Another glitch on UA website
Oct 14, 2013, 2:14 pm
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Another glitch on UA website
A friend sent me this:
"There's a glitch on the united airlines website where you can book flights for free essentially. I booked a flight to Israel and back for $44 dollars for a December trip. (This glitch happened a month ago too and they honored the flights).
This is what you do: go onunited.com, enter your frequent flyer information, choose a miles flight, select both flights you want to book, then open a new window but leave the old one open as well. Select the same flights, booking with dollars this time. Refresh the first window, then refresh the second window. The second window should show that you have enough points to book the flight. Then you enter in your credit card info and just pay the tax/fee. You should get a confirmation email."
I just tried it, and it worked. Haven't actually pressed Buy yet, but at the point where I can pay $80 RT to India in F.
"There's a glitch on the united airlines website where you can book flights for free essentially. I booked a flight to Israel and back for $44 dollars for a December trip. (This glitch happened a month ago too and they honored the flights).
This is what you do: go onunited.com, enter your frequent flyer information, choose a miles flight, select both flights you want to book, then open a new window but leave the old one open as well. Select the same flights, booking with dollars this time. Refresh the first window, then refresh the second window. The second window should show that you have enough points to book the flight. Then you enter in your credit card info and just pay the tax/fee. You should get a confirmation email."
I just tried it, and it worked. Haven't actually pressed Buy yet, but at the point where I can pay $80 RT to India in F.
Oct 14, 2013, 2:21 pm
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The first one was http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ineraries.html
The second one happened but no one has posted here they were actually ticketed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-31th-oct.html
The second one happened but no one has posted here they were actually ticketed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-31th-oct.html
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Oct 14, 2013 at 2:26 pm Reason: found second thread
Oct 14, 2013, 2:39 pm
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The first one was http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ineraries.html
The second one happened but no one has posted here they were actually ticketed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-31th-oct.html
The second one happened but no one has posted here they were actually ticketed.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-31th-oct.html
Thanks you.
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