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Sep 3, 2018 | 9:10 pm

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HoustonConsultant

Join Date: Sep 2009

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Originally Posted by NewbieConsultant

Hi there,

Quick question - according to United's site re: award ticketing options / service fees (https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...ticketing.html), Premier 1Ks pay no fee to make a change within 60 or fewer days before departure, but pays a $125 for "no show". How is "no show" defined? Is it based on the time of departure (e.g., for an 8:00 PM flight, if I cancel the tickets at 7:55 PM, it's free and is not counted as a "no show") or another time (e.g., 3 hours before the flight)?

Thanks!

I believe the correct answer is that you must do it before 15 minutes prior to departure, and you can cancel a flight after checking in.

I would hope, however, that such a thing would not be done to protect a seat next to you to keep it open or to keep open a first class seat in hopes that you could upgrade into it.