Originally Posted by
kaukau
Thankfully, no more. That brief situation of charging 10k has been reversed. It is, at present, only 5k UAMiles + $20 in combined taxes and fees to purchase an award ticket r/t i/i on AQ or WP, any flight, any time, any airport in the State serviced by AQ or WP. How do I know this for fact? I purchased 8 today! Yup, 8 r/t i/i award tix cost 40k UAMiles + $160. And, according to
cblaisd, it is possible to petition UA to refund the ticketing fees as UA flight credit vouchers, on the grounds that UA should not be charging the telephone booking surcharge for tickets that their website cannot process!

Wow! I stand corrected. When did they reverse it? You would think that UA would announce it but I didn't see anything.
Good news for me since I want go to Kauai and I need nine tkts.
Let me know if you're successful in getting the telephone booking surcharge credited as well.