Originally Posted by
italdesign
This is ridiculous. Reading about it makes me angry. UA needs to compensate you for the trouble. A classy airline would match you to 1K as apology.
UA has nothing to do with this. It is 100% TK's issue. UA will credit the miles if so advised (and paid for as per *A rules) by TK. I cannot conceive of any major carrier in any one of the three alliances which would credit in this circumstance without the written advice UA has asked for here.