Originally Posted by mstraveler
I found out today, when my mother-in-law arrived at the airport, that she had used 35,000 UA miles to fly ("FC") from BUR-SFO!! AND she got terrible scheduling (flights too early and too late, here too long even for her...) It was enough to make a grown woman cry. Next year we will buy her ticket for her. To think that there is a flight to Maui that could have been had .....

Maybe you can call UA and tell them that the customer service agent issued the incorrect award, if the short haul awards were available, and recover some of the miles back.