Originally Posted by
LarkSFO
OK, valid point.
When I am searching award travel though, I usually want to see all the options that may have saver availability, even if it includes connections.
Additionally, with the new award search interface, you can click on the 'Stops' column header and it will show you all nonstop results at the top of the search.
I think the sorting and filtering with the new site is superior to the old interface.
What I do like about the new site is that is shows "lowest" "refundable" and "First Class" fares side by side. DL and AA (and OALs do this) and the hidden way that the earlier site worked was not user freindly, giving you some "buy up" offer once you clicked through. I often will modify the flight I book on DL because of a good FC fare, and this will allow the same on UA.
Now, if UA would just follow DL and AAL a
nd stop doing TOD upgrades and just let people buy up front or sit in Y (absent getting an upgrade due to status) we might be actually going somewhere!