Issues with united.com booking specific classes
Aug 9, 2013 | 9:42 am
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Issues with united.com booking specific classes
Hello,
I'm trying to book a flight on united.com using their "Enter specific classes of service" feature. I'm interested in booking classes G, H, M, Q, S, U, V, or W. However, I always receive an error message.
I've tried putting spaces inbetween, but once I click search it comes back without spaces. Same if I put in spaces but no commas.
What is the problem here? The "help" section is not providing any. :-)
Thank you!
I'm trying to book a flight on united.com using their "Enter specific classes of service" feature. I'm interested in booking classes G, H, M, Q, S, U, V, or W. However, I always receive an error message.
I've tried putting spaces inbetween, but once I click search it comes back without spaces. Same if I put in spaces but no commas.
What is the problem here? The "help" section is not providing any. :-)
Thank you!
Aug 9, 2013 | 9:43 am
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I've tried to put a screenshot here, but it won't work.
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0Rz...it?usp=sharing
Aug 9, 2013 | 9:50 am
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Hello,
I'm trying to book a flight on united.com using their "Enter specific classes of service" feature. I'm interested in booking classes G, H, M, Q, S, U, V, or W. However, I always receive an error message.
I've tried putting spaces inbetween, but once I click search it comes back without spaces. Same if I put in spaces but no commas.
What is the problem here? The "help" section is not providing any. :-)
Thank you!
I'm trying to book a flight on united.com using their "Enter specific classes of service" feature. I'm interested in booking classes G, H, M, Q, S, U, V, or W. However, I always receive an error message.
I've tried putting spaces inbetween, but once I click search it comes back without spaces. Same if I put in spaces but no commas.
What is the problem here? The "help" section is not providing any. :-)
Thank you!
See which one breaks.
That being said, that is an *awfully* odd set of buckets to search for. Unless you're trying to write a different .bomb frontend, may I ask why those particular buckets?
Aug 9, 2013 | 9:55 am
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Oh boy.
Easy: Miles&More. Booking classes E T K L only give half the miles, while G H M Q S U V W award full miles. I'd like to see what the price difference is.
Y and B would award 150%, but the price is more than 500% That is definitely not worth it.
That being said, that is an *awfully* odd set of buckets to search for. Unless you're trying to write a different .bomb frontend, may I ask why those particular buckets?
Y and B would award 150%, but the price is more than 500% That is definitely not worth it.
Aug 9, 2013 | 10:06 am
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Aug 9, 2013 | 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by https://www.miles-and-more.com/online/portal/mam/de/earn/flight/offer?nodeid=2511385&l=en&cid=18002
* Applies also to UA 929/938 Brussels-London (both ways)
Aug 9, 2013 | 10:41 am
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Awwwww, the Miles&More earning page for United ( https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=en&cid=18002 ) also says
Adorable.
Adorable.
Aug 9, 2013 | 10:50 am
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Ah, it was G. Removing G may yield a result. Why the system wouldn't just ignore G if not available is beyond my understanding.
Some searches result in an error message that does not pertain to anything specific on the page. Trying again and again with the very same data helps.
Also, the booking page sometimes messes up the date that I choose from the calender and reports an error. The booking system somehow likes to switch month and date and then stumble over that. Hilarious.
Sometimes I can get a valid result now. Thank you. :-)
BTW: Anyone here know if there is any difference in fare rules between S and T?
Some searches result in an error message that does not pertain to anything specific on the page. Trying again and again with the very same data helps.
Also, the booking page sometimes messes up the date that I choose from the calender and reports an error. The booking system somehow likes to switch month and date and then stumble over that. Hilarious.
Sometimes I can get a valid result now. Thank you. :-)
BTW: Anyone here know if there is any difference in fare rules between S and T?
Aug 9, 2013 | 11:11 am
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Aug 10, 2013 | 2:01 am
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First of all, no spaces after commas.
Secondly, you have the list in the wrong order — e.g. U should go higher up, S and G at the end. It needs to be in descending order of price. And why don't you include T and L if you're going to have S and G?
Thirdly, try splitting up, as others have suggested. Do H and M separately (like you'd do Y and B).
Secondly, you have the list in the wrong order — e.g. U should go higher up, S and G at the end. It needs to be in descending order of price. And why don't you include T and L if you're going to have S and G?
Thirdly, try splitting up, as others have suggested. Do H and M separately (like you'd do Y and B).
Aug 10, 2013 | 10:28 am
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Aug 11, 2013 | 9:54 am
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That's not what the example on the website says. But the engine takes the spaces out anyway.
Because T and L only give 1/2 miles (M&M).
As I said I had to take out G. G seems to be not OK for this routing. This begs the question why it is not ignored by the engine if it can't find any G. Would be to simple, I guess.
And why don't you include T and L if you're going to have S and G?
Thirdly, try splitting up, as others have suggested. Do H and M separately (like you'd do Y and B).