<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by richard:
Is parking non ref tickets this way a reasonable strategy??</font>
It sounds just right to me. The key is that UA (unlike AA) allows non-refundable tickets to be applied to the purchase of refundable tickets. Although the non-ref amount remains non-ref, the other fare rules of the refundable fare apply.
It would be
much simpler, if they would just issue a travel certificate (or MCO) when you cancel a non-ref ticket for the value less $100. Then you'd have a year to apply the value without making false bookings in Y or B.
Charles