ANC to GAY: Did United Recently Change Partners?
Jul 9, 2015, 10:01 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 66
ANC to GAY: Did United Recently Change Partners?
For the past 3 or 4 months I've been pricing an award ticket for travel between ANC and GAY in November and it's been consistently available for 40K each way. I never booked because I was short on miles but today I checked and it now says in reference to GAY that "Either the information you entered is not valid or the airport is not served by United or our partners. Please revise your entry".
Does anyone know if something has permanently change or is this is a temporary glitch? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Does anyone know if something has permanently change or is this is a temporary glitch? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Jul 9, 2015, 10:53 pm
#2
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,853
Wikipedia lists Air India (AI) & Thai (TG) as SA partners serving Gaya, India (GAY).
The TG is marked as "seasonal."
The Wikipedia lists AI as service from DEL and others but looks like it may be "seasonal" also - but operates in November.
Might just be a AI award problem.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...a-flights.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...xperinces.html
The TG is marked as "seasonal."
The Wikipedia lists AI as service from DEL and others but looks like it may be "seasonal" also - but operates in November.
Might just be a AI award problem.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...a-flights.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...xperinces.html
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jul 9, 2015 at 10:58 pm
Jul 10, 2015, 10:53 am
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 66
Thanks all for the input. I know Thai is seasonal but the dates I have been searching are in season and they were giving results before. I haven't changed search dates but now get this error. I'm hoping it's just temporary.
Jul 10, 2015, 10:56 am
#6
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
Check the individual chunks of the trip. I'm betting that there is no more availability on one segment rather than a bug on the site.
Jul 10, 2015, 2:28 pm
#7
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 66
Jul 10, 2015, 2:40 pm
#8
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,853
This is true for paid or award and also the beta site.So for now you will need to call.
Jul 10, 2015, 2:51 pm
#9
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 66
Jul 10, 2015, 6:19 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 518
United site is having problems. Previously I was able to search award flights using "PAR" for all airports in Paris, but now it gave the error message "airport is not served by United or partners". I had to use CDG and ORY. I think their airport list got messed up by their excellent IT.
Jul 10, 2015, 7:25 pm
#11
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: DREAD Gold; UA 1.035MM; Bonvoy Au-197; PCC Elite+; CCC Elite+; MSC C-12; CWC Au-197; WoH Dis
Posts: 52,140
Jul 30, 2015, 11:48 pm
#15
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 4,187
*A service to GAY is available from
BKK on TG (seasonal)
CCU on AI
DEL on AI
RGN on AI
VNS on AI
Just build yourself an itinerary from ANC to one of those points and then from there to GAY. Don't trust any (but the best of) UA agents to figure this out; you'll likely need to provide flight numbers.
The only other carrier serving GAY which is part of one of the major alliances is UL (a One World airline) which has seasonal service from CMB.
Last edited by Indelaware; Jul 30, 2015 at 11:59 pm