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Old Aug 18, 2013, 8:06 am
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Tips to book trip consisting of rewards and paid tickets?

I have this problem a lot and haven't seen any posts on it.

Suppose my family of four want to go to Europe and have enough points for one return trip. So I have to pay for three.

The big problem is how to get matching flights. It seems the route for the award tickets are very different than those for the paid tickets.

What's the best way to go about booking this.

Should I book the reward trip first or the paid trips?

What happens if say after I book the reward trip first, I can't get matching flights on the paid trips? Will united let me back out of the award ticket if I am gold or higher?

Any other tips?

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