Originally Posted by
zombietooth
By the way, isn't there an APP that tells you immediately when any of your reservations has been changed? That certainly would be useful for this situation.
I called united immediately when I received the Chinese cancelation notice, and it did me no good. If you're a 1k and can redeposit awards without a penalty, having the backup reservation is a good idea, assuming you have the extra 300,000-500,000 miles needed.