Apr 3, 2019, 8:38 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
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]
Dec 30, 2018, 8:06 am
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i am looking for J-class award travel from DC (ideally) to and from western europe (CDG, TXL, MUC, BRU, AMS all considered, multi-city routing) for late April/early May 2019. saver awards on UA and partners are largely gone -- am i too late or will these likely open later?
Dec 30, 2018, 10:47 pm
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ugh there are 32 seats available on UA 915 on 4/20 and 23 on UA 947 on 5/4, yet no award availability?!
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Dec 31, 2018, 12:31 am
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UA has historical data about how well each flight sells. They will open saver availability when the load drops below their projections. Right now, it seems like they’re happy with the sales velocity.
Dec 31, 2018, 1:49 am
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Jan 3, 2019, 8:15 pm
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UA Saver Award/Upgrade Inventory (& partners)-when is it released? Ever any business?
i think this is the right thread, but i'm not entirely sure. i'm perplexed. last night, i saw a saver award on 4/20/19 BWI-YYZ-AMS, via AC 7505 connecting to AC 824. today, AC 7505 is missing entirely. that routing shows me earlier flights, but AC 7505 isn't even listed with non-saver awards. the flight is almost empty. what happened?! will i be able to book this via phone? i've seen saver awards vanish, but never an entire flight.
Jan 3, 2019, 8:35 pm
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i think this is the right thread, but i'm not entirely sure. i'm perplexed. last night, i saw a saver award on 4/20/19 BWI-YYZ-AMS, via AC 7505 connecting to AC 824. today, AC 7505 is missing entirely. that routing shows me earlier flights, but AC 7505 isn't even listed with non-saver awards. the flight is almost empty. what happened?! will i be able to book this via phone? i've seen saver awards vanish, but never an entire flight.
Jan 4, 2019, 1:39 am
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Anyone else noticed that TPAC availability (business saver) is close to nil right now? Searching from now to May and I think it's the worst I've ever seen . . . both UA and *A partners.
Jan 4, 2019, 7:11 am
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I just searched EVERY SINGLE TATL route on May 3rd and 4th from IAD/EWR to EU and there wasn't a single J saver award available on UA. Plenty of LOT availability (oh goody) and Ethiopian. Found one LH flight (booking with ANA so LH is like $600 one way).
I wish availability was more like AA (or even DL lol). Unfortunately, ANA charges 3K points per change and doesn't allow changes to awards 96 hours prior to departure.
Jan 4, 2019, 7:34 am
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They seem to start the year off will full fares only and not much Saver Award choice, and relax this gradually as time goes by.
Jan 4, 2019, 4:08 pm
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That and TATL. I've been searching for a Polaris 787-10 route (or 77W) for the last 3 months for three dates in May. Not a single seat. I had an award booked to Asia on AC YYZ-ICN, when I was looking for those flights in Sept (for Mar 2019 travel), I also came across 0 UA seats.
I just searched EVERY SINGLE TATL route on May 3rd and 4th from IAD/EWR to EU and there wasn't a single J saver award available on UA. Plenty of LOT availability (oh goody) and Ethiopian. Found one LH flight (booking with ANA so LH is like $600 one way).
I wish availability was more like AA (or even DL lol). Unfortunately, ANA charges 3K points per change and doesn't allow changes to awards 96 hours prior to departure.
I just searched EVERY SINGLE TATL route on May 3rd and 4th from IAD/EWR to EU and there wasn't a single J saver award available on UA. Plenty of LOT availability (oh goody) and Ethiopian. Found one LH flight (booking with ANA so LH is like $600 one way).
I wish availability was more like AA (or even DL lol). Unfortunately, ANA charges 3K points per change and doesn't allow changes to awards 96 hours prior to departure.
Jan 4, 2019, 4:10 pm
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UA metal I space is very rare that far in advance. There's a smattering of EWR-MAN for the summer, but better inventory has always been on partners. I stumbled upon an LX SFO-ZRH yesterday and snapped it up, so there is still some good stuff out there.
Jan 4, 2019, 5:32 pm
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Jan 4, 2019, 5:35 pm
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Indeed -- after my I1 troubles upthread, it seemed far too good to be true and I was shocked when it ticketed in 3 minutes. The nice-looking SK ARN-ORD inbound seems to be all phantom space though 
Jan 4, 2019, 6:57 pm
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