timfountain

I think you mean "Almost all *A carriers besides UA now have great PE products" . UA will be losing most of my long haul business in 2017....

RandomBaritone

Same here. I may spring for Polaris for ULH travel, but PE is the sweet spot for me for flights <10 hours.

gold23

Not sure if this is the correct forum...apologize if not. Not getting a lot of answers over in AC forums. Anyway.... Considering a booking on EWR-YVR using UA miles on the direct 787-9. Once ticketed, would I be able to purchase a premium economy seat through AC...or would I be stuck with whatever seat they determine? I don't want to fly that route without confirming I am in PE.

WineCountryUA

There is no ability to book a premium economy award on any *A carrier outside of that carrier's program.

if AC offers paid "upgrades" to PE, is really an AC forum question.

There is another thread to review is about purchasing PE directly on 016 ticket, http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ock-016-a.html

eigenvector

AC doesn't offer Premium Economy as a separate class of travel on North American flights. But since all the 787s are configured the same regardless, the seats are physically there on the plane just sold as "preferred seats" in the economy cabin when flying in North America. So yes, you can book an economy award then pay for a seat assignment in the premium economy cabin (rows 12-14) by calling in to AC. IIRC these seats are around $120CAD for transcon length flights.

flybit

you are lucky you cant redeem PE on Air Canada, its a waste of miles get an exit row on United.

televisor

More recline?
More space widthwise / dedicated armrests?
Larger entertainment screen?
More food (not necessarily better IMHO though)?
Less busy cabin?
No people stepping on your toes?

RandomBaritone

You think? What aspect makes it a poor redemption in your eyes? For me it wouldn't be about the food, but to get two-abreast seating and greater recline and legroom.

rflor

Is it possible to book AC Rouge's Premium Economy on 016 ticket stock, or do I need to go directly through AC's site?

Looking at an ORD-KEF flight, and this appears to be my only Star Alliance option without backtracking through FRA (ugh).

WineCountryUA

Merged your query into an existing thread plus http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-web-site.html may also be worth a review.

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televisor

My understanding is that "premium rouge" is essentially their business class, and isn't technically premium economy. That said I can't find those flights in any class of service on united.com.

bocastephen

You would most likely need to look for the AC flight operated by Rouge to show up on ua.com, and most likely as a business class fare, not premium economy which is called 'Rouge Plus' or something silly like that - which is just extra legroom and nothing more, akin to UA E+ which is itself, not premium economy. I would say flying Rouge in any class is a waste of money if you can find a better option on almost any other airline.

Only Air Canada mainline sells a true PE product on specific aircraft and routes.

findark

Not familiar with their product.. if you price it on ITA what is the booking code and route? You should be able to purchase by calling UA as long as the fare can be plated 016.

rflor

Yep. Nothing shows up under business class, which is why I came here asking.

You got me confused. Everything I've read shows the Premium Rouge on the A319s to be a 2x2 product vs. the 3x3 product in the rest of the aircraft. That, along with descriptions of the seats and food offerings, led me to believe it's a PE product.

I'd go with another airline, except there are no other Star Alliance options to get to KEF without backtracking through Europe.

How do I go about doing this?

findark

You would search for and find your itinerary on ITA Matrix. This will give you your flight numbers and a booking code associated with each segment (for example: B,N,N,B). You can then call United and ask to be ticketed on, for example:

27-Jun ORDYUL Air Canada flight 7596 in B class
27-Jun YULKEF Air Canada flight 1972 in N class
04-Jul KEFYYZ Air Canada flight 1971 in N class
04-Jul YYZORD Air Canada flight 509 in B class

This corresponds roughly to what the agent will be typing into their computer so it's a good order to read things off.


Note two things. Premium Rouge is sold as Premium Economy overwater by Air Canada (not business class), using the O/E/N scale. It's a major pain to search for PE on ITA, and in this case I had to use the route specification

ORD :: AC YUL AC / f bc=n :: KEF

in order to see the flights. You can probably just do

ORD :: F+ AC / f bc=n :: KEF

(in the "Advanced Routing Codes" box enter everything between the sets of ::). This will show all flights with a booking code of N (lowest Premium Economy) that end with an AC segment to KEF. The reverse would be

KEF :: AC F+ / f bc=n :: ORD