Originally Posted by
findingflow
Wow. Thanks, that clears up a fundamental misunderstanding on my part.
I'll take the gift certificate route you suggest. And trust that UAL somehow receives a message about my purchase.
Be sure to be logged in at the united mall before clicking to the merchant site from the UA mall to buy the giftcertificate... It'll all be in the cookies exchanged between the mall and the merchant when you go through the link. Of course, be sure cookies are enabled in your web browser...