How to book international F (F or A fares) on Star Alliance flights using United.com?
Jan 21, 2019, 12:13 pm
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How to book international F (F or A fares) on Star Alliance flights using United.com?
Has anyone noticed that you are no long able to book an F or A fare class on a united ticket when you try to book on a Star Alliance flight. The highest fare class available is J.
Jan 21, 2019, 12:20 pm
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UA no longer operates an F cabin on international flights. You can still purchase F or A fares on partners on some routes where first class is offered. For example, searching FRA-HKG (and selecting "Business or First") returns an LH A fare. But yes, overall, the availability of F and A through UA has been much reduced, at least when searching on the website. Not sure whether more options would be offered if you call.
Jan 21, 2019, 12:21 pm
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It only affects UA codeshares. For routes where the website returns a codeshare, you can call UA to book the native flight in F or A and plate it 016.
Jan 21, 2019, 12:41 pm
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That’s good to know, I will be sure to do that when I book my next international leg to Europe.
I just wish United kept to a higher standard on their service (food and inflight). It does not make sense to fly them when a LH or LX flight is roughly a little more for first class and the price difference is worth it for the service and quality product. If only the spend on those flights counted toward GS.
I just wish United kept to a higher standard on their service (food and inflight). It does not make sense to fly them when a LH or LX flight is roughly a little more for first class and the price difference is worth it for the service and quality product. If only the spend on those flights counted toward GS.
Jan 21, 2019, 1:06 pm
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I just wish United kept to a higher standard on their service (food and inflight). It does not make sense to fly them when a LH or LX flight is roughly a little more for first class and the price difference is worth it for the service and quality product. If only the spend on those flights counted toward GS.
Jan 21, 2019, 1:45 pm
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I just wish United kept to a higher standard on their service (food and inflight). It does not make sense to fly them when a LH or LX flight is roughly a little more for first class and the price difference is worth it for the service and quality product. If only the spend on those flights counted toward GS.
Jan 21, 2019, 4:57 pm
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It would be nice, but I think the US market made it pretty clear that very few customers were interested in paying the extra required for a true F product (and I have to admit I'm part of them -- J is "good enough" so it's hard to justify F if it's more than a few hundred extra).
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Jan 22, 2019, 9:30 am
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