Originally Posted by
Cissigys
Thanks for the input. I may just let it be since the PQPs are useful to me and the fee was very small. I was just curious since it's never happened to me before! When it's been a similar situation but I ticketed to a non-Y fare I ended up with the automatic refund.
Y vs another economy fare class shouldn't make any difference.
I think you just ran into Typical United™: The only thing consistent about UA is their inconsistency.