy - under Business Saver award (and all the other premium awards), it just says "Not available."

There is only one flight that meets my search criteria, and that flight is shown (it's on TK, a *A partner). In economy, seats every day. It shows zero availability in any premium cabin on green days.

Unless I am reading this wrong, there appears to be a basic contradiction between what the calendar shows (green 'Saver Award Economy & premium cabin'), and what's listed below it (only 'Economy'). It looks like this on many days.

FWIW I've also looked on the ANA and Aeroplan sites; they both show Premium cabin availability on that flight on those days where the UA calendar shows "green".

I can think of a few possible explanations for this discrepancy...

1. I am simply reading the results wrong. (This seems unlikely, as the results appear quite simple and clear (except for the seeming discrepancy), but I'd love to be educated.)
2. There's some technical glitch on ua.com. (Has happened before, will happen again.)
3. United is actively seeking to discourage MP members from redeeming premium cabin award seats on this partner. (Ditto.)

My confusion stems from the calendar showing 'green' for those days, but seeing no premium cabin award availability (at any level) listed in the results below the calendar.

I have searched this flight previously on the old ua.com site. The premium cabin availability showed as one would expect. So I'd like to try the old site if it's still available, to compare results.

Hope the above makes sense. Thanks.

sbm12

Not really. Provide real details and someone can probably help for real. Hypothetical discussions are much harder and less likely to result in a useful response.

soriano

Thank you.

Hipplewm

Next Sunday dec 6, flying from ORD-EWR on a 3 class 764

I got a B class ticket with auto upgrade to Business class

Will they upgrade the higher Business class to fill in first and then CPU to fill in business class like a regular domestic flight? ie - who goes to F or GF or whatever you call it on a domestic flight (I think the website said First/Business/Economy)

Basically, I couldn't determine if they treat a 3 class bird any different for domestic travel - especially a 2 hour flight and if they will pack the front of the plane like normal?

Aussienarelle

Does anyone know what is meant by Meal 1 and Meal 6 in a reservation?

physioprof

Those are placeholders during itinerary changes. Check again later, and eventually there will be a proper meal indication. Others may know better, but I think those placeholder codes have no interpretation.