United Type-B vouchers after 3/3

Old Mar 4, 2012, 10:00 am
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United Type-B vouchers after 3/3

Has anyone attempted to use or successfully used UA Type-B paper vouchers post yesterday's merger? I'm wondering how these will work.

I'm assuming the phone agents can still book tickets as normal and we'll have to mail these certs in. I'm sitting on $1,600 worth so inquiring minds want to know.

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Old Mar 6, 2012, 11:32 pm
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I ticketed at the airport, the agent was very helpful but didn't know the procedure and had to call support. It took longer than an hour. I already had a reservation on hold. YMMV.
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Old Mar 7, 2012, 7:36 am
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Question Mail The Type B Vouchers

Originally Posted by escapefromphl
I ticketed at the airport, the agent was very helpful but didn't know the procedure and had to call support. It took longer than an hour. I already had a reservation on hold. YMMV.
Holy smoke!

Mailing the certs may be easier.
Has anyone tried that since last weekend?
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Old Mar 7, 2012, 8:42 am
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Originally Posted by Billiken
Holy smoke!

Mailing the certs may be easier.
Has anyone tried that since last weekend?
I mailed one on March 1st - lets see what happens - flight is on the 23rd
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Old Mar 7, 2012, 10:20 pm
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I attempted ticketing at the airport last night and finally got through the process after 20 minutes on hold with the CSR Support/Help Desk. Took her a few minutes to ask someone else there how to do it (I could hear them talking about it). Tidyed up my notes for the next passenger who has one.

The ticket was "issued" but only in the computer. There was a printer problem (unsure if this is systemwide or only at certain stations) and so the ticket receipt and itinerary that printed was without the ticket number.
Just had 016 .....(blank)....... Tried same at various computers but always got the same result. I was off today so won't know until tomorrow (Thursday) what is happening. Hopefully corrected. We are shooting blanks on an open battlefield......not good.
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Old Mar 8, 2012, 4:18 am
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I successfully ticketed a reservation at the airport with paper vouchers this morning, having put it on hold over the phone a few hours prior. The new system can still do it, but most of the agents don't know the procedure (PMUA is using an unfamiliar system and PMCO didn't use paper vouchers), so you can expect to wait a while. Budget an hour at the airport and you'll probably be pleasantly surprised.
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Old Mar 8, 2012, 7:09 am
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Thumbs up

Originally Posted by FlyingNone
We are shooting blanks on an open battlefield......not good.
Great line!

Thanks for the update.
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Old Mar 8, 2012, 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by escapefromphl
I ticketed at the airport, the agent was very helpful but didn't know the procedure and had to call support. It took longer than an hour. I already had a reservation on hold. YMMV.
Just about everything that requires a PMUA agent to interact with SHARES takes over an hour right now.

From my 11k flown miles on Monday and Tuesday, I waited

A. 30 mins to get meal vouchers
B. 45 mins to get added to the UG list
B2. 60 mins to get added to the UG list (different time) -- but failed.
C. 2 hours to get rebooked due to irrops
D. 30 mins to get checked-in via a transfer desk in LHR

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Old Mar 8, 2012, 2:41 pm
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Address To Mail Type B Vouchers

I just booked a trip for later this year using a Type B voucher.

If you want to mail the vouchers (Ticket By Mail) THE NEW ADDRESS IS

United Airlines TBM
P.O. Box 1394
Houston, TX 77251
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Old Mar 8, 2012, 3:03 pm
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Glad to hear it works. I've got a couple in the drawer I need to use, was slightly concerned that they might get shredded in the merger shuffle
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Old Mar 8, 2012, 3:24 pm
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Thanks all for the updates. Looks like the vouchers are still good and being honored.

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Old Mar 9, 2012, 12:38 pm
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Booking fee with Type-B paper vouchers?

I tried to book a flight using my Type-B paper vouchers today, but the phone agent told me that there will be a $25 booking fee. Is this correct? Also fares seem higher (by $20-40) than what I saw online for the same flights.
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Originally Posted by Billiken
I just booked a trip for later this year using a Type B voucher.

If you want to mail the vouchers (Ticket By Mail) THE NEW ADDRESS IS

United Airlines TBM
P.O. Box 1394
Houston, TX 77251
Or if FedEx is your choice, use this following address instead:
UNITED AIRLINE
900 GRAND PLAZA DRIVE
HOUSTON, TX 77067-4323
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Old Mar 9, 2012, 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by headmod
I tried to book a flight using my Type-B paper vouchers today, but the phone agent told me that there will be a $25 booking fee. Is this correct? Also fares seem higher (by $20-40) than what I saw online for the same flights.
AFAIK, there shouldn't be any booking fees when using Type B vouchers.
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Old Mar 10, 2012, 1:36 am
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Originally Posted by Billiken
I just booked a trip for later this year using a Type B voucher.

If you want to mail the vouchers (Ticket By Mail) THE NEW ADDRESS IS

United Airlines TBM
P.O. Box 1394
Houston, TX 77251
I finally got my reservation done. golfingboy was right. No booking fee for Type-B vouchers. One final concern is that the mail in address I received was somewhat different than what I saw above (only the zip code part). DId I miss anything or is it the same address after all?

United Airlines
P.O. Box 1394
Houston, TX 77205-1394
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