Consolidated "Maximum Segments on UA Award Travel"
#92
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How about Asia(included Japan) to Oceania or within Oceania, Australia, New Zealand to Oceania? Anybody have been experience? Because, Majuro(Marshall Islands) or Micronesia(PNI, TKK etc) does not work.
MAJ-GUM-NRT-SIN-CHC or AKL
PNI-GUM-HKG-AKL-RAR or PPT
Last edited by Kwang su; Jan 17, 2014 at 7:49 am
#97
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http://travelisfree.com/2014/08/26/u...routing-rules/
This one from April is pretty good also:
http://travelisfree.com/2014/04/08/u...routing-rules/
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Oct 20, 2014 at 11:20 am Reason: merging consecutive posts by same member
#99
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I booked a RT 5 weeks ago, and the outbound routing is PNH-BKK-ARN-GVA-YUL-LAS.
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#101
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maximum number of award segments
I've read conflicting information on both Flyertalk and elsewhere about the maximum number of segments on a United award ticket. Is this information published anywhere? I tried emailing UA Insider for clarification, but I have received no response.
My understanding from reading Flyertalk and googling the Internet was that there could be a maximum of 4 transfers per direction on a round trip award ticket. The 1K line is now telling me that there has been a recent change to curb "abuse" and now only 3 transfers are permitted per direction. Is there any way to get around this restriction? Perhaps add a stopover at an intermediate point?
Thanks for your help.
My understanding from reading Flyertalk and googling the Internet was that there could be a maximum of 4 transfers per direction on a round trip award ticket. The 1K line is now telling me that there has been a recent change to curb "abuse" and now only 3 transfers are permitted per direction. Is there any way to get around this restriction? Perhaps add a stopover at an intermediate point?
Thanks for your help.
#102
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Also see
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ip-ticket.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ad-merged.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...wards-new.html
Unfortunately this may be a moving target and FT info may be out of date. Additional some agents seem to read X segments as X airports when it should be X+1 airports.
#103
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I have been planning an award next May using UA miles
South Asia to Oceania.
If you look at the fare rules for the one way award that the website generated (CSM/AB86M) under "transfers/routings" there is the following verbiage.
FARE BY RULE TEXT
3 TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED ON
THE FARE COMPONENT.
The site generated 3 or 4 alternatives that had 3 transfers/4 segments for NAN-BKK, including several through PVG and INC.
Unfortunately, regardless of the evidence in the rules, numbers of segments allowed according to the agent remains a mystery and is based on whether they are having a bad day or you are the fifth caller that day submitting a complex award itinerary that the agent knows will consume at least an hour, etc.
South Asia to Oceania.
If you look at the fare rules for the one way award that the website generated (CSM/AB86M) under "transfers/routings" there is the following verbiage.
FARE BY RULE TEXT
3 TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED ON
THE FARE COMPONENT.
The site generated 3 or 4 alternatives that had 3 transfers/4 segments for NAN-BKK, including several through PVG and INC.
Unfortunately, regardless of the evidence in the rules, numbers of segments allowed according to the agent remains a mystery and is based on whether they are having a bad day or you are the fifth caller that day submitting a complex award itinerary that the agent knows will consume at least an hour, etc.
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Unfortunately, regardless of the evidence in the rules, numbers of segments allowed according to the agent remains a mystery and is based on whether they are having a bad day or you are the fifth caller that day submitting a complex award itinerary that the agent knows will consume at least an hour, etc.
If an agent told me three segments on a RT award, that call would be over very very quickly.
#105
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I have been planning an award next May using UA miles
South Asia to Oceania.
If you look at the fare rules for the one way award that the website generated (CSM/AB86M) under "transfers/routings" there is the following verbiage.
FARE BY RULE TEXT
3 TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED ON
THE FARE COMPONENT.
The site generated 3 or 4 alternatives that had 3 transfers/4 segments for NAN-BKK, including several through PVG and INC.
Unfortunately, regardless of the evidence in the rules, numbers of segments allowed according to the agent remains a mystery and is based on whether they are having a bad day or you are the fifth caller that day submitting a complex award itinerary that the agent knows will consume at least an hour, etc.
South Asia to Oceania.
If you look at the fare rules for the one way award that the website generated (CSM/AB86M) under "transfers/routings" there is the following verbiage.
FARE BY RULE TEXT
3 TRANSFERS PERMITTED ON THE PRICING UNIT
FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT PERMITTED ON
THE FARE COMPONENT.
The site generated 3 or 4 alternatives that had 3 transfers/4 segments for NAN-BKK, including several through PVG and INC.
Unfortunately, regardless of the evidence in the rules, numbers of segments allowed according to the agent remains a mystery and is based on whether they are having a bad day or you are the fifth caller that day submitting a complex award itinerary that the agent knows will consume at least an hour, etc.