Originally Posted by
flyerbjorn
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Looking at the United website, there are some special rules about tour tickets:
https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/Mar...es/united.aspx
"Certain specialty tickets (including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque tickets where the fare you paid is not provided to United) will earn award miles based on the flight distance2 and the purchased fare class using the chart below:" ...
those fares are non-PQD earning
Originally Posted by
flyerbjorn
....How do I know if our fares fall into that category? ...
receipt may list BULK instead of the price
Originally Posted by
flyerbjorn
...Are there any downsides to not booking directly with UA? The tickets I'm looking at book into Z or D.
I would be surprised if an individual could book tickets with those fares without using a qualified agency.