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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).
Are there other FlyerTalk members flying when I am?
Quite possibly! There is a meetup thread on the CommunityBuzz forum. Post if you would like to participate.
Travel reports
Booking/ticketing reports, now largely academic, may be viewed in the wiki history.

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 23, 2013, 7:56 pm
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Ticketed EWR-MXP at $137.
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 7:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Msmcmotown
Same here 10 min ago. EWR-BCN in March. It took 6 tries. Keep punching!
Mine messes up when trying to put in the phone number... using 001 (country code) will get me to the credit card screen, but will error at the end. Using one of the selections for the country code (ie. Denmark) will give me an error prior to the credit card screen.

What are you using for phone numbers now?
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:00 pm
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Originally Posted by dominick
Mine messes up when trying to put in the phone number... using 001 (country code) will get me to the credit card screen, but will error at the end. Using one of the selections for the country code (ie. Denmark) will give me an error prior to the credit card screen.

What are you using for phone numbers now?
You need to put in +1
The deal is dead though, so once you put in the +1, you're not going to see the credit card screen.
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:00 pm
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Originally Posted by dominick
Mine messes up when trying to put in the phone number... using 001 (country code) will get me to the credit card screen, but will error at the end. Using one of the selections for the country code (ie. Denmark) will give me an error prior to the credit card screen.

What are you using for phone numbers now?
Same boat
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:00 pm
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Originally Posted by dominick
Mine messes up when trying to put in the phone number... using 001 (country code) will get me to the credit card screen, but will error at the end. Using one of the selections for the country code (ie. Denmark) will give me an error prior to the credit card screen.

What are you using for phone numbers now?
"+1" for USA.
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:03 pm
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Originally Posted by FirstClassSE
You forget that I need to first make my way to US.
Well, can plan later. Just see if it gets ticket first.
This fare worked both ways. You should have booked the other way...

AMS-EWR-AMS €122

Thanks OP!
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:05 pm
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Originally Posted by irishguy28
This fare worked both ways. You should have booked the other way...

AMS-EWR-AMS €122

Thanks OP!
I am quite often in US on vacation though. No problems.
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:05 pm
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Originally Posted by FirstClassSE
But what the hell i am going to do in Milan?
In the unlikely event WF honors these, we're going to have the biggest FT Do of all time in Milan over the US holiday weekend. (Imagine the perplexity of the locals, suddenly beset by all these pasty-looking FFP geeks on a normally sedate winter weekend....)

Fingers & assorted other body parts crossed.
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:05 pm
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Have now tried 10 times… keeps coming up with an error after passenger Info
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:06 pm
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Originally Posted by FirstClassSE
I am quite often in US on vacation though. No problems.
And needing a vacation from a vacation!
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:07 pm
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Originally Posted by irishguy28
And needing a vacation from a vacation!
Nah, but miles is always nice.
I dont like Milan but maybe I can go somewhere else in Italy.
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:07 pm
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Sweet! Booked and confirmed 4:46 EST and now have ticket numbers and pending charge:

11/23/2013 WIDEROE.NO/FR Airfare $489.46
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:08 pm
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Originally Posted by zoomgirl
Got my confirmation email from Wideroe at 6:56pm EST, but United is only holding my ticket until Midnight EST. Doubt that is enough time to ticket, given the long queue.
What happens if its not ticketed by Midnight???
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:09 pm
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TICKETED 6.5 hours later!!!

EWR-MXP $151pp - waiting to see if the one I made for $127 gets ticketed next or the one to Bangalore . . .

E-mail from Windroe, Showing ticketed on United.com, pending charge at Schwab
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Old Nov 23, 2013, 8:10 pm
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Originally Posted by beltway
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Originally Posted by FirstClassSE


But what the hell i am going to do in Milan?




In the unlikely event WF honors these, we're going to have the biggest FT Do of all time in Milan over the US holiday weekend. (Imagine the perplexity of the locals, suddenly beset by all these pasty-looking FFP geeks on a normally sedate winter weekend....)

Fingers & assorted other body parts crossed.
I was in Europe last winter for New Years. Wasn't impressed- too cold for me.

This deal I decided to hit up the desert- Dubai ;-)
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