Originally Posted by
DVDBob
What’s the 30 day restriction and what’s the loophole?
See the UA's award fee table in the
thread's wiki or
on UA.com
The loophole as described in the
thread's wiki
Have an upcoming trip you want to cancel and redeposit the miles -- but subject to the 30 day or less cancel fee?
Just use the free change to move to a flight further in the future (>31 days) not subject to the cancellation fee and then cancel / redeposit for free.
Note the change does not need to be to the same itin or the same mileage cost. If the change is to a cheaper mileage ticket, the extra miles will be redeposited for free.