Originally Posted by
therossinator
I'm a government employee, no conversation I have with them is going to change their policy. In the 41 flights I've had so far this year, only 2 have been changed and at that they were less than 24 hour shifts. Really makes me question tax dollar allocation when I can take a $220 UA flight to MNL and a $200 Cebu Pacific flight to DPS and be there in almost half the time.
It also seems like I should take a crash course in using Expertflyer as a booking tool, sounds like it may be a bit more comprehensive that just notifying me when a window seat opens up.
I appreciate all your input and teaching more about the fare code/booking process, it's crazy that you can tell that I have a stateside issued credit card simply because of the flight prices that United gives me.
Expertflyer will allow you to look up fares both current and historical, which as you've seen here can be very useful in understanding why you get a particular result or if there's a way to ticket what you want. However, it does not function as a booking tool, so you'll still need to get UA / Google Flights / etc. to find a ticket.