Apr 4, 14, 10:50 am
Last edit by: cesco.g
There are two categories of US cities involved, DL hubs and other, generally secondary, airports.
From some DL Hubs, UA P fares are valid to a much wider range of cities in Europe:
SLC/MSP/DTW/ATL/CVG/MEM-AMS/MXP/FCO/CDG/MLA/VCE/TRN/FLR/NAP/PMO/CTA/BUD/PRG/CPH/IST/WAW/ARN/OSL/KRK/PRG/TLL/RIX/etc
(but not JFK nor LAX?)
Other airports are valid to a smaller set of cities in Europe:
BOS/SJC/SMF/MOD/BWI/BUR/ONT/SNA/PSP/HNL/SEA/PDX/AUS/PIT/TUS/TPA/ALB/etc/etc-AMS/MXP/FCO/CDG/MLA/VCE/TRN/FLR/NAP/PMO/CTA/etc
Most UA hubs don't have the fare filed (not SFO for sure), but apparently EWR has at least EWR-VCE/NCE (but not EWR-MXP/PMO/FCO/CDG)
Some destinations in Europe have a slightly higher base fare:
MRS/LYS
(please add more cities to either origin or destination side that are valid)
Be careful in your airline selection - there are PQM/RDM implications to this. For example, for the UA program, UA P earns 150% PQM/RDM, LH P earns 100% PQM/RDM, and it appears that OS P earns nothing.
Similarly it looks like UA P class credited to Aegean (A3) earns nothing. Visit this United webpage then click on the Star Alliance partner to determine mileage earnings.
From some DL Hubs, UA P fares are valid to a much wider range of cities in Europe:
SLC/MSP/DTW/ATL/CVG/MEM-AMS/MXP/FCO/CDG/MLA/VCE/TRN/FLR/NAP/PMO/CTA/BUD/PRG/CPH/IST/WAW/ARN/OSL/KRK/PRG/TLL/RIX/etc
(but not JFK nor LAX?)
Other airports are valid to a smaller set of cities in Europe:
BOS/SJC/SMF/MOD/BWI/BUR/ONT/SNA/PSP/HNL/SEA/PDX/AUS/PIT/TUS/TPA/ALB/etc/etc-AMS/MXP/FCO/CDG/MLA/VCE/TRN/FLR/NAP/PMO/CTA/etc
Most UA hubs don't have the fare filed (not SFO for sure), but apparently EWR has at least EWR-VCE/NCE (but not EWR-MXP/PMO/FCO/CDG)
Some destinations in Europe have a slightly higher base fare:
MRS/LYS
(please add more cities to either origin or destination side that are valid)
Be careful in your airline selection - there are PQM/RDM implications to this. For example, for the UA program, UA P earns 150% PQM/RDM, LH P earns 100% PQM/RDM, and it appears that OS P earns nothing.
Similarly it looks like UA P class credited to Aegean (A3) earns nothing. Visit this United webpage then click on the Star Alliance partner to determine mileage earnings.
[FARE GONE] Lots of UA ATL-AMS (and other cities) Z fares; less than $2k for July
Apr 3, 14, 6:31 pm
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Apr 3, 14, 6:36 pm
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Apr 3, 14, 6:46 pm
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Apr 3, 14, 6:47 pm
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Is it gone?
Price on .bomb just doubled, same on big O!
Base fare of $ 500 still pulls up on EF, though
Never mind, it' still there. Just was able to recreate it!
Price on .bomb just doubled, same on big O!
Base fare of $ 500 still pulls up on EF, though
Never mind, it' still there. Just was able to recreate it!
Last edited by cesco.g; Apr 3, 14 at 6:50 pm Reason: clarification
Apr 3, 14, 6:49 pm
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Can I ask a simple question for you guys?
So I have a .bomb reservation of BWI-EWR-CDG-ORD-BWI held on farelock at $1560.
I really want to go ahead and use Gumbo's little tip here and purchase on Priceline ta $1280.
The routing doesn't change but I do take a different set of BWI-EWR-CDG flights. The rest is the same.
But the first three flights are LH-coded, UA-operated flights.
Forgive me but I don't have a lot of experience with codeshares...is there any meaningful reason to worry that they're booked as LH codes?
As far as I know I still get:
PQDs since operated by UA
1K bonus since operated by UA
150% miles for P class since operated by UA
Right?
Would I be giving up any same-day-change flexibility if they are LH codes?
So I have a .bomb reservation of BWI-EWR-CDG-ORD-BWI held on farelock at $1560.
I really want to go ahead and use Gumbo's little tip here and purchase on Priceline ta $1280.
The routing doesn't change but I do take a different set of BWI-EWR-CDG flights. The rest is the same.
But the first three flights are LH-coded, UA-operated flights.
Forgive me but I don't have a lot of experience with codeshares...is there any meaningful reason to worry that they're booked as LH codes?
As far as I know I still get:
PQDs since operated by UA
1K bonus since operated by UA
150% miles for P class since operated by UA
Right?
Would I be giving up any same-day-change flexibility if they are LH codes?
Apr 3, 14, 6:54 pm
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I got spooked by someone saying upthread that it was gone so I clicked purchase. I assume I have 24 hours to cx if I need to. Still have the other fare on farelock too.
And I bought my parents two of these yesterday--and it got pulled right as I was booking mine.
Big thanks to the resurrecting OP, and gumbo for the $300 add'l savings. Pretty rad fare for a trip I had to take anyway.
Apr 3, 14, 6:57 pm
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