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Old Nov 23, 2013, 2:43 pm
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As indicated in the thread title, this deal is now dead.

How do I manage my itinerary/check my booking/select seats?

Note that the displayed receipt will be incorrect ($5 higher than actual) owing to a programming error. The taxes/fees shown includes the original $5 WF booking fee. Do not worry about this; it does not change the amount you are actually billed.
How many miles will I earn on United from my flight?
Here's the UA master page listing airline partners. If you click on a partner logo, you'll see a page containing a chart showing the yield for flights taken on partner metal. (It even says explicitly that it's the metal that counts: "The award miles accrued on codeshare flights are based on the operating carrier and their equivalent fare class.")

MileagePlus (UA) earning charts for
Will I do better if I credit to another *A carrier instead?
Maybe.

Miles&More (LH, LX,...) earning charts for
  • United Airlines (UA) (K, L, T fares earn 50%, 25% for flights in 2014)
  • Lufthansa (LH) (K, L, T fares earn 50% for TATL flights in 2013, 25% for TATL flights in 2014)
  • Swiss (LX) (K, L, T fares earn 50% for TATL flights in 2013, 25% for TATL flights in 2014)
  • Air Canada (AC) (K, L, T fares earn 50% for TATL flights in 2013, 25% for TATL flights in 2014)

Here's the master list of partner earning charts for Aegean (A3) and here's the list for Turkish Airlines (TK).
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Please report below any completed flights and/or difficulties encountered (checking in, boarding, etc.) that appear related to the booking circumstances.
  • Post #2428 reported arriving in STR on 11/28/13 with no problems.
  • Post #2670 reported arriving in MXP on 12/1/13 with no problems.
  • Post #2680 reported traveling EWR-MXP on 12/1/13 with no problems.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:03 pm
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UA: EWR-Europe from $370 return

Booked exactly at 2:30 CST yesterday, Used Amex, no pending charges.

Anyone get their booking for TLV processed all the way? I can select seats in United, see it on Checkmytrip and even purchased priority boarding for the first stop (odd I know). It is for the end of February.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:03 pm
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I snoozed; I losed
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:07 pm
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Did not read all of the last page, so it might have been mentioned before:

http://www.forbes.com/(...)/mistake-in-norwegian-booking-site-puts-tickets-to-europe-as-low-as-149/
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:09 pm
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Just got e-ticket after almost 24 hours!
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:10 pm
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Needed to cancel a rez that had ticketed. No link to cancel on wideroe. I was able to cancel on United.com and now checkMytrip shows that it is cancelled.

Anybody else cancel exclusively via the united website? Any reason for concern with this?
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:10 pm
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LGA to MXP is still there for certain dates in Feb. For ex, leave on 18th, come back 21st, 210 EUR. You have go to Montreal and then Frankfurt and it is all on Air Canada. Not booking it myself (already got IAD-DUB for $296 in Jan, ticketed) so there might be other problems when you get into the booking process, but who knows.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:11 pm
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Originally Posted by germantraveler
Did not read all of the last page, so it might have been mentioned before:

http://www.forbes.com/(...)/mistake-in-norwegian-booking-site-puts-tickets-to-europe-as-low-as-149/
Poorly researched and factually inaccurate. Awesome.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:12 pm
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Originally Posted by jesslonguf
Same site. Appears that only NYC - MXP is working via Air Canada.
It is just the most noticeable - the base fare for this routing is $35 return. The YQ is over $500.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by germantraveler
Did not read all of the last page, so it might have been mentioned before:

http://www.forbes.com/(...)/mistake-in-norwegian-booking-site-puts-tickets-to-europe-as-low-as-149/

It seems this entire account is based on this this thread. Pretty funny.

I rather doubt this quote is accurate, but it's still pretty funny. (My guess is that the author saw us FTers making jokes about them adding servers to keep up with demand last night.)

By all accounts, Widerøe appears to be honoring the sold tickets, at one point even adding servers to keep up with the load.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by bhsu21
Give chase a call because they may have blocked the transaction. I had the same thing. Nothing on my card. Then email and text telling me my card didnt work.
I did right away. Nothing had appeared yet or been blocked so it should all be good.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:21 pm
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Originally Posted by germantraveler
Did not read all of the last page, so it might have been mentioned before:

http://www.forbes.com/(...)/mistake-in-norwegian-booking-site-puts-tickets-to-europe-as-low-as-149/
I thought it would be monday before an articles would show up
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:25 pm
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Originally Posted by germantraveler
Did not read all of the last page, so it might have been mentioned before:

http://www.forbes.com/(...)/mistake-in-norwegian-booking-site-puts-tickets-to-europe-as-low-as-149/
LOL

It's amazing what passes for journalism these days. Fact checking....? We don't need no steenking fact checking!
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:26 pm
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Originally Posted by hobo13
Needed to cancel a rez that had ticketed. No link to cancel on wideroe. I was able to cancel on United.com and now checkMytrip shows that it is cancelled.

Anybody else cancel exclusively via the united website? Any reason for concern with this?
There's a link in your ticket confirmation email (top right). Alternatively you can go to the web site and request a new email with a cancellation link. Typically you need to cancel with the agency that issues the ticket to ensure proper processing. YMMV.
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Stgermainparis
Mem but I'm willing even to drive to BNA or jump a nonstop somewhere. Easiest outbounds would be from

ORD, IAH, ATL, DCA, even MCO
Able to route on IAH-AC/YYZ-AC/YUL-AC/FRA-LH/MXP
Somedate on FEB and very limited on MAR have to leave TUE or WED

220ish EUR

Found on 14.50EST
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Old Nov 24, 2013, 1:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Jigen666
Did anybody book a flight that goes out this week? I'm curious to know if UA will react oddly to any PAX that has a ticket.

If not, I've got a ticket booked for 12/3. So I may be one of the first canaries in the coal mine.

Will keep you appraised.
We should all know within the next 48 hours. If we don't, please let us know.
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