March 3rd, 2012 System Integration Master Thread (PSS)
#617
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1
Seats
Thanks United. I booked 6 months ago and now my seat assignments are toast. I have a trip to DC and then Latin America, and won't be sitting with my traveling compainon. Just because i thought i better check, when I logged in this afternoon - no assignments.
Guys I can't see how transfering a seat map from one system to another could lead to total chaos. Now i am facing a 10.5 hour flight in a middle seat. I know that at 360K lifetime miles and Premier Gold - I am not an uber important cusotmer. However, I bought my ticket, chose my seats, and now beacuse seat assignments were not transferred and, even worse, allowed to be reassgined - I am screwed. It is not proper, right or fair. Period
I played by the rules booked and did everything right. It wasn't an equipment change or weather issue. It was a poorly executed system conversion that penalizes the customer (full fare by the way).
Ideally, the original seat assignments would be returned and those that took the seats would be provided an eqivalent seat, the same generous offer being provided to the jilted customers.
If this is the New United - I wish you luck.
Guys I can't see how transfering a seat map from one system to another could lead to total chaos. Now i am facing a 10.5 hour flight in a middle seat. I know that at 360K lifetime miles and Premier Gold - I am not an uber important cusotmer. However, I bought my ticket, chose my seats, and now beacuse seat assignments were not transferred and, even worse, allowed to be reassgined - I am screwed. It is not proper, right or fair. Period
I played by the rules booked and did everything right. It wasn't an equipment change or weather issue. It was a poorly executed system conversion that penalizes the customer (full fare by the way).
Ideally, the original seat assignments would be returned and those that took the seats would be provided an eqivalent seat, the same generous offer being provided to the jilted customers.
If this is the New United - I wish you luck.
#618




Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,198
I don't see an "Upgrade Pending" for any of my flights. How do I know if I'm on CPU list?
#619
Moderator: United Airlines




Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA LT Plat 2MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 73,209
#620




Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: UA LT 1K/DL Plat/Hilton LT ♦/Hyatt Carbonado/Wyndham ♦/Marriott PE .
Posts: 5,751
Thanks United. I booked 6 months ago and now my seat assignments are toast. I have a trip to DC and then Latin America, and won't be sitting with my traveling compainon. Just because i thought i better check, when I logged in this afternoon - no assignments.
Guys I can't see how transfering a seat map from one system to another could lead to total chaos. Now i am facing a 10.5 hour flight in a middle seat. I know that at 360K lifetime miles and Premier Gold - I am not an uber important cusotmer. However, I bought my ticket, chose my seats, and now beacuse seat assignments were not transferred and, even worse, allowed to be reassgined - I am screwed. It is not proper, right or fair. Period
I played by the rules booked and did everything right. It wasn't an equipment change or weather issue. It was a poorly executed system conversion that penalizes the customer (full fare by the way).
Ideally, the original seat assignments would be returned and those that took the seats would be provided an eqivalent seat, the same generous offer being provided to the jilted customers.
If this is the New United - I wish you luck.
Guys I can't see how transfering a seat map from one system to another could lead to total chaos. Now i am facing a 10.5 hour flight in a middle seat. I know that at 360K lifetime miles and Premier Gold - I am not an uber important cusotmer. However, I bought my ticket, chose my seats, and now beacuse seat assignments were not transferred and, even worse, allowed to be reassgined - I am screwed. It is not proper, right or fair. Period
I played by the rules booked and did everything right. It wasn't an equipment change or weather issue. It was a poorly executed system conversion that penalizes the customer (full fare by the way).
Ideally, the original seat assignments would be returned and those that took the seats would be provided an eqivalent seat, the same generous offer being provided to the jilted customers.
If this is the New United - I wish you luck.
#621




Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,198
That's not saying much is it? 
This is really dumb ... the info is already in the system, why not just display it and keep everybody from calling UA to confirm if they are on the upgrade list

This is really dumb ... the info is already in the system, why not just display it and keep everybody from calling UA to confirm if they are on the upgrade list

Last edited by malgudi; Mar 3, 2012 at 11:22 pm
#622
FlyerTalk Evangelist




Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Plat Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 22,657
#623


Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: DL Platinum, AA Lifetime Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, Radisson Premium
Posts: 6,734
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)
First test will be tonight if I clear at T-100.. Oh oops I mean T-96. Grin
First test will be tonight if I clear at T-100.. Oh oops I mean T-96. Grin
#624
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
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Posts: 102,077
I was told that there were flights delayed today due to problems with the system calculating the weights due to system issues. Not really a surprise when passenger and bag check-in handling in the systems was problematic.
As a 1K, I didn't even get put on the upgrade wait list for who knows what reasons today.
As a 1K, I didn't even get put on the upgrade wait list for who knows what reasons today.
#625
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 350
Just about everything went smooth for my personal conversion/upgrade.
I have F reservations for LAX-OGG in July, they used to show breakfast/snack but now show no meal.
If I try a normal reservation it says breakfast now, but not snack.
No big deal, I figure it will auto-correct itself eventually.
So far United gets a ^ for the conversion!
I have F reservations for LAX-OGG in July, they used to show breakfast/snack but now show no meal.
If I try a normal reservation it says breakfast now, but not snack.
No big deal, I figure it will auto-correct itself eventually.
So far United gets a ^ for the conversion!
#626




Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K MM
Posts: 86
Yet I'm still not on the list. And obviously haven't been upgraded.
Good luck to you!
Last edited by cardinal98; Mar 3, 2012 at 11:28 pm Reason: "and" != "as"
#627




Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,198
Lifetime Flight Miles showing 0 (was 600k+ before the conversion).
#628
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Somewhere I've Driven To
Programs: HiltonHonors, IHG Hotels, DL Skymiles
Posts: 2,070
My perspective on Day one was pretty much as I suspected. Somewhat of a non-event until the computers "froze/went down" for about 15 minutes. I'm not sure why, maybe some kind of overload ? The passengers were all very understanding when we explained this as Day one with the transition to SHARES. Some were alittle impatient but we got through it.
What surprised me most was what the CO agents do not know about their own system/ formats/ policies, etc. I will cut them some slack....it is SHARES after all. But this is an issue that I feel should be addressed in briefings - basically the variance between what/ how they do things versus what/ how UA agents do things and where/ if we meet in the middle ?
One passenger asked me about purchasing an award ticket with miles. All I could do was refer him to PMCO's One Pass phone number. Even if I knew how to ticket such a thing (which I did know in FASTAIR), no one has told us (UA agents) what the codes are for Award and mileage tickets. I actually found that information (the booking codes) here on FlyerTalk !!
At this point it would be safe to say that many United agents (myself included) are winging it and trying to find out what formats and commands are most useful on a daily basis. When I asked a PMCO agent what phone number would I refer a person for Award tickets, he did not know -- "Oh, they changed the number recently, I don't know".
I think if I got that question even once (if I were him), I would have tried to find out what the NEW phone number was. This is their take on it - are we supposed to follow suit or should we be pro-active and try to find all these things out ? I know what I'm going to do.
What surprised me most was what the CO agents do not know about their own system/ formats/ policies, etc. I will cut them some slack....it is SHARES after all. But this is an issue that I feel should be addressed in briefings - basically the variance between what/ how they do things versus what/ how UA agents do things and where/ if we meet in the middle ?
One passenger asked me about purchasing an award ticket with miles. All I could do was refer him to PMCO's One Pass phone number. Even if I knew how to ticket such a thing (which I did know in FASTAIR), no one has told us (UA agents) what the codes are for Award and mileage tickets. I actually found that information (the booking codes) here on FlyerTalk !!
At this point it would be safe to say that many United agents (myself included) are winging it and trying to find out what formats and commands are most useful on a daily basis. When I asked a PMCO agent what phone number would I refer a person for Award tickets, he did not know -- "Oh, they changed the number recently, I don't know".

I think if I got that question even once (if I were him), I would have tried to find out what the NEW phone number was. This is their take on it - are we supposed to follow suit or should we be pro-active and try to find all these things out ? I know what I'm going to do.
#629
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 70
Same for me. Perhaps this is one area that will catch up in a few days. Let's hope so.
#630
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Singapore / San Francisco
Programs: UA 1K, DL MM, PC Plat/Amb. SPG Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 45
Bumpy switch with a lot of lost functionality
Wow, lots errors and lost functionality. I really wish I could get the old site back, as the new Continental version is awful in comparison.

