Feb 3, 2015, 8:18 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
United Airlines complimentary drink tickets (and this includes drink tickets with past expiration dates [which also includes both PMUA and PMCO drink tickets]) are to be accepted by F/A's on United mainline flights.
United Express may or may not have the same policy.
Some have reported having expired drink tickets rejected on United mainline flights, but these appear to be exceptions and the tickets are sometimes accepted by other FAs on the same flight or on future flights.
Some reports of success with Continental Currency -- pmCO FA's seem more familiar with them.
Older thread -- Old drink coupons still good? {Archive}
United Express may or may not have the same policy.
Some have reported having expired drink tickets rejected on United mainline flights, but these appear to be exceptions and the tickets are sometimes accepted by other FAs on the same flight or on future flights.
Some reports of success with Continental Currency -- pmCO FA's seem more familiar with them.
Older thread -- Old drink coupons still good? {Archive}
Are Expired/Undated UA/CO Beverage Vouchers Still Accepted on Flights?
Nov 3, 2019, 2:18 pm
#181
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Jun 26, 2021, 1:37 am
#183
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wow I must have 25 of them left and I wonder if any are still valid. Did they scan the chit or just look at it? Glad to hear they were lenient and still give your wife a drink…
Jun 26, 2021, 9:01 am
#184
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Yeah - I have a bunch of 2020 expiry. He looked, said “we haven’t accepted these in a while” and then stuffed in cart. These look pretty similar to 2022 expiry except the beverage pics are stylized. Could have been one-off enforcement. I’ll see what happens on return.
Sep 24, 2021, 5:30 pm
#185
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Sep 24, 2021, 5:38 pm
#186
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Oct 7, 2021, 10:53 pm
#187
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I had a bizarre exchange tonight with a mainline UA FA on IAH-CVG. I tried to use a drink chit, and she was like no, no we aren't taking those. Because c0v1d its contactless only if you have a saved payment method, she said. To which I gently said, well, it has a barcode on it nobody has to touch it. She said well we don't have anywhere to put it. In my head I'm like, you holding your service iPhone while you're talking to me, which is how you redeemed these things in the before days. I said an FA on my last flight accepted it (half truth, she saw it and told me to put it away and gave me the drink gratis) and she snipped back "well they shouldn't have."
So I drank a Diet Coke and ate my to go wrap from the UC.
So I drank a Diet Coke and ate my to go wrap from the UC.
Oct 7, 2021, 11:02 pm
#188
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I had a bizarre exchange tonight with a mainline UA FA on IAH-CVG. I tried to use a drink chit, and she was like no, no we aren't taking those. Because c0v1d its contactless only if you have a saved payment method, she said. To which I gently said, well, it has a barcode on it nobody has to touch it. She said well we don't have anywhere to put it. In my head I'm like, you holding your service iPhone while you're talking to me, which is how you redeemed these things in the before days. I said an FA on my last flight accepted it (half truth, she saw it and told me to put it away and gave me the drink gratis) and she snipped back "well they shouldn't have."
So I drank a Diet Coke and ate my to go wrap from the UC.
So I drank a Diet Coke and ate my to go wrap from the UC.
David
Oct 7, 2021, 11:06 pm
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Oct 8, 2021, 6:25 am
#191
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I had a bizarre exchange tonight with a mainline UA FA on IAH-CVG. I tried to use a drink chit, and she was like no, no we aren't taking those. Because c0v1d its contactless only if you have a saved payment method, she said. To which I gently said, well, it has a barcode on it nobody has to touch it. She said well we don't have anywhere to put it. In my head I'm like, you holding your service iPhone while you're talking to me, which is how you redeemed these things in the before days. I said an FA on my last flight accepted it (half truth, she saw it and told me to put it away and gave me the drink gratis) and she snipped back "well they shouldn't have."
So I drank a Diet Coke and ate my to go wrap from the UC.
So I drank a Diet Coke and ate my to go wrap from the UC.
A couple weeks later, I got a responses saying they are no longer being accepted.
Oct 8, 2021, 7:26 am
#192
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United knows that scanning a barcode/QR code is contactless, right? <eye roll>.
My guess is that the 'good' FA's will just comp it from time to time and not key it into the system.
My guess is that the 'good' FA's will just comp it from time to time and not key it into the system.
Oct 8, 2021, 8:16 am
#193
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Twenty (20) United Beverage Vouchers Each coupon is valid for a premium beverage onboard United or United Express. UPPCNCY2.
Dec 6, 2021, 4:01 pm
#195
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Haha yes, I just ordered these coupons as a redemption for our Perks Plus points.