Apr 4, 2014, 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 1, 2014, 10:18 pm
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A saw an earlier post regarding Fare Lock on United. I've got several of these locked for 7 days while I figure things out. These are the times that the $10.99 fee is worth it to me. The only catch is there can't be any non-UA operated flights in the trip to qualify for a fare lock. I fly to NAP quite a bit but I'm going to FCO so I can use the United flights the whole way and have a week to figure out which flights I actually want.
Apr 1, 2014, 10:24 pm
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Apr 1, 2014, 10:27 pm
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anyone been able to book LX?
748, unless you like angle flat; i don't think LH is refurbing their 380s yet? that being said, if you're traveling +1 the J lie flat is good, if not it seems really tight if you need to get up and swing over someone.
748, unless you like angle flat; i don't think LH is refurbing their 380s yet? that being said, if you're traveling +1 the J lie flat is good, if not it seems really tight if you need to get up and swing over someone.
Apr 1, 2014, 10:29 pm
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Apr 1, 2014, 10:44 pm
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Anyone know if booking through Orbitz using a Chase Explorer card (through UR portal) will get coded as a United purchase (and therefore receive the 2x miles? Or does it make mores sense to purchase directly through United to get 2x vs Chase Sapphire via UR/Orbitz?
Apr 1, 2014, 10:58 pm
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I was having issues getting the 747-8 on ORD-FRA when trying to maximize my connection time. It gets in at 7:15am, so there aren't nonstops to too many places early enough the next day to not break the 24 hour rule. There is, however, a FRA-MUC flight at 7:15am (daily I assume), so I chose that in order to make my 24 hour layover in FRA work.
Thanks for the tip. I was on the A380 both ways but changed to 747-8 for the outbound. Too bad there are no VPS-ORD flights, so I still have to connect through Houston with a CRJ on VPS-IAH.
Thanks for the tip. I was on the A380 both ways but changed to 747-8 for the outbound. Too bad there are no VPS-ORD flights, so I still have to connect through Houston with a CRJ on VPS-IAH.
Apr 1, 2014, 10:58 pm
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Apr 1, 2014, 11:09 pm
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Apr 1, 2014, 11:10 pm
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now if delta or AA would fight back out of UA's hubs/semi hubs at LAX and SFO, I'd by the happiest person on earth.
As a current UA 1K, i don't want to give UA any more money :P.
As a current UA 1K, i don't want to give UA any more money :P.