Originally Posted by
yojimbo
"The stated benefit is that as a cardmember, you can get last-seat availability at the Standard (expensive, but possibly worth it in some cases) level just as Premier/Elite MileagePlus members would. No bait and switch. Just need to understand what Standard means."
I totally agree.
For the sake of clarity, my issue is that there are no standard awards available on my desired route ON ANY DATE, even though there are plenty of seats available for sale.
Thus, UA is not honoring their last-seat availability promise.
Are you just looking online or have you called in? Are you the primary or an authorized user? Did you give you MP # before starting your search? This is all spelled out in the benefit details.
Award Availability:
The primary Cardmember can use their miles to book award travel on any United-operated flight at the MileagePlus® Standard Award level, including award travel booked by the primary Cardmember for an authorized user(s), under the primary Cardmember's MileagePlus number, as long as tickets are still available for sale. Be sure to provide the primary Cardmember's MileagePlus number before you start the award travel booking process. Award booking under an authorized user's MileagePlus number will not receive this benefit. Saver Awards, awards on codeshare partner-operated flights and upgrade awards are subject to limitations, restrictions and blackout dates. Chase is not responsible for the provision of, or failure to provide, the stated benefits. Please visit www.united.com/awards Opens Overlay for more information on MileagePlus awards.