Originally Posted by
NITISH
I called 1k desk lady was great told her what I was trying to do. She put me on hold for 10 minutes and came back with they are refunding and canceling original ticket and rebooked for the lower 70k miles per ticket and credited my card the difference in taxes!!! So basically I got back 10k miles per ticket!!!
So did she confirm this is intentional pricing, rather than a bug? As you may have noticed in my post above, I got the same error message you did, though afterward my original itinerary appears to have been preserved.
If I weren't on a UA transcon right now myself I'd call the premier line and ask for the extra 25K miles!