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zombietooth Mar 3, 2012 12:01 pm

GPU and RPU balances are OK in our 2 accounts.

However, we lost all of our BF seat assignments on our international itineraries.
--Called MP about this (was on hold for 20 min) and the seats are gone and cannot be recovered.

Very unhappy about losing ALL of my BF seat assignments!

cheltzel Mar 3, 2012 12:04 pm


Originally Posted by exerda (Post 18126029)
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Good catch. That's definitely a software issue, then. They're probably issuing the cookie for pss.united.com instead of just for united.com, or something to that effect. Shouldn't be a huge deal to fix, but I don't know how soon to expect them to fix it with other issues going on.

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There are still a lot of internal pages using the pss.united.com host name.

When I display my account using FF, I am using the url

https://pss.united.com/web/en-US/app...ount.aspx?SI=1

exerda Mar 3, 2012 12:04 pm


Originally Posted by johnmont (Post 18126064)
It's perfectly reasonable to require a browser to support 128-bit encryption for secure transactions. Take the time to a Google search and you should be able to enable this easily if it is an IE version that's been released in the last 4 years.

The problem isn't that the browser doesn't support 128-bit encryption, but that the website is misconfigured. People who are experiencing this problem are using browsers which support 256-bit SSL, so it's not a lack of security capability on the users' ends.

YoYoGodMom Mar 3, 2012 12:04 pm

PIN?
 
I have only MP # and can login with my new MP 8 digit # and old MP password. But what is the PIN default to? How do I change my PIN? (the reminder doesn't seem to help me at all)

p.s. Currently on the phone to ticket my international award reservation...hope they don't need the PIN Orz

flyer215 Mar 3, 2012 12:05 pm


Originally Posted by johnmont (Post 18126064)
It's perfectly reasonable to require a browser to support 128-bit encryption for secure transactions. Take the time to a Google search and you should be able to enable this easily if it is an IE version that's been released in the last 4 years.

This is not actually the crux of the issue, but UA_Insider has posted they are aware of the real problem (they hard coded 'http://' links to insecure javascript ads inside secure pages), and looking into it.

Yes, if you mess with enough settings, you can turn off enough security to allow it to work with IE, but many people at work aren't allowed to do this, and, they should not have to-- it is a security design error with the website.

CDKing Mar 3, 2012 12:08 pm


Originally Posted by goingbananas (Post 18126082)
Isn't the yellow star a Y/B/M-up is available on that flight?

My Y segments that dont have upgrade yet show the following

https://pss.united.com/web/en-US/img/upgrade_icon.gifPremier Instant Upgrade Fare


Originally Posted by YoYoGodMom (Post 18126126)
I have only MP # and can login with my new MP 8 digit # and old MP password. But what is the PIN default to? How do I change my PIN? (the reminder doesn't seem to help me at all)

p.s. Currently on the phone to ticket my international award reservation...hope they don't need the PIN Orz

Click on Forgot PIN? under the PIN field on the sign-on page

exerda Mar 3, 2012 12:09 pm


Originally Posted by goingbananas (Post 18126082)
Isn't the yellow star a Y/B/M-up is available on that flight?

Possibly, though the normal upgrade inventory on the flights is all zeroed out.


Originally Posted by edcho (Post 18126104)
No -- I believe it is an indication of a special low fare.

Which is funny since it's about $100 higher than the other fares shown on the page. :D

goingbananas Mar 3, 2012 12:09 pm


Originally Posted by edcho (Post 18126104)
No -- I believe it is an indication of a special low fare.

:o oops....Got confused with the yellow "U" vs the star...a little tired here...need another mimosa! :)

c1mth0g Mar 3, 2012 12:09 pm


Originally Posted by exerda (Post 18126029)
As of right now, mine are still correct. I do have 1x future itin which has a RPU reserved (for a p.s. flight) and 1x with 2 GPUs reserved. My upgrade info has been correct all day, including before/after they got my miles copied over correctly. ^

I think the double-pulling explanation is correct, but it's not affecting everyone, so the circumstances aren't exactly clear.

Just want to pin this down: were the future itineraries for PMUA or PMCO flights? Were your GPUs/RPUs from PMUA or PMCO?

rkeyser Mar 3, 2012 12:10 pm


Originally Posted by YoYoGodMom (Post 18126126)
I have only MP # and can login with my new MP 8 digit # and old MP password. But what is the PIN default to? How do I change my PIN? (the reminder doesn't seem to help me at all)

p.s. Currently on the phone to ticket my international award reservation...hope they don't need the PIN Orz

Good luck there is no one on the other end of the phone. I've been unsuccessful in trying to reach a live agent all morning

c1mth0g Mar 3, 2012 12:13 pm


Originally Posted by zombietooth (Post 18126106)
GPU and RPU balances are OK in our 2 accounts.

However, we lost all of our BF seat assignments on our international itineraries.
--Called MP about this (was on hold for 20 min) and the seats are gone and cannot be recovered.

Very unhappy about losing ALL of my BF seat assignments!

I take it that if you had GPUs or RPUs reserverd for future flights they were for PMCO flights? And we're they PMUA or PMCO upgrades? Am trying to pin down the exact circumstances under which the double pulling happens to make UA Insider's job easier.

exerda Mar 3, 2012 12:13 pm


Originally Posted by c1mth0g (Post 18126164)
Just want to pin this down: were the future itineraries for PMUA or PMCO flights? Were your GPUs/RPUs from PMUA or PMCO?

Mine are all PMUA at the moment, using PMUA GPUs & RPUs.

c1mth0g Mar 3, 2012 12:16 pm


Originally Posted by exerda (Post 18126200)
Mine are all PMUA at the moment, using PMUA GPUs & RPUs.

Drat! There goes my hypothesis. Not looking forward to trying to explain this to an agent next week.

cheltzel Mar 3, 2012 12:17 pm


Originally Posted by flyer215 (Post 18126132)
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Yes, if you mess with enough settings, you can turn off enough security to allow it to work with IE, but many people at work aren't allowed to do this, and, they should not have to-- it is a security design error with the website.

Actually I don't think you can. I basically turned off any security setting in IE8 and I was still getting the error.

I think we have to wait for UA (or CO IT in this case) to fix it. And I hope it is fixed soon. Can you imagine this being the state of affairs Monday morning in corporate America (where IE is still very heavily used)?

edcho Mar 3, 2012 12:23 pm


Originally Posted by cheltzel (Post 18126216)
Actually I don't think you can. I basically turned off any security setting in IE8 and I was still getting the error.

I think we have to wait for UA (or CO IT in this case) to fix it. And I hope it is fixed soon. Can you imagine this being the state of affairs Monday morning in corporate America (where IE is still very heavily used)?

You need to deactivate 'TLS 1.0' (and higher) support in 'internet options' if it is not already deactivated. TLS security supports 256-bit encryption whereas the older SSL security does not.


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