Originally Posted by
ManFactSpendLA
Now that the travel bank is dead, is there other options like the JetBlue, southwest hack? Buy ticket, refund to wallet?
The following 4 individual ("lesson learned") posts on (closed thread)
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: UA only (2020-21) from 2 years ago (before UA TB was the easiest way to take advantage of the AmEx Airline Fee credit) are about AmEx Airline Fee credits for UA Pet Fees. Had to refresh my memory, unfortunately significantly more complicated and jeopardize seat selection and upgrade probability.
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Post # 75 ,
Post # 92 ,
Post # 94
(Please don’t use “Spot” as your dog’s name, that’s my “dogs” name!

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IIRC, one other aspect to the UA Pet Fee maneuver, UA only allows a certain # of pets on each flight. When that limit is reached, the website will not allow booking a pet fee and won’t give an explanation.