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aussieinsf Mar 9, 2012 7:33 pm


Originally Posted by wxguy (Post 18170315)
And the chorus of "AGENT! AGENT! AGENT!" being screamed into cell phones.

:D AND after several years the old system finally seemed to understand my accent. Now I'm back to square one although the new system does auto forward you to an agent after three failures to understand you.

Aloha1 Mar 9, 2012 7:40 pm


It will never be Harvard since Jeff is an alum;) Seriously, the merger is already being looked at under the microscope...it is already being studied and taught at Wharton (per Mrs.1KPath who is a visiting prof there)...they are looking at the cultural differences of two organizations being merged and how these differences have an impact on the success of a merger...so far the academics are giving it a C- with the reasoning that the more "established" entity is having the culture of the "lesser" entity placed on it...resulting in the "disenfranchisement" and " "disillusion"of a greater number of employees and customers and the potential "diminution" of the more established branding. (Note...these are their "words", not mine!)
+1^ An absolute correct assessment. And to think that a Harvard grad doesn't have the common sense to realize his mistakes.

Daggett76 Mar 9, 2012 7:43 pm


Originally Posted by ajoy69 (Post 18170550)
both PQM and PQS now alligned AND correct on the display, just in the last hr. I notice changes at about 6PM PST everyday.
But shows the follow in the Recent Activity Table below. Slow and steady. i see this and the 50% on Lufhtansa U fare as the two glitches in my system after a week. Not bad heh!!
lets see now if after next weeks flights I am back to ZERO overall on PQM and PQS


03/03/2012 2012 EQM conversion to PQM 0
03/03/2012 2012 EQS conversion to PQS 0

Yay, finally seeing some PQMs for flights on 3/4 as well. Though flight activity on 3/3 is still missing completely.
But: Lifetime miles don't reflect this, and the progress bar is not moving.

In an unrelated note, it looks like the 500 mile minimum for PQMs is still in effect for Silvers?

MtRoot Mar 9, 2012 7:53 pm


Originally Posted by UA Insider (Post 18114732)
ON class, but, should be R Some waitlisted flights were migrated as ON class when they should be have been R. We are in the process of identifying these reservations. If you have a reservation in this situation, the recommendation is to take no action. We’ll be systematically be updating these (updated 6:40a, March 8)

Will past reservations be updated as well?

I'm asking because not all the six flights I took between 3/1-3 have been credited and the problem might be the wrong class. When I tried the online request with the eticket number yesterday, it said that the miles are already credited.
The classes before integration and current posting situations are:
  1. 3/1 PIT-IAD: T (UA) :)
  2. 3/1 IAD-SFO: T to NF with CR1 (UA) :)
  3. 3/1 SFO-HNL: L to R with CR1 (CO) :(
  4. 3/2 HNL-SFO: L to NF with CR1 (UA) :(
  5. 3/3 SFO-ORD: T to NF with CR1 :(
  6. 3/3 ORD-PIT: T to NF with CR1 :(
I pulled up the receipt from past itinerary and found that the last three flights are listed as ON class. So I'm guessing that this is the reason why they haven't posted. The third flight is correctly listed as R class, so I'm not sure why this hasn't posted yet.

LAXOGG Mar 9, 2012 8:20 pm


Originally Posted by MtRoot (Post 18170671)
Will past reservations be updated as well?

I'm asking because not all the six flights I took between 3/1-3 have been credited and the problem might be the wrong class. When I tried the online request with the eticket number yesterday, it said that the miles are already credited.
The classes before integration and current posting situations are:
  1. 3/1 PIT-IAD: T (UA) :)
  2. 3/1 IAD-SFO: T to NF with CR1 (UA) :)
  3. 3/1 SFO-HNL: L to R with CR1 (CO) :(
  4. 3/2 HNL-SFO: L to NF with CR1 (UA) :(
  5. 3/3 SFO-ORD: T to NF with CR1 :(
  6. 3/3 ORD-PIT: T to NF with CR1 :(
I pulled up the receipt from past itinerary and found that the last three flights are listed as ON class. So I'm guessing that this is the reason why they haven't posted. The third flight is correctly listed as R class, so I'm not sure why this hasn't posted yet.

Please PM these details to UA Insider. This is probably a global issue.

aCavalierInCoach Mar 9, 2012 9:05 pm

ability to cancel award tickets via the website: cool!

apparently losing all associated miles with said cancelled award: not cool :td::td:

UA Insider Mar 9, 2012 9:25 pm


Originally Posted by ElieW (Post 18165598)
I have a trans atlantic flight on Sunday night. The res shows departure at 10:40pm and 4:50am arrival. The flight status shows everything an hour later (note: that’s the scheduled time. It's not a delay). Should that be the case, I won't make my connecting flight Monday morning. Guess it's another call to support.


Originally Posted by rwsteelers (Post 18165963)
Same problem - UA110 EWR-LHR on Sunday scheduled 7:05 pm departure, now showing as scheduled 8:05 on flight status, however schedule (reservation search) still reflects correct 7:05

Hi ElieW and rwsteelers, as you and others have noted, we’ve had some time discrepancies reported today. The issue is related to daylight savings time this weekend. The correct scheduled time for your flight is the one you see when you view your reservation on united.com. The time you see under “Check Flight Status” is what is incorrect. We’re working with priority to correct this.


Originally Posted by SeattleFred (Post 18168735)
I received an email telling me that my RPU-waitlisted upgrade had cleared for my upcoming p.s. flight. (The email had the confusing Subject line: United Airlines Waitlist Notification for Confirmation.) All good except the departure time shown on the upgrade email is an hour later than the actual scheduled departure time. Perhaps another daylight savings time issue.

Hi SeattleFred, the time issue is the same one noted above. But, agree with you that there’s opportunity for us to improve the subject line of the email. Thanks for pointing this out.


Originally Posted by hobo13 (Post 18164353)
Cannot print SWU's for use on LH.... no estimate given for when this will be fixed.

Hi hobo13, this ability to request that GPUs be printed to paper for use on LH is not available on united.com, but, our Contact Centers have a procedure for this. If you're still having trouble getting this printed for use on LH, please PM us.


Originally Posted by demkr (Post 18163350)
Does anyone notice the app doesn't show upgrade lists for regional jets?

Hi demkr, now that we’re on a single system this is on deck as something that we’ll work to add.


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 18168909)
An e-mail I sent to 1Kvoice Dear Sir. I keep trying to apply a GPU(SWU) to my EWR-HNL flight on 5/27. PNR [redacted]. Now the elite line and the electronic support desk keep telling me that there is a fare class requirement on that flight. Except according to the website, http://pss.united.com/web/en-US/cont...e/default.aspx, and see attached screen shot there is no fare class requirement listed. What can be done to get this fixed?

Hi colpuck, we’ve put some fixes in to correct some of the RPU / GPU redemption issues on united.com, but, if this is failing due to a fare class restriction in this market, then we may have another bug. As you referenced, GPUs should not be restricted to HNL. We’ll get this message to our support desks as well.


Originally Posted by Pat89339 (Post 18168889)
Silly me for actually flying. :cool: If I had known what a mess it would cause for me to give them $$$ I would have passed on the trip entirely. Thanks for the link, but despite what they say that: "Eliminated error messages stating that a reservation needs to be reissued". It is patently untrue in my case. My reservation in June still shows: ! A modification has been made to your itinerary. Please contact United Reservations to have your ticket reissued. This reservation was ticketed and confirmed on Sat., Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:51 a.m. Central Time.

Hi Pat89339, if you’d like to PM us with your confirmation number, we’d be happy to research this further. While most of these have reservations been corrected, there are still a few use cases out there that we’re working to identify.


Originally Posted by gusd (Post 18167845)
UA Insider, Here's something I noticed while searching for flights to Europe. If I check "Lowest Available Fare" under advanced search, the lowest fare displayed is higher than if I search by a specific fare class, for example S. I don't know if this was also the case with continental.com or if it's the result of the integration. I thought I'd just point it out.

Hi gusd, I tried to recreate this, but, the markets I tried worked nicely. If you’d like to share the markets and dates you were trying, we can take a closer look at what’s happening.


Originally Posted by redwoman (Post 18167848)
Shannon, Things are starting to look up, thanks to you and the UA team. Back to 1K from Platinum today as PMUA EQMs migrated over. But my PQMs were deposited from a flight I took on 3/5, then a deduction (2758) taking them away immediately. Has anyone else reported that? I won't worry about it if it's a known issue.

Hi redwoman, yes, as you and some others have noted, some of these PQMs still need to be restored. We are aware and continue to work on this. Thanks for sharing your example.


Originally Posted by wxguy (Post 18165902)
With PMUA, when a MP member's status was upgraded after a trip was ticketed, it was necessary to have the MP number deleted and re-entered into the PNR for that reservation to reflect the new status. Must this be done on Shares?

Hi wxguy, your status will be updated automatically.


Originally Posted by MtRoot (Post 18170671)
Will past reservations be updated as well? I'm asking because not all the six flights I took between 3/1-3 have been credited and the problem might be the wrong class. When I tried the online request with the eticket number yesterday, it said that the miles are already credited. . . .
I pulled up the receipt from past itinerary and found that the last three flights are listed as ON class. So I'm guessing that this is the reason why they haven't posted. The third flight is correctly listed as R class, so I'm not sure why this hasn't posted yet.

Hi MtRoot got your PM on this. Thanks for sending over the details. We’ll take a closer look and I’ll update the master thread over the weekend with any details.


Originally Posted by aCavalierInCoach (Post 18170982)
ability to cancel award tickets via the website: cool! apparently losing all associated miles with said cancelled award: not cool :td::td:

Hi aCavalierInCoach, I don’t think I’m following the situation you’re experiencing. If you have any other details you’d like to post or PM us, I’m interested to see if there is an error here or if we need to improve the experience.

Shannon

johnru36 Mar 9, 2012 9:26 pm


Originally Posted by MtRoot (Post 18170671)
Will past reservations be updated as well?

I'm asking because not all the six flights I took between 3/1-3 have been credited and the problem might be the wrong class. When I tried the online request with the eticket number yesterday, it said that the miles are already credited.
The classes before integration and current posting situations are:
  1. 3/1 PIT-IAD: T (UA) :)
  2. 3/1 IAD-SFO: T to NF with CR1 (UA) :)
  3. 3/1 SFO-HNL: L to R with CR1 (CO) :(
  4. 3/2 HNL-SFO: L to NF with CR1 (UA) :(
  5. 3/3 SFO-ORD: T to NF with CR1 :(
  6. 3/3 ORD-PIT: T to NF with CR1 :(
I pulled up the receipt from past itinerary and found that the last three flights are listed as ON class. So I'm guessing that this is the reason why they haven't posted. The third flight is correctly listed as R class, so I'm not sure why this hasn't posted yet.

Similar oddities here - but similarity i see with yours may suggest a CO issue since those 2 segments didn't post - the one segment on UA metal did.
2/29 SEA-EWR V upgraded with CR1 (CO) :(
3/1 EWR-NRT W upgraded with CR1 (CO) :(
3/2 NRT to BKK upgraded with CR1 (UA) :)

my attempts to grab fare classes from the website failed- no account details showing at the moment. Used my receipt to fill in above info where i could.

Similar to you - site said flights had been credited when i entered ticket number in the "missing flight" app

UA Insider Mar 9, 2012 9:42 pm


Originally Posted by avidflyer (Post 18166544)
UAInsider: Simple question: There are dozens of reports of 1K's NOT being on the upgrade list on the day of departure. What is going on there? It is extremely frustrating that 100K mile flyers cannot just get an answer (even if it is "its broke") to such a fundamental part of the program. I know you are buried with issues but If I were to stack rank the ones causing the most ill-will and stress this would be #1. Can your team address this issue? If you came back and say "Sorry, 1K's and GS's are now not eligible for gate upgrades but everyone else is" that's fine...I can deal with facts but the "theories" we are seeing and lack of a direct statement is making this much more stressful than it needs to be.

Hi avidflyer, we’re continuing to look into the examples being reported where complimentary upgrades are not always being processed. We’ve made progress here, but, there are still some cases we’re working to identify and resolve.

One use case we’re running across lately is that, by design, the system that clears complimentary upgrades stops when it tries to clear the next customer in line, and for one reason or another, cannot complete the upgrade. This most often happens, when the reservation in question needs to be reissued. Normally, this is a rare occurrence. But, as has been noted in the master thread, one side effect of the migration is that we have many more reservations than normal out there with the “A modification has been made …” message.

If you’re in a window where seats are available and upgrades should be clearing, please continue to PM us your examples. With these details, we’ll try to get anything unstuck that may be preventing the system from running as well as identify any other trends that we need to fix.

Shannon

earendil31 Mar 9, 2012 9:45 pm


Originally Posted by wxguy (Post 18170315)
And the chorus of "AGENT! AGENT! AGENT!" being screamed into cell phones.

This made me laugh more than anything else since 3/3 :D

edcho Mar 9, 2012 9:51 pm


Originally Posted by UA Insider (Post 18171110)
Hi avidflyer, we’re continuing to look into the examples being reported where complimentary upgrades are not always being processed. We’ve made progress here, but, there are still some cases we’re working to identify and resolve.

One use case we’re running across lately is that, by design, the system that clears complimentary upgrades stops when it tries to clear the next customer in line, and for one reason or another, cannot complete the upgrade. This most often happens, when the reservation in question needs to be reissued. Normally, this is a rare occurrence. But, as has been noted in the master thread, one side effect of the migration is that we have many more reservations than normal out there with the “A modification has been made …” message.

If you’re in a window where seats are available and upgrades should be clearing, please continue to PM us your examples. With these details, we’ll try to get anything unstuck that may be preventing the system from running as well as identify any other trends that we need to fix.

Shannon

Another question about CPU -- I noticed that when I cleared stand-by as a 1K on 3/4 (before boarding), I was never added to the upgrade list. Is this by design as well?

Thanks.

flyer_south Mar 9, 2012 9:54 pm

Hi hobo13, this ability to request that GPUs be printed to paper for use on LH is not available on united.com, but, our Contact Centers have a procedure for this. If you're still having trouble getting this printed for use on LH, please PM us.



I am having the same issue but have found it impossible to get through to Contact Centers.

I am not sure how to PM to UA Insider, can someone help? Thanks.

edcho Mar 9, 2012 9:58 pm


Originally Posted by flyer_south (Post 18171159)
Hi hobo13, this ability to request that GPUs be printed to paper for use on LH is not available on united.com, but, our Contact Centers have a procedure for this. If you're still having trouble getting this printed for use on LH, please PM us.



I am having the same issue but have found it impossible to get through to Contact Centers.

I am not sure how to PM to UA Insider, can someone help? Thanks.

Do you have status? I called tonight for the first time (as a 1K though) and got through in less than 1 minute.

I'm curious at the wait time for a general member.

randyqx Mar 9, 2012 10:01 pm


Originally Posted by edcho (Post 18171179)
I'm curious at the wait time for a general member.

we sent three general members out to check last week and they never returned. :D

flyer_south Mar 9, 2012 10:04 pm


Originally Posted by edcho (Post 18171179)
Do you have status? I called tonight for the first time (as a 1K though) and got through in less than 1 minute.

I'm curious at the wait time for a general member.

Yes, I am a 1K. Didn't try calling tonight but was on hold for more than 30 minutes yesterday and then gave up. I will try again but would still appreciate learning how to send a PM to UA Insider. Thx.


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