Originally Posted by
Kacee
What was the routing and price?
IST-FRA-DEN 155K with FRA-DEN on UA (IN)
Interestingly, there are some cheaper options mid-week that are:
IST-MUC-ORD-DEN on OS IST-MUC and UA for MUC-ORD DEN - that lists as a mixed cabin award with IST-MUC in X, MUC-ORD in I and ORD-DEN in XN for 60K miles (listed as "Saver Award"). There is also an option for the "Standard" award at 155K miles that lists as IST-MUC in X, MUC-ORD in IN and ORD-DEN in IN. My searches have consistently shown the 155K price point with either I or X on the IST-XXX flight, then IN on the UA TATL flight. I do think that this is consistent with the way things may have shown in the past.
This clearly could be the "higher level elite" category in IN showing, but I'm not sure why I would get it unless they dropped this to gold from the previously reported GS/1K/Plat.