Originally Posted by
sharonsimon
So did I read the rules to say that even for award travel booked on Continental prior to March 3, one is charged a fee to change the carrier even if the date and city pairs are the same and travel more than 21 days in advance? I totally missed that change, as Continental used to allow the carrier change for free and I booked the award trip thinking I could later change if different options opened up. I am hoping to get on a United nonstop where now I am on a connection where the first flight is United but the second is a star alliance carier. Thank you.
I asked the exact same question when booking award flight on CO prior to the merger. I was told that any bookings made on CO prior to the merger will be governed by the old CO rules that were in effect on the time of booking. I would not be surprised if new UA will conveniently ignore this and follow UA rules regardless of where and when the initial booking was made.