UA: First ever MR from WAS/IAD
Dec 9, 2009, 11:34 am
#16
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OK. So I want to do this one this weekend. Dumb question here. But how do I go about booking this? I can't do it on Kayak because it doesn't allow this many segments. Tried it on the United site, can't do this many segments either. So do I just call them up and book it? Is there a cheaper way to book this itinerary while avoiding fees that airlines now charge people for breathing these days?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
To search for a MR, take a look at the FAQ sticky thread and learn about ITA, then book on the UA site as a multi-city itinerary. You can usually skip the segments that go through UA hubs and allow it to route those automatically for you as 1-stops. In this example, I put in IAD-DTW, DTW-PHX, PHX-SEA, SEA-CLT, CLT-IAD (you can see here that I skipped ORD/SFO/ORD, the UA hubs).
Of course, you (and any other FTers with deep pockets) are more than welcome to join me for $641.30
Dec 9, 2009, 2:42 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I think it's too late to do this particular one for the price I got it for -- this exact itinerary would now be $641.30.
To search for a MR, take a look at the FAQ sticky thread and learn about ITA, then book on the UA site as a multi-city itinerary. You can usually skip the segments that go through UA hubs and allow it to route those automatically for you as 1-stops. In this example, I put in IAD-DTW, DTW-PHX, PHX-SEA, SEA-CLT, CLT-IAD (you can see here that I skipped ORD/SFO/ORD, the UA hubs).
Of course, you (and any other FTers with deep pockets) are more than welcome to join me for $641.30
To search for a MR, take a look at the FAQ sticky thread and learn about ITA, then book on the UA site as a multi-city itinerary. You can usually skip the segments that go through UA hubs and allow it to route those automatically for you as 1-stops. In this example, I put in IAD-DTW, DTW-PHX, PHX-SEA, SEA-CLT, CLT-IAD (you can see here that I skipped ORD/SFO/ORD, the UA hubs).
Of course, you (and any other FTers with deep pockets) are more than welcome to join me for $641.30
Now I know! Looks like I need to study up on my hub locations.
And hopefully I can get a sweet MR deal here in the next week or so.
Dec 9, 2009, 2:55 pm
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Thanks for the heads up. Much appreciated. I know about ITA. However, I didn't know about skipping segments that go through United hubs to allow the routing to take place automatically. I know how to book a multi-city but thought I was SOL when booking through an airline site because the number of segments in the mileage run were greater than the allowable segments I can actually type in on the airline site.
Now I know! Looks like I need to study up on my hub locations. And hopefully I can get a sweet MR deal here in the next week or so.
Now I know! Looks like I need to study up on my hub locations.
And hopefully I can get a sweet MR deal here in the next week or so.
Dec 9, 2009, 3:23 pm
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I can see doing that if you need 8 EQSes. If miles are what's called for, sure seems like IAD-LAX-SFO-LAX-IAD on 12/15 -- costs $260, takes ~15.5 hrs total, earns 5576 EQM (w/500 minimums; minima?) -- is a better solution all around unless you really need the extra 400 EQM.
Dec 9, 2009, 3:31 pm
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I can see doing that if you need 8 EQSes. If miles are what's called for, sure seems like IAD-LAX-SFO-LAX-IAD on 12/15 -- costs $260, takes ~15.5 hrs total, earns 5576 EQM (w/500 minimums; minima?) -- is a better solution all around unless you really need the extra 400 EQM.
Dec 13, 2009, 10:42 am
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Thanks to everyone who helped on this! I'd declare it a good success for my first MR. Made all the tight-ish connections no problem, burned through a bunch of e500's to upgrade all 7 upgradeable segments, and even got plenty of sleep to boot.