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Feb 5, 2015, 9:19 pm
#301
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Feb 7th UA1062 SEA-IAH has a weird E+ set up on the seat map. 739, rows 7-11 are E+, row 12 on the port side only and then 14-15 are E- with the exits of course being E+.
Anyone ever seen this before?
Anyone ever seen this before?
Feb 5, 2015, 9:25 pm
#302
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Feb 5, 2015, 9:59 pm
#303
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I don't think I've seen config 3 or 4 either.
Not looking forward to the close in bookings were aisle E+ was scarce. Looks like it will be rarer in 2015.
Side note is there's 16 F seats booked and only one was an upgrade. I've had a gpu in for weeks and it hasn't cleared. Doesn't stop them from clearing E+ tho!
Feb 5, 2015, 10:32 pm
#304
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 74
I saw a saver coach award from sfo-fra-pvg-fra-sfo for 70k. If I make a reservation with that and late call to make a stopover in fra either in outbound or inbound, will it get re-priced?
Feb 5, 2015, 11:02 pm
#305
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It shouldn't. Reports are that they'll still allow that routing with the Europe stopover.
Feb 6, 2015, 12:39 pm
#306
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Posts: 67
I booked SEA-SFO in September for an appointment. Found out that I could go in April instead, but the change fee costs more than the ticket did.
Any way to negotiate a reduced change fee or would I have to cancel, eat the cost, and make a new reservation if I wanted to go in April?
Any way to negotiate a reduced change fee or would I have to cancel, eat the cost, and make a new reservation if I wanted to go in April?
Feb 6, 2015, 12:52 pm
#307
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I booked SEA-SFO in September for an appointment. Found out that I could go in April instead, but the change fee costs more than the ticket did.
Any way to negotiate a reduced change fee or would I have to cancel, eat the cost, and make a new reservation if I wanted to go in April?
Any way to negotiate a reduced change fee or would I have to cancel, eat the cost, and make a new reservation if I wanted to go in April?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...e-tickets.html
Feb 6, 2015, 1:02 pm
#308
Join Date: Feb 2015
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in general no -- the one exception is if a weather waiver occurs for the day of travel. SDC can be used to move a a few days but not months.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...e-tickets.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...e-tickets.html
Ew, that's unfortunate. I get that I booked a nonrefundable fare but when it's literally cheaper to cancel and rebook it seems like there's a problem.
Feb 6, 2015, 1:34 pm
#309
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Feb 7, 2015, 2:18 pm
#310
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 249
Very basic question but if you try to apply RPUs to flights and then are waitlisted/it does not work out - they are credited back to your account, right?
Feb 7, 2015, 7:00 pm
#312
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Location: YYJ/YVR and back on Van Isle ....... for now
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Feb 8, 2015, 1:02 am
#313
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 6
Everything I've read on FT/TPG/MMS/etc. seems to say that United allows 1 stopover and 2 open-jaw flights for a TATL RT ticket. However, their policy page says:
Pulled from: http://www.united.com/web/en-US/cont...vel/types.aspx
Is this just referring to domestic flights?
Traveling on an award ticket is not one-size-fits-all. You have the flexibility to choose the award type and class of service that suit your needs. All United awards are one-way, which means you can fly a Saver Award for one direction of travel and return using a Standard Award. You can also choose a different class of service for each direction.
Is this just referring to domestic flights?
Feb 8, 2015, 1:13 pm
#314
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Everything I've read on FT/TPG/MMS/etc. seems to say that United allows 1 stopover and 2 open-jaw flights for a TATL RT ticket. However, their policy page says:
Pulled from: http://www.united.com/web/en-US/cont...vel/types.aspx
Is this just referring to domestic flights?
Pulled from: http://www.united.com/web/en-US/cont...vel/types.aspx
Is this just referring to domestic flights?
You can create a round-trip award by putting two one-ways together. UA let's you mix a saver one-way and a standard the other, to create a mixed round trip.
Feb 8, 2015, 5:07 pm
#315
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