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Apr 16, 2012, 4:36 pm

#2011

USFdonWill

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: SFO, BDL

Programs: UA 1K, AA Plat, CX GR, Hilton Diamond, Global Entry

Posts: 963

Quote:

Originally Posted by oblisk

If I buy an international ticket, on a flight with RN availability. Then Spend the Miles+CoPay to upgrade from Economy to BuisnessFirst will my upgrade be automatically processed or will I have to wait until t-24h as a silver member?

Once your ticketed, it should be automatic (though you may need to call in to get it processed).

Apr 16, 2012, 5:30 pm

#2012

accrue450

Join Date: Mar 2012

Posts: 280

Hi everyone. Does anyone know how much time it takes for miles from an alliance flight (US air) to post in your account? I flew about a week ago and so far haven't seen it posted yet.

Thanks!

Apr 16, 2012, 5:37 pm

#2013

USFdonWill

Join Date: Aug 2010

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Quote:

Originally Posted by accrue450

Hi everyone. Does anyone know how much time it takes for miles from an alliance flight (US air) to post in your account? I flew about a week ago and so far haven't seen it posted yet.

Thanks!

I would give it at least another week

Apr 16, 2012, 5:45 pm

#2014

accrue450

Join Date: Mar 2012

Posts: 280

Awesome thanks. Didn't realize it takes so long as my United flights post in like two days. Guess alliance flights are slow.

Apr 18, 2012, 7:16 am

#2015

tmm1012

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: GSO

Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium

Posts: 776

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardInSF

Welcome to FT, EconoFF! The sticky thread at the head of this forum is a font of wisdom, you might enjoy taking a look at it:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ferrerid=14479

You could potentially get an award to NZ with Star Alliance member Air New Zealand (ANZ) using United points. ANZ doesn't have a first class but their business class is excellent.

I've tried searching for this answer, but it looks like the United FAQ is still very much a work in progress.

I previously had my united.bomb profile set to Expert mode and could do dummy bookings to see available upgrade space (in either NC or NF class). With the new united.CO site, I'm having trouble figuring it out.

I do have a subscription to KVS, but the old list of booking codes doesn't seem to match up.

Specifically, I'm looking at a segment this Friday, 4/20 from RDU-IAD (UA 3790). KVS shows the following availability:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.8/Diamond - ITA: Awards-Upgrades/UA]

Code:

RDU  Raleigh Durham NC US [KRDU]
IAD  Washington Dulles Intl DC US [KIAD]
FRI  20 Apr 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UA/YV      3790    RDU   17:35     IAD   18:43     CR7      F3 A3 JN3 Z3 ZN3 P3 PN3 R3 RN3 IN3 I3 Y7 YN7 B7 M7 E7 U7 H6 HN6 Q6 V6 W6 S5 T4 L4 K2 G1 N1 XN2 X1

I was under the impression that X is now for Economy (Saver) Awards and that XN is now additional Economy (Saver) Awards for Premiers, but on the old list of booking codes, X mentions that it is the equivalent to NF.

Essentially, I'm wondering where I should be looking for an upgrade from a paid Economy fare into First (using RPU or GPU, and where I think UDU will also clear into).

Apr 18, 2012, 7:41 am

#2016

oblisk

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: NYC / MIA / AMS

Programs: UA 1k

Posts: 500

I've been posting in here a lot lately it seems.

on International BusinessFirst Routes, what bucket is the upgrade availability bucket? RN, JN or ZN?

Apr 18, 2012, 8:35 am

#2017

sbm12

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Join Date: Apr 2001

Location: PSM

Posts: 69,232

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmm1012

I was under the impression that X is now for Economy (Saver) Awards and that XN is now additional Economy (Saver) Awards for Premiers,

This is correct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmm1012

Essentially, I'm wondering where I should be looking for an upgrade from a paid Economy fare into First (using RPU or GPU, and where I think UDU will also clear into).

Quote:

Originally Posted by oblisk

on International BusinessFirst Routes, what bucket is the upgrade availability bucket? RN, JN or ZN?

R.

RN isn't really in use yet per UA Insider.

More discussion on fare buckets here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...uckets-ua.html and here: http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...he-new-united/.

Apr 18, 2012, 10:29 am

#2018

BH62

Join Date: Oct 2005

Location: SEA, OGG(I wish)

Programs: was UA 1K now Gold, cuz UA 1.3 MM; HA,DL,AS (no status in these), Marriott Gold

Posts: 1,238

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbm12

This is correct.

R.

R.

RN isn't really in use yet per UA Insider.

More discussion on fare buckets here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...uckets-ua.html and here: http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...he-new-united/.

Assuming that our wait-listed June SYD flight confirms w/ GPU, that'll exhaust our supply of GPUs for the year. That said, for additional international flights looking at Miles+Copay. The relevant(?) upgrade chart seems to be preMerger or maybe I'm reading it wrong. Anyhow, under the new regime,*what* fare buckets are TPAC-upgradeable w/ Miles+Copay. So where to start search? Would appreciate advice. For example, use the GreaseMonkey bucket script or just start from scratch w/ lowest fare?

Apr 18, 2012, 10:39 am

#2019

KVS

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Join Date: Jan 2004

Location: Worldwide

Posts: 12,949

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmm1012

I do have a subscription to KVS, but the old list of booking codes doesn't seem to match up.

Specifically, I'm looking at a segment this Friday, 4/20 from RDU-IAD (UA 3790). KVS shows the following availability:

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.8/Diamond - ITA: Awards-Upgrades/UA]

Code:

RDU  Raleigh Durham NC US [KRDU]
IAD  Washington Dulles Intl DC US [KIAD]
FRI  20 Apr 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UA/YV      3790    RDU   17:35     IAD   18:43     CR7      F3 A3 JN3 Z3 ZN3 P3 PN3 R3 RN3 IN3 I3 Y7 YN7 B7 M7 E7 U7 H6 HN6 Q6 V6 W6 S5 T4 L4 K2 G1 N1 XN2 X1

Please see the current UA Booking Classes table at http://Help.KVSTool.com/#UA

Apr 18, 2012, 10:50 am

#2020

sbm12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BH62

Anyhow, under the new regime,*what* fare buckets are TPAC-upgradeable w/ Miles+Copay. So where to start search? Would appreciate advice. For example, use the GreaseMonkey bucket script or just start from scratch w/ lowest fare?

All fares can be upgraded with Cash+Miles, with the costs varying based on the route and the fare bucket. The easiest way to get the numbers specific to your particular trip is to use the interactive award chart and choose the upgrade tab after choosing the travel regions.

For GPU-eligible fare searches I did build a GreaseMonkey script to help out. Details on that can be found here: http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...swuable-fares/.

Apr 18, 2012, 12:52 pm

#2021

Jake Gittes

Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: IAH

Programs: SPG Plat, Hyatt Plat, HHonors Gold

Posts: 332

Question for y'all: I had a checked back get damaged on an IAH-MIA flight on UA, but I didn't notice until I got to the hotel. (A handle got ripped off.) I should have called UA right as I discovered the problem, but for whatever dumb reason I didn't.

Anyway I've since returned to IAH, and on checking the bag on the MIA-IAH leg, I had to sign a waiver on the claim tag noting that UA received the bag as damaged in MIA.

Do I have any chance of calling up UA and claim a damaged bag on my original IAH-MIA leg, or am I just out of luck since I've already made the return trip? I'm willing to chalk this up to a "lesson learned", but I'm curious to see how the FT UA veterans would handle this.

Apr 18, 2012, 1:08 pm

#2022

sbm12

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You waited too long to report it. You're out of luck IMO.

Apr 18, 2012, 2:33 pm

#2023

tmm1012

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: GSO

Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium

Posts: 776

Great - thanks for the info, sbm12 and KVS!

Apr 18, 2012, 3:53 pm

#2024

SpookJF

Join Date: Aug 2011

Posts: 25

Flying from LAX to MAD via IAD on Aer Lingus.

Upgraded to business class with United miles on the IAD to MAD portion. Itinerary shows no meal for a flight that leaves at 5:40pm and gets in at 7:30 am local time.

Is this accurate? Anyone fly that route recently?