Star Alliance Upgrade Award on EVA
Apr 12, 19, 6:27 pm
#166
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 58
Originally Posted by Bear4Asian
When you make a reservation on EVA you sometimes are required to put in your name like this
FamilyName FirstNameMiddleNam
e.g. For Mary Anne Smith
Smith Maryanne
look in your EVA reservation online and do it exactly the same on the United upgrade page.
Hope this works.
Apr 12, 19, 6:58 pm
#167
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 1,638
Originally Posted by XFer2
Just tried that and it's still the same warming message. My first flight upgrade when through fine with me typing just the first name and last name. Any other idea?
Have you double checked all the information you are putting into the form?
Apr 13, 19, 6:45 pm
#168
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 58
Originally Posted by skimthetrees
Are your flights round-trip on one ticket? If that is the case the format you used for the outbound should work for the return. United's SAUA tool has been known to be broken at times in the past. I would probably call United to check and see what's up.
Have you double checked all the information you are putting into the form?
Have you double checked all the information you are putting into the form?
Apr 14, 19, 4:43 am
#169
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 58
After talking to a United website person and many tries on my end, I finally figured out that entering the confirmation messed up the process and returned the blank warning. Once removing the confirmation, it showed this error code instead:I know I've gotten this error code when the information is not entered correctly, so I double checked everything and even entered the information exactly like EVA's "FIRSTNAMEMIDDLENAME LAST NAME" and it didn't make any difference. I'm running out of ideas of what to try...
The traveler has the same name as an existing traveler on this flight. Please contact the operating airline for the required information and try again. (Error code: 384)
Apr 14, 19, 7:56 am
#170
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Originally Posted by XFer2
After talking to a United website person and many tries on my end, I finally figured out that entering the confirmation messed up the process and returned the blank warning. Once removing the confirmation, it showed this error code instead:I know I've gotten this error code when the information is not entered correctly, so I double checked everything and even entered the information exactly like EVA's "FIRSTNAMEMIDDLENAME LAST NAME" and it didn't make any difference. I'm running out of ideas of what to try...
The traveler has the same name as an existing traveler on this flight. Please contact the operating airline for the required information and try again. (Error code: 384)
Just as a note, there is a separate thread on this forum specific to SAUA on BR via UA. Steps to EVA upgrade w/ UnitedMiles
Apr 14, 19, 10:10 am
#171
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 1,638
Originally Posted by XFer2
Once removing the confirmation, it showed this error code instead:I know I've gotten this error code when the information is not entered correctly, so I double checked everything and even entered the information exactly like EVA's "FIRSTNAMEMIDDLENAME LAST NAME" and it didn't make any difference. I'm running out of ideas of what to try...
The traveler has the same name as an existing traveler on this flight. Please contact the operating airline for the required information and try again. (Error code: 384)
Apr 16, 19, 2:22 am
#172
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 58
Originally Posted by skimthetrees
The message is suggesting you call BR. I would call BR, give them your ticket numbers, have them verify everything is OK with the tickets, and ask them to provide the exact names they have in their record for each ticket. Are you sure you are matching up the ticket numbers properly to each traveler? Ticket #1 - Traveler #1 , Ticket #2 - Traveler #2 , Ticket #3 - Traveler #3 ?
It looked different from the screens of my previous upgrade, but it appeared that there was availability and the upgrade went through. However, miles weren't deducted from my account and my EVA reservation still showed economy. I even got an email confirmation from United about the upgrade but there was no passenger info and upgrade certificate number.
Called United web support and they weren't able to pull up my reservation (they totally did before) and advised that if there was no certificate number, than there was no upgrade. But they couldn't tell me why I was seeing these screens that appeared the upgrade went through, when on the back-end it probably didn't.
Has anyone seen these screens/had this issue?
Apr 16, 19, 1:25 pm
#173
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Yeah it just doesn't work since the new interface.
You get confirmation page, confirmation email, but actually no upgrade. Certificate Number is also missing in the email indicating the upgrade is failed.
In fact, during the upgrade request, in the "Upgrade space is available" page, they still process your upgrade when you hit the cancel button and show you a confirmation page. Of course, your upgrade is still non existence.
You get confirmation page, confirmation email, but actually no upgrade. Certificate Number is also missing in the email indicating the upgrade is failed.
In fact, during the upgrade request, in the "Upgrade space is available" page, they still process your upgrade when you hit the cancel button and show you a confirmation page. Of course, your upgrade is still non existence.
Last edited by cchuang1980; Apr 16, 19 at 3:53 pm
Apr 16, 19, 4:26 pm
#174
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 1,638
Originally Posted by XFer2
It looked different from the screens of my previous upgrade, but it appeared that there was availability and the upgrade went through. However, miles weren't deducted from my account and my EVA reservation still showed economy. I even got an email confirmation from United about the upgrade but there was no passenger info and upgrade certificate number.
Called United web support and they weren't able to pull up my reservation (they totally did before) and advised that if there was no certificate number, than there was no upgrade. But they couldn't tell me why I was seeing these screens that appeared the upgrade went through, when on the back-end it probably didn't.
Has anyone seen these screens/had this issue?
Called United web support and they weren't able to pull up my reservation (they totally did before) and advised that if there was no certificate number, than there was no upgrade. But they couldn't tell me why I was seeing these screens that appeared the upgrade went through, when on the back-end it probably didn't.
Has anyone seen these screens/had this issue?
Apr 16, 19, 8:49 pm
#175
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: home since March
Programs: BA Meltdown soft-landed Silver, OZ♦+ (BR/UA), B6 Mosaic, WoH♦, Mlife Noir, TR 7*
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From post 875 in the thread How to upgrade with UA miles on Star Alliance carriers :
Originally Posted by bocastephen
The Facebook social media person stated there is no planned or known ETA for getting this fixed - so for everyone's info, this could be days or weeks until the issue is resolved.
Last edited by gengar; Apr 17, 19 at 10:16 am
Apr 16, 19, 9:20 pm
#176
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Originally Posted by gengar
From post 876 in the thread How to upgrade with UA miles on Star Alliance carriers :
Apr 17, 19, 10:16 am
#177
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Originally Posted by skimthetrees
Post 876 was merged by a moderator into post 875 so the post 876 link is broken now. Now Post 875.
Apr 18, 19, 11:00 am
#178
Join Date: Jan 2019
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Another data point for this thread since more information is better than less.
Called North American hotline, connected to an agent right away. Asked for "Z" fare availability, she responded that there was currently 7 seats available. Expertflyer shows no I seats available for this flight. Fare class is B. Departing in July. Return unknown but will be later in the year.
Bit the bullet and transferred 25MR points to AE miles. Upgrade went through no problem. Thanks everyone for all the help with this.
Some questions: As a person who never flies Star Alliance (domestic carrier is DL, live in DL hub) who should I credit the B fare miles to? Should I credit it to Air Canada to get more miles to upgrade my return so I don't have to transfer MR points? Or the fare is actually pretty expensive is United better?
Called North American hotline, connected to an agent right away. Asked for "Z" fare availability, she responded that there was currently 7 seats available. Expertflyer shows no I seats available for this flight. Fare class is B. Departing in July. Return unknown but will be later in the year.
Bit the bullet and transferred 25MR points to AE miles. Upgrade went through no problem. Thanks everyone for all the help with this.
Some questions: As a person who never flies Star Alliance (domestic carrier is DL, live in DL hub) who should I credit the B fare miles to? Should I credit it to Air Canada to get more miles to upgrade my return so I don't have to transfer MR points? Or the fare is actually pretty expensive is United better?
Apr 19, 19, 6:06 pm
#179
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Originally Posted by verbyournoun
Another data point for this thread since more information is better than less.
Called North American hotline, connected to an agent right away. Asked for "Z" fare availability, she responded that there was currently 7 seats available. Expertflyer shows no I seats available for this flight. Fare class is B. Departing in July. Return unknown but will be later in the year.
Bit the bullet and transferred 25MR points to AE miles. Upgrade went through no problem. Thanks everyone for all the help with this.
Some questions: As a person who never flies Star Alliance (domestic carrier is DL, live in DL hub) who should I credit the B fare miles to? Should I credit it to Air Canada to get more miles to upgrade my return so I don't have to transfer MR points? Or the fare is actually pretty expensive is United better?
Called North American hotline, connected to an agent right away. Asked for "Z" fare availability, she responded that there was currently 7 seats available. Expertflyer shows no I seats available for this flight. Fare class is B. Departing in July. Return unknown but will be later in the year.
Bit the bullet and transferred 25MR points to AE miles. Upgrade went through no problem. Thanks everyone for all the help with this.
Some questions: As a person who never flies Star Alliance (domestic carrier is DL, live in DL hub) who should I credit the B fare miles to? Should I credit it to Air Canada to get more miles to upgrade my return so I don't have to transfer MR points? Or the fare is actually pretty expensive is United better?
Apr 22, 19, 2:07 pm
#180
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 1
I ran into the same issue. I called EVA and they confirmed Z availability on a TPE-JFK flight in November. I transferred 30K points from Chase UR to United and then used the UA SAUA tool to upgrade. Everything seemed OK and I got a confirmation e-mail - however, the points never deducted from my account and there was no upgrade certificate attached to the confirmation e-mail. I spent 45 minutes on the phone with UA who basically said they were aware of the issue and had a case open, but had no resolution. Guess I'll just cancel the EVA flight I booked and hope UA fixes the tool quickly...
