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This is an archive thread, the master thread is UA MP Saver Award/Upgrade Inventory (& partners) -when is it released?
United Saver Award/Upgrade Inventory (& partners) - when is it released? [Archive]
Aug 16, 2015, 11:10 pm
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(As are CPUs on award tix, btw - that's not mentioned in the Chase T&C either.)
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Aug 17, 2015, 8:12 am
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That's what I'm seeing too. I'll have to buy miles, unfortunately, to make it work. I need to figure out the math and determine if it's cheaper to buy miles and get award flights in business class, or to buy economy and use miles to upgrade to business on the longer segments.
Aug 17, 2015, 9:14 am
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Aug 17, 2015, 9:37 am
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Aug 17, 2015, 9:41 am
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Was thinking about a partner award miles "sale" as we had seen in January.
Aug 17, 2015, 10:15 am
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I don't see anything about a sale on saver awards or an increase in saver availability on partners.
Aug 17, 2015, 10:20 am
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As to increased saver award availability: I spot checked some dates for spring and did not see any additional inventory being released, compared to a few days ago.
Aug 17, 2015, 10:31 am
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I got a 35% offer. Not 50%.
Still considering it. 50k miles for a little over $1000. Already booked Saver Econ AMS To IAHon the way home. It will cost $160 each for E+. So for about $350 more each we could go J.
Might be worth it. If I buy the miles how do I convert my booked Saver Econ to Saver Premium?
Still considering it. 50k miles for a little over $1000. Already booked Saver Econ AMS To IAHon the way home. It will cost $160 each for E+. So for about $350 more each we could go J.
Might be worth it. If I buy the miles how do I convert my booked Saver Econ to Saver Premium?
Aug 17, 2015, 10:37 am
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It's an unpublished benefit. Does Award Availability Differ Based on UA Credit Card?
(As are CPUs on award tix, btw - that's not mentioned in the Chase T&C either.)
(As are CPUs on award tix, btw - that's not mentioned in the Chase T&C either.)
More importantly, how long will it take until I can see the inventory when i log in?!
Aug 17, 2015, 10:45 am
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As SunLover notes in the linked thread, RDM currently being sold through award accelerator for 1.9 cpm.
Aug 17, 2015, 10:50 am
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You got it, FlyWorld. It is not a "sale" as in: booking a saver UA or partner award for less miles. You might have looked at it this way, as some others (incl me) have.
As to increased saver award availability: I spot checked some dates for spring and did not see any additional inventory being released, compared to a few days ago.
As to increased saver award availability: I spot checked some dates for spring and did not see any additional inventory being released, compared to a few days ago.
This is a fools game. In a rational environment, what they're doing would be flatly illegal. Using cash to buy "miles" that are continually devalued makes no sense at all except for a few edge cases where someone can find a good saver fare on a flight they want to book and this lets them get that flight cheaply. Still then I'd challenge any "logic" here because saver inventory is so rare that it now correlates mostly with flights that are basically empty and as such that have cheap/discounted fares anyway.
Anyone who is still playing this game with the airlines needs to have some serious coaching in economics.
Aug 17, 2015, 10:55 am
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But there is hardly such thing as booking saver UA or partner awards anymore. Saver inventory has been decimated across the board and partner awards have become almost impossible to find online.
This is a fools game. In a rational environment, what they're doing would be flatly illegal. Using cash to buy "miles" that are continually devalued makes no sense at all except for a few edge cases where someone can find a good saver fare on a flight they want to book and this lets them get that flight cheaply. Still then I'd challenge any "logic" here because saver inventory is so rare that it now correlates mostly with flights that are basically empty and as such that have cheap/discounted fares anyway.
Anyone who is still playing this game with the airlines needs to have some serious coaching in economics.
This is a fools game. In a rational environment, what they're doing would be flatly illegal. Using cash to buy "miles" that are continually devalued makes no sense at all except for a few edge cases where someone can find a good saver fare on a flight they want to book and this lets them get that flight cheaply. Still then I'd challenge any "logic" here because saver inventory is so rare that it now correlates mostly with flights that are basically empty and as such that have cheap/discounted fares anyway.
Anyone who is still playing this game with the airlines needs to have some serious coaching in economics.
Never bought miles by myself.
Only value can be for topping off an account.
Aug 17, 2015, 11:21 am
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Brought my GF with me to Boston this year for the marathon in F, including a return on ps.
It requires some effort to find what you need, but UA miles still have substantial value.