How to book LH Premium Economy on United ticket stock?
May 19, 2018, 11:08 am
#106
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Follow up on my previous post - it was about booking G class on 016 ticket stock by a call to United, and then getting a $630 upgrade offer on lh.com. I'm flying tonight. I was wondering why I hadn't gotten the usual invitation to olci but I went online to do so - and my outward flight was not there. Several phone calls got me back in a premium economy upgrade, and acknowledgement that I had paid for an upgrade, but no seats are available at this point. One very helpful American phone agent said "I have seen this before when people book via United" and it appeared that the outward reservation had been cancelled a few days ago. Of course I am due a refund for the upgrade but I'd much rather have that seat 
Jun 25, 2018, 7:43 am
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The other day on ua.com, I changed a UA flight that included all LH segments on the return, which were only available in E. Imagine my surprise (and pleasure) when checking LH segments on lh.com when I saw that the E had booked me in PE. I was able to choose seats accordingly on both the A330 and the 747.
While I am waitlisted for GPUs on both LH segments, it's nice to know that if there is no availability I will at least be in PE.
The original ticket was in Economy, booked through a travel agent. I modified the itin online. Has anyone tried searching for fare code E on ua.com and been successful booking PE that way?
While I am waitlisted for GPUs on both LH segments, it's nice to know that if there is no availability I will at least be in PE.
The original ticket was in Economy, booked through a travel agent. I modified the itin online. Has anyone tried searching for fare code E on ua.com and been successful booking PE that way?
Jun 25, 2018, 11:30 am
#108
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The PE fare classes don’t exist on the UA codeshares, and United.com is set up to prefer the UA codeshare when it exists. The only way I could see this working would be if you were taking a route where there’s no UA code.
Jun 25, 2018, 5:00 pm
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I remember a couole of years ago booking to BLR from CVG. For some weird reason, it was offering FRA-BLR as a LH flight number as a single connection within the US (I.e - XXX-IAD-FRA-BLR or XXX-EWR-FRA-BLR) at much more expensive rates then a double connection within the US with UA codeshares on FRA-BLR (I.e, XXX-IAD-EWR-BLR or XXX-ORD-IAD-BLR). Could never figure it out. Since I was t in a rush, took a double connection. At the time, you could do advance seat selection on LH (I was on a W fare so had to pay), but still, within 24 hours of booking I called and had the agent change the FRA-BLR segment to an LH one. Turned out booking a seat at $35 was a bit of a waste of money, as when I checked in, I was assigned a seat in Biz (think it was oversold). So skipped over PE and got straight into C. Instead, I think of it as paying for the cheapest upgrade offer ever (take that - UA TODs).
Aug 26, 2018, 7:31 pm
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Premium econ on Lufthansa via booking with United
So I am going to make a flight later this year from BKK to CDG/ORY and want to book with United so I get my beloved PQD and PQM for gold status. But I also would prefer to fly on premium economy or have a bulkhead seat with extra legroom (I am tall and sitting in econ is really stressful). Questions how I can do this? If its even possible. Thanks.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Aug 26, 2018 at 9:48 pm Reason: merged into existing thread
Aug 26, 2018, 8:03 pm
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Call UA and read them the itinerary to book it on 016 stock. You may get pushback since this doesn't even come close to the US, but if you can price it where FRA-PAR is a UA codeshare I think it should be a slam dunk to get UA to book.
Mar 14, 2019, 10:16 pm
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Anyway to get United.com to sell LH1282 rather than the UA codeshare, I assume this is what is causing the ~$465 fare difference? I can price the last option on Expedia for about $1815. United phone agents only want to sell me the UA codeshares, tried twice.
Mar 15, 2019, 4:55 am
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I don't recall Expedia's cancel policy.
Mar 15, 2019, 5:32 pm
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It tells you 24 hours but then said I can cancel within 72 hours.
Apr 3, 2019, 9:14 am
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Odd Result When Booking LH on UA.com
I'm looking at booking a flight operated by LH but sold with a UA flight number. For each class of service, it shows the fare buckets - in this case Y O J - but shows zeroes for award miles and elite qualification miles. I do intend to buy Premium Economy and use a GPU if possible to upgrade to Business. I prefer to purchase this flight on UA to get the PQDs. Any thoughts why this might be happening?
Apr 3, 2019, 9:19 am
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It's a display error. It happens frequently with new routes. Your flights will post as normal, according to the LH chart for the underlying fare class.
You'll need to get UA to convert the reservation to LH flight numbers anyway in order to apply the GPU.
You'll need to get UA to convert the reservation to LH flight numbers anyway in order to apply the GPU.
Apr 3, 2019, 9:27 am
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https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...lufthansa.html
Apr 3, 2019, 9:34 am
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Thanks! So does this mean since it shows "O" class I will earn no PQMs per the LH chart? If so will call UA to book in N, G or E.
https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...lufthansa.html
https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...lufthansa.html
For future reference, note that UA R / LH N are not upgradeable with a GPU when flying an LH-operated flight. Your UA O / LH G will be upgradeable.
Apr 3, 2019, 9:41 am
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