Logon First for Rewards
Mar 7, 2003 | 8:47 am
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Southern, CA, USA
Programs: UA just 8800 mi short of Silver
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Logon First for Rewards
No doubt you have discussed this before, but I missed it. I have read alot of CO bashing on this board about no coach rewards being available, and I felt your frustration, as I tried many times. Then, I decided to logon on first and then search for coach rewards. As soon as I logged on with my OP#, almost every reward trip I searched was available in coach (including Hawaii), and not the double miles I had been getting without logging in. I hope this helps.
Mar 7, 2003 | 9:42 am
#2
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Programs: AAdvantage EXP/1mm/Admirals,United Silver+Club (life),Marriott Titanium,Hilton & Accor Gold
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Yes, sir, you are correct:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum20/HTML/005721.html
This was addressed by duxfan and subsequently mentioned a few other times.
While coach availability is nice, BusinessFirst is what many FlyerTalk members are after.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum20/HTML/005721.html
This was addressed by duxfan and subsequently mentioned a few other times.
While coach availability is nice, BusinessFirst is what many FlyerTalk members are after.
Mar 7, 2003 | 2:01 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: PVD
Posts: 269
It was interesting to see how my ability to book a BusinessFirst standard award to Europe dropped on March 1 when I went from Plat to Silver. Luckily my Spain vacation in June is already booked! (Certainly won't be able to change it, though).
Alec in PVD
Alec in PVD
Mar 7, 2003 | 7:28 pm
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 18,240
The folks at the Elite desk claim their inventory is different from what's on the website, too. It sounds crazy, but who knows.
The other strange thing is that inventory is sometimes available on a multi-segment trip, like IAH-EWR-GVA, while it won't be available EWR-GVA. So you have to have them check both an entire routing and by segment. BTW, for the life of me, I can't understand why they would make award inventory available like that.
The other strange thing is that inventory is sometimes available on a multi-segment trip, like IAH-EWR-GVA, while it won't be available EWR-GVA. So you have to have them check both an entire routing and by segment. BTW, for the life of me, I can't understand why they would make award inventory available like that.