[Archived] Have a Simple Question About United Airlines/MileagePlus? Ask Here...
Mar 13, 2012, 6:05 am
#1741
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If properly waitlisted, it is immediate. You should see an extra line in your PNR with the "This segment is waitlisted" annotation.
Mar 13, 2012, 6:44 am
#1742
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How long does it take for an upgrade request to show up on the new united.com? My travel dept says they sponsored an upgrade for me with one of their SWU's, but it isn't showing up when I look at the reservation.
I seem to remember hearing somewhere that taking 24 hours or something to show up was a "feature" of continental.com, but I'm not sure....
I seem to remember hearing somewhere that taking 24 hours or something to show up was a "feature" of continental.com, but I'm not sure....
Mar 13, 2012, 1:36 pm
#1743
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I'm a UA flyer not used to the CO website. Trying to book a flight from ORD to MCI next week. I'm only getting offered United First, however when I look at the seating chart there is availability in E+. I'm Gold...why won't the website offer me economy and let me select an E+ seat?
Mar 13, 2012, 1:39 pm
#1744
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I'm a UA flyer not used to the CO website. Trying to book a flight from ORD to MCI next week. I'm only getting offered United First, however when I look at the seating chart there is availability in E+. I'm Gold...why won't the website offer me economy and let me select an E+ seat?
Mar 13, 2012, 1:48 pm
#1745
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It's either the end of spring break, or some other event, because the majority of flights in/out of MCI next week are pricing into the higher fare buckets, or going into F.. There may be a number of people in Y that don't have E+ selected, as they're hoping to get it for free, thus the empty seat map.
Mar 13, 2012, 1:57 pm
#1746
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Thanks for the quick reply. So what you're saying is Y really is full, but seats are unassigned so they are showing as open on the seating chart...when really they are not open? The thing with my company is that I can book the high fare...but I can't book into First or they won't reimburse me. I can book an instant upgrade fare as long as it says economy.....ugghhh.
Mar 13, 2012, 1:58 pm
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Thanks for the quick reply. So what you're saying is Y really is full, but seats are unassigned so they are showing as open on the seating chart...when really they are not open? The thing with my company is that I can book the high fare...but I can't book into First or they won't reimburse me. I can book an instant upgrade fare as long as it says economy.....ugghhh.
Mar 13, 2012, 4:49 pm
#1748
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Are they going to reinstate the ability to buy club memberships with miles? They quit before the transition (accordingly), but I never heard if it'd be starting back up or not.
Mar 13, 2012, 5:32 pm
#1749
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I don't remember ever faxing in copies of my BPs/receipts to the company but I've definitely emailed them in. I would bet that functionality survived.
Mar 13, 2012, 6:44 pm
#1750
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I haven't read anything definitive one way or the other.
I'd wait on those flights at this point. They only just turned the system back on today to start processing flight credits and I'm willing to bet that it takes some time to catch up over the next few days.
I don't remember ever faxing in copies of my BPs/receipts to the company but I've definitely emailed them in. I would bet that functionality survived.
I'd wait on those flights at this point. They only just turned the system back on today to start processing flight credits and I'm willing to bet that it takes some time to catch up over the next few days.
I don't remember ever faxing in copies of my BPs/receipts to the company but I've definitely emailed them in. I would bet that functionality survived.
I thought this was turned on last week not today. Althought I still am waiting for UA/CO flights from 2/28, 3/2, 3/4, 3/9 to post, and was going to call/email too. But trying to be patient. I need to book a reward and need the miles.
Mar 13, 2012, 7:12 pm
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Mar 13, 2012, 11:05 pm
#1752
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Expiration Questions
Wife and I don't have much MileagePlus activity, but we have a decent balance we don't want to see expire. Before the accounts merged, we could clearly our last activity date and our expiration date, 18 months later (December 31, 2012).
Logged into to the new MileagePlus page for respective accounts, and we can't find the expiration dates anymore.
Any way to monitor this so that the miles don't inadvertently slip away?
Assuming we've done nothing, our miles still expire as per the old MileagePlus date, right?
(BTW, when NW and DL merged, they added 1 mile to everyone's SkyMiles account to force activity so that nobody's account expired in the transition. Later, Delta decided to drop expiration dates entirely.)
Logged into to the new MileagePlus page for respective accounts, and we can't find the expiration dates anymore.
Any way to monitor this so that the miles don't inadvertently slip away?
Assuming we've done nothing, our miles still expire as per the old MileagePlus date, right?
(BTW, when NW and DL merged, they added 1 mile to everyone's SkyMiles account to force activity so that nobody's account expired in the transition. Later, Delta decided to drop expiration dates entirely.)
Mar 13, 2012, 11:54 pm
#1753
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Appears the expiration was not reset on the new accounts but it is relative easy to extend the expiration with any mileage activity -- as simple as an iTune purchase, car rental, motel stay, or numerous other mileage earning activities.
Mar 14, 2012, 12:12 am
#1754
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trying to book an upgradeable trip to Asia from x US using a GPU. I know how to check space and I know how to apply upgrade (if this feature works). But when I go to the Advanced Search screen and check the box for upgradeable fares on UA.com it shows me eligible fares it includes the $600 fee and miles charge to book. If I deselect the upgrade box the fare drops to K class which I know is not eligible for UG. Alternately, if I manually enter in M class and check the box, the fare jumps up $500 more. Any thoughts on how to book w/out calling? What are my options if any?
Mar 14, 2012, 12:20 am
#1755
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Why request M fares, W is good enough for GPU and should be less expensive than M. However, W fares will likely be many hundreds of $$ more than K.