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Old Nov 5, 2012, 5:40 pm
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Combining Promotional Codes Given Out Due to Delayed Flights
Hi,

United is going a bit crazy. Now I received some promotional codes for a long delayed flights.

My question is that they are for $125 here, $200 there etc. (I traveled with my family). Rather than redeem the five promotional codes for five different flights, can I some how combine them to purchase one expensive flight? It doesn't seem possible via united.com, but I thought I would ask your collective wisdom.

Thanks.
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 6:46 pm
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Originally Posted by inpd
Hi,

United is going a bit crazy. Now I received some promotional codes for a long delayed flights.

My question is that they are for $125 here, $200 there etc. (I traveled with my family). Rather than redeem the five promotional codes for five different flights, can I some how combine them to purchase one expensive flight? It doesn't seem possible via united.com, but I thought I would ask your collective wisdom.

Thanks.
You may have a slim chance of luck if you email 1K Voice with the ecert numbers and ask them to be swapped out for a $325 ecert. If they say no, keep it moving and use them separately.
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 10:42 pm
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I asked a few weeks ago via email and they refused. Good luck!
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 10:44 pm
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This is the reason I always ask for Miles rather than certs, miles combine.
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Old Nov 5, 2012, 10:44 pm
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Yup - cannot do it. I tried as well.
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Akulashark
This is the reason I always ask for Miles rather than certs, miles combine.
Good point. But don't you get miles for the travel made with certs? Also it was $250 or 10,000 miles. 10,000 miles will get you not even half an award, but $250 will get you a round trip albeit only on a popular route.

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Old Nov 11, 2012, 2:29 pm
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Can't the web desk apply multiple certs to a reservation? PMUA could...
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by inpd
Good point. But don't you get miles for the travel made with certs? Also it was $250 or 10,000 miles. 10,000 miles will get you not even half an award, but $250 will get you a round trip albeit only on a popular route.

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And $250 can get you a cheap t-con, where as a 1K, one would earn 10,000 miles.
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by inpd
Hi,

United is going a bit crazy. Now I received some promotional codes for a long delayed flights.

My question is that they are for $125 here, $200 there etc. (I traveled with my family). Rather than redeem the five promotional codes for five different flights, can I some how combine them to purchase one expensive flight? It doesn't seem possible via united.com, but I thought I would ask your collective wisdom.

Thanks.
If you read the standard "Apology" E-Cert T&C it says:

16. Combinability: Not combinable with other discount offers
17. Maximum number of users per certificate: One
18. Maximum number of passengers per itinerary: One
#16 means that you cannot use more than 1 e-cert per ticket
#18 says that it must be a solo itinerary
#17 seems redundant but re-inforces #18

Another annoying quirk that I recently discovered is:

10. Valid Routing: Roundtrip or One way only. Circle trips, or trips with multi-city itineraries are not permitted. You must follow a permitted routing.
This means that you can't use them on a low CPM mileage run that requires lots of connections. Bummer. I had a good one lined up.

One tip for your future flights: If the fare allows, book it as two one-ways. That way you can at least use one cert on the way out and one on the way back.
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 5:31 pm
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Originally Posted by aacharya
And $250 can get you a cheap t-con, where as a 1K, one would earn 10,000 miles.
So am I correct in saying that you get miles for trips booked using certs?
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 7:17 pm
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So am I correct in saying that you get miles for trips booked using certs?
yes, absolutely.
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Old Nov 11, 2012, 7:28 pm
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Originally Posted by gregas
#17 seems redundant but re-inforces #18
I might be wrong, but I'm guessing #17 means that, if you use only a partial amount, you cannot then give the remainder to another person to use.
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