Originally Posted by
StuckinITH
And yes, jsloan, I understand nothing about pricing.
I think you're being a little hard on yourself.
The thing is, it's a common misconception that pricing works exactly like you stated: first they sell the K tickets, then they see the L tickets, etc. Reality is much more complicated, and the "X tickets at this price" message is really more of a sales tactic by UA than any attempt to convey actionable information -- it's the airline equivalent to "come down to Your Small Town's Ford dealership today before the deals are gone!"
Originally Posted by
simonoaks
So, just to clarify, as UA is not 'selling' P+ seats right now, I should just buy standard economy return ticket - say UA14 on 29th June , and when I select the P+ seats for free (as a 1K ) , it will automatically be a P+ ticket and I can then apply the GPUs because of this?
thx
No, that won't work. You'd need a P+ fare, not just a P+ seat assignment.
After looking at ITA Matrix, I can see that you're right; there's no good way to get from PBI to LHR on a P+ fare.
. The fares are published, but there's no inventory, so they can't be purchased. Sorry about that.