kalendil

For all our sake, I hope you're right. But hey, we all get to find out when the fog of war lifts in 36 hours.

chrisinacton

What if I change the routing, but keep the origin and destination the same?

For example, I have flight booked for BKK-ICN-SFO that has a really long layover in ICN. I prefer to go BKK-NRT-SFO but there are currently no seats available Would that be considered a new ticket, or am I subjected to change fees? The reason I’m cautious is because I’m dropping down to 1P on Feb 1st, and would like to avoid penalty charges if I change the flight.

After further research, it appears I can't make any changes to the routing.

geclub1

Yes. You will need to pay the change fee. This is listed under routing change. I just yesterday had the privilege of paying for it, when an award was changed from
SFO-SEA-TPE to SFO-LAX-TPE.

silentbob1974

I don't think the Wiki addresses this and couldn't find the answer in the last several pages:

Does anyone know if the new redemption rates go into effect at midnight on February 1st CST, or midnight on February 1st where the ticket you're looking to book originates, or something else? I don't recall what time things changed on prior award redemption devaluations.

pat_pat_tong

I have tried to look for the answer on this, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer.

If I redeem an award today and change it after Feb 1, 2014, do I have to pay the mileage difference if I change the date and routing with the same carrier, origin and destination?

I understand changing date(s) alone would not cause the aware re-pricing, but I am not sure about the routing.

UAInsider or other experts, can you put in your thoughts on that?

Kacee

Hey guys, pay attention, your last day to book under the current rates is January 31, 2014. I would assume it's going to click over at midnight Central time, but would not recommend anyone cut it that close.

haddon90

for 13 hours, i would hop on the 5A bus and go into DC. easily doable on a 13-hour layover.

aglp2k

I am about to pull the trigger and burn my last 70k miles to fly late this year. Unable to find any F options via Europe this early since LH does not release F inventory. Best available routing via pacific to experience on NH/OZ F or NH/TG F are:

DFW(UA F)-ORD(NH F)-NRT(OZ F)-ICN(OZ C or TG C)-BKK
or
DFW(UA F)-ORD(NH F)-NRT(NH C)-HKG(TG F)-BKK

Any thoughts on which one to go for or suggest any other creative routing?

I would like to experience all three carriers i.e. NH/OZ/TG in F if possible.

Xyzzy

Adding the extra segment to the same ticket protects you in case of irrops. It also gives you a greater chance that a UA schedule change will allow you to change things arund a bit.

dkc715

Burned 600,000 miles since the deval was announced on Nov 1, saving about 250,000 miles for trips that were going to happen anyway. Wish I could find more flights before the clock strikes midnight tomorrow. At least mgmt gave us time to wipe clean our accounts.

Spoke to an agent today who said she is awaiting training for the new structure going into effect Feb 1st. Not sure why training is involved. It is what it is.

Anyone burn a million in 3 months on tickets?

acf1270

I just booked 2 more award tickets today for later this year and I asked the phone agent specifically about any changes that might be made to these tickets anytime after Feb 1st. She assured me that any mileage awards booked before Feb 1st will not be repriced to the higher mileage levels when changes are made, as long as the award region doesnt change. She said that she had inquired to her support desk about this 2 days ago when another customer had asked her the same question. She said that she was told that reissuing the ticket will not trigger a reprice of miles, that only redepositing a reward and reissuing a new one would trigger a reprice of miles at the current levels. I asked her to please verify this again and she put me on hold and called her support desk, then returned with the exact same response. A specific example that she gave the support desk was as follows - "I have an award ticket booked with the outbound LGA-ORD-FRA in F on UA, if later on a nonstop flight JFK-FRA becomes available in F on LH could I make this change without a reprice of miles." She told me that in this case they will only charge the change fee and any difference +/- in taxes. She happily documented this policy in the 2 tickets that I booked today and also in 3 other award tickets that I have previously booked just in case any agent tells me something different in the future. After I finshed the call with her I called back again and asked another agent to check if these notes were indeed documented in my bookings and the agent verified that the notes are there. (btw this agent also stated that she was also recently told that this would be the policy after feb 1st )
I know that most posts on this thread say something completely different, and at this moment we have no way of knowing who is actually right, but since she documented this in all of my tickets I feel confident that United will have to honor what I was told.

st530

No, but I burned 440K today booking two CA IAH-PEK-IAH in F for July (140K each) and one TG FRA-CDG-BKK-FRA in F for March (160K). TG is in the A380 CDG-BKK-FRA. I figured I wouldn't ever book TG F in the A380 after Jan 31, so I just searched around and jumped on what I could get at saver. Booked a separate revenue ticket IAH-FRA-IAH on UA in W and used GPUs. 18 hours on the ground in BKK. Might just spend it all in the F lounge.

WineCountryUA

I'm anticipating many postings on Feb 1st of those that waited until the last minute to try to do their bookings and run into issues.

cfischer

Burned 400k miles, e.g. ZRH-BKK-HKG (TG F) - PEK / PVG -ZRH (LX C)

IamHungry

Just burned 120,000 miles for a biz class flight to Thailand during xmas of this year.