Any issue with checking in and not boarding?
Aug 16, 2014 | 9:04 am
#16
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Way more thought than necessary.
Check in or don't. Accompany family to gate or not. But, don't bother to cancel. It's all figured into UA's load and inventory management. If OP doesn't board, his seat goes to a standby.
Check in or don't. Accompany family to gate or not. But, don't bother to cancel. It's all figured into UA's load and inventory management. If OP doesn't board, his seat goes to a standby.
Aug 16, 2014 | 9:05 am
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Interesting thought... cancelling further ahead of time will give a non-elite (possibly elites also) a TOD opportunity, where not boarding will give an elite a better chance of a battlefield upgrade. I know I am not inconvenienced when being given a BP as the doors close. I would much rather be in F instead of Y and many times the TOD's take the last seat...
Aug 16, 2014 | 12:15 pm
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For a person who checks-in, boards, and then gets off the plane without telling anyone? OK, now we're talking. (Yes, this happened to me on a UA flight recently.)
Last edited by gengar; Aug 16, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Aug 16, 2014 | 12:18 pm
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I originally booked myself a flight and my family flights on separate PNRs (they are on award and I am on one way revenue). Something important came up at. work and they insisted that I stay an extra day and would cover the cost of changing the ticket. Turns out it was cheaper and easier for them to just buy me a new one way ticket for the following day. There is no value back to me if I cancel my original ticket
What I would like to do is check in and accompany them to the gate and the united club and see them off but just not show up for the flight. Would there be any repercussions? I was actually planning on letting them know at the UC once we get there. Since my upgrades have already cleared someone at the top of the UG list will get a happy battlefield upgrade I guess (my wife is pissed because had I flow I would have sat back in coach with the kids and should would have taken my F seat...well that's not the only reason she is pissed about this last minute change).
I know I can get a gate pass with a UC membership but it just seems easier to use a BP (plus I can get PRE).
What I would like to do is check in and accompany them to the gate and the united club and see them off but just not show up for the flight. Would there be any repercussions? I was actually planning on letting them know at the UC once we get there. Since my upgrades have already cleared someone at the top of the UG list will get a happy battlefield upgrade I guess (my wife is pissed because had I flow I would have sat back in coach with the kids and should would have taken my F seat...well that's not the only reason she is pissed about this last minute change).
I know I can get a gate pass with a UC membership but it just seems easier to use a BP (plus I can get PRE).
Aug 16, 2014 | 4:59 pm
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Aug 16, 2014 | 5:06 pm
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That is possible but the only goal in OP's case would be to SDC for different flights over several days or longer to see if one of the flights goes MX and then get a refund. OP - it could be a consideration.
I have tried that before and was able to SDC for several flights over 48 hours, then no more SDC's were available to me without an add collect, so the value of the ticket was lost (<$200). Never send good $ after bad...
I have tried that before and was able to SDC for several flights over 48 hours, then no more SDC's were available to me without an add collect, so the value of the ticket was lost (<$200). Never send good $ after bad...