Originally Posted by
Jesusdyd4u
What's the difference between a Saver award and a Standard award. I looked online, and they gave a basic explanation basically saying Saver is a discount. Well, duh, that's obvious.
Can someone tell me why you wouldn't go for the Saver over the Standard if both were offered?
The availability is the biggest difference. There is less saver space (at a lower price) while standard (depending on status/credit card) is readily available. And standard space is only available on UA operated flights. Otherwise they are fairly equivalent. There is limited ability to mixed saver / standard on the same ticket.
To answer the question -- if you can construct an itin with all the segment in one direction are saver, go for that. And if you can do it in both directions go for it. But if you have specific time / routing requirements standard may be the only answer with availability.