Originally Posted by
Ripper3785
Book a 25K award somewhere on a flight leaving around when you want to go. You're a 1K so no fees to cancel and refund. Check in, go through security, head into the RCC, cancel check in, call 1Kline and cxl your ticket.
There are reports that sometimes UA will take a long time to refund a refundable ticket. Why bother if you have at least 25K RDM?
even if i have already checked in, they will still refund the 25k miles and the security fee or whatever?