Originally Posted by
ken1234
Realize this is a dead thread, but wanted to see if you had success with this. Going to italy in the fall and was hoping to book a reservation together for my brother and I, and then moving my return flight up (while still maintaining benefits of UA status).
The only thing that will be retained is E+ seating, and any changes to anything, even a schedule change on the same aircraft, and that cloud be gone.
I do have recent experience - in a gold, my wife silver, and fare locked a trip for the two of us. I had to change just my return date. So bought the ticket for the both of us, so I could get the fare, then made the change within 24 hours of purchase. Wife net back to silver benefits right away - baggage allowance went back to 1 and CPU notated as early as day of departure, and she kept her E+ seats, but it was showing a charge if she wanted to change.