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Old Jun 6, 2018, 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by LondonElite
I'm aware of that thread...these are not BE (ie 'N') fares. These are the regular fare buckets but with luggage and changes unbundled. I'm just not clear (and nor is the website) whether anything else is unbundled.
While it's not Basic Economy, a discussion of these fares started yesterday in that thread.

Originally Posted by Kacee
It's not a "new" fare category. It's just a normal economy fare, with UA attempting to sell unbundled services.

I get the same offers, even though as 1K I get free baggage and free E+; i.e., UA tries to sell us what we already get for free.
It seems to be more restricted than the regular economy fares have been in the past.
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