Jan 4, 2016, 10:43 am
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
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Apr 8, 2016, 2:17 pm
#841
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: In between IAD and DCA
Programs: UA Plat 1.1MM , Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,264
MileagePlus question here, regarding UA and LH.
If I buy a discount economy ticket on UAL.com (or whatever the default is when buying online), is it possible to use miles to upgrade on LH from Y to J? It appears you have to not only buy a full fare ticket, but that you can only upgrade Y to F or J to F on LH. Is this true? Is there anyway to buy a Y ticket on LH and upgrade to J/F? Doesn't look like it.
Thanks in advance.
If I buy a discount economy ticket on UAL.com (or whatever the default is when buying online), is it possible to use miles to upgrade on LH from Y to J? It appears you have to not only buy a full fare ticket, but that you can only upgrade Y to F or J to F on LH. Is this true? Is there anyway to buy a Y ticket on LH and upgrade to J/F? Doesn't look like it.
Thanks in advance.
Apr 8, 2016, 2:46 pm
#842
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA LT Plat 2MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 67,194
... If I buy a discount economy ticket on UAL.com (or whatever the default is when buying online), is it possible to use miles to upgrade on LH from Y to J? It appears you have to not only buy a full fare ticket, but that you can only upgrade Y to F or J to F on LH. Is this true? ...
To upgrade to LH F, you need a business fare class J/D/C
For more see
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-carriers.html
Star Alliance Upgrade Awards - United
Star Alliance Upgrade Awards - Star Alliance site
On the united site it states
Upgrade service classes
Economy to Business (on carriers that offer only Economy and Business cabins on two-cabin aircraft)
Economy to First (on carriers that offer only Economy and First cabins on two-cabin aircraft)
Business to First (on carriers that have three-cabin aircraft)
Economy to Business (on carriers that offer only Economy and Business cabins on two-cabin aircraft)
Economy to First (on carriers that offer only Economy and First cabins on two-cabin aircraft)
Business to First (on carriers that have three-cabin aircraft)
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Apr 8, 2016 at 2:55 pm Reason: Added *A site
Apr 8, 2016, 3:01 pm
#843
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: In between IAD and DCA
Programs: UA Plat 1.1MM , Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,264
Using miles to upgrade a partner flight is called a *A Mileage upgrade. To upgrade to LH business requires the ticket to be a full fare Y/B or a Premium Economy E/G -- no discounted economy fare ticket is eligible for UA MP mileage upgrade on LH.
To upgrade to LH F, you need a business fare class J/D/C
For more see
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-carriers.html
Star Alliance Upgrade Awards - United
Star Alliance Upgrade Awards - Star Alliance site
yes there is (see above) but not with discounted economy fares.
On the united site it states which seems to indicate no economy to business on three class -- that is not true, just poorly worded
To upgrade to LH F, you need a business fare class J/D/C
For more see
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-carriers.html
Star Alliance Upgrade Awards - United
Star Alliance Upgrade Awards - Star Alliance site
yes there is (see above) but not with discounted economy fares.
On the united site it states which seems to indicate no economy to business on three class -- that is not true, just poorly worded
Apr 8, 2016, 3:51 pm
#844
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: CLE (mostly)
Programs: UA Plat, Hyatt Explorist, Mlife Gold, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 823
If I buy miles from https://buymiles.mileageplus.com and I put them on my Chase UC Card, is it considered "spend from United" (e.g. 2x miles on the dollar amount spend, or 1.5x like a non-United purchase)?
Apr 9, 2016, 12:19 am
#845
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: Continental OnePass
Posts: 858
So, I have to travel to YVR for work, so my company's travel agent made the reservation. It seems they made two separate one way reservations since I have two ticket numbers. one starting with 016 and one starting with 014.
The outbound routing is xxx-DEN-YVR, all on united, the return is YVR-YYZ-ORD-xxx, with the first leg on AC and the other two legs on Ua.
I have both UA and AC PNR's and can see all 5 flights on both websites.
The itinerary on UA doesn't list my mileage accrual information like all my other itineraries do, but from reading it seems that I will earn PQM, PQS, and PQD for the 4 united flights regardless of whether they are on the 016 ticket or the 014 ticket, and to the AC flight I will earn PQM and PQS, but will only earn PQD if it is on the 016 ticket (which I doubt because I am guessing the 016 ticket is the outbound and the 014 is the return).
The outbound routing is xxx-DEN-YVR, all on united, the return is YVR-YYZ-ORD-xxx, with the first leg on AC and the other two legs on Ua.
I have both UA and AC PNR's and can see all 5 flights on both websites.
The itinerary on UA doesn't list my mileage accrual information like all my other itineraries do, but from reading it seems that I will earn PQM, PQS, and PQD for the 4 united flights regardless of whether they are on the 016 ticket or the 014 ticket, and to the AC flight I will earn PQM and PQS, but will only earn PQD if it is on the 016 ticket (which I doubt because I am guessing the 016 ticket is the outbound and the 014 is the return).
Apr 9, 2016, 12:57 am
#846
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA LT Plat 2MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 67,194
... The itinerary on UA doesn't list my mileage accrual information like all my other itineraries do, but from reading it seems that I will earn PQM, PQS, and PQD for the 4 united flights regardless of whether they are on the 016 ticket or the 014 ticket, and to the AC flight I will earn PQM and PQS, but will only earn PQD if it is on the 016 ticket (which I doubt because I am guessing the 016 ticket is the outbound and the 014 is the return).
Apr 9, 2016, 9:47 am
#847
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: UA*G(1K), PC Diamond Amb, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,677
Air Do / AirDo / Air-Do
This question is notoriously difficult to search for, so please forgive me if this question has been asked before.
Do ANA flights operated by AirDo (e.g. the ANA4xxx flights from Obihiro to Haneda) earn mileage on MileagePlus?
Thanks in advance
HTB.
Do ANA flights operated by AirDo (e.g. the ANA4xxx flights from Obihiro to Haneda) earn mileage on MileagePlus?
Thanks in advance
HTB.
Apr 9, 2016, 9:52 am
#848
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: DREAD Gold; UA 1.035MM; Bonvoy Au-197; PCC Elite+; CCC Elite+; MSC C-12; CWC Au-197; WoH Dis
Posts: 52,200
Last edited by mahasamatman; Apr 9, 2016 at 10:00 pm Reason: No comment.
Apr 9, 2016, 10:58 am
#849
Join Date: Aug 2015
Programs: SQ *G, MP
Posts: 27
What I would say is that UA theoretically can check the bags through, but it's totally hit and miss whether they will be able to b/c this is a difficult task to accomplish in SHARES.
There are numerous confirmatory reports, including quite a few where the cs agents basically threw up their hands and said they couldn't do it.
It's much easier to interline across carriers than it is to check bags across separate tix UA-UA.
I would not do 65 minutes at EWR on separate tix. Especially not inbound from SFO. Risk of a miss is too high.
Nor would I count on being able to check across separate UA tix as a basis for booking a 65 minute connection.
There are numerous confirmatory reports, including quite a few where the cs agents basically threw up their hands and said they couldn't do it.
It's much easier to interline across carriers than it is to check bags across separate tix UA-UA.
I would not do 65 minutes at EWR on separate tix. Especially not inbound from SFO. Risk of a miss is too high.
Nor would I count on being able to check across separate UA tix as a basis for booking a 65 minute connection.
Thanks everyone for the advice.... Booked myself onto the next flight which is 11:40 instead... so I got a 2.5+ hours buffer between 2 flights just to play safe. In fact I will be flying in from overseas, just checked with the UA reservation saying that I could check my bags through to MCO from HK in Singapore airline, as I have SQ reward ticket to SFO. Well I could just chill in the lounge if I got spare time before my flight.
Apr 9, 2016, 11:04 am
#850
Moderator: Budget Travel forum & Credit Card Programs, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYJ/YVR and back on Van Isle ....... for now
Programs: UA lifetime MM / *A Gold
Posts: 14,451
Um, you do realize that you have to physically take the checked bag through Customs, right? Then drop it at bag drop to get on next flight @:-)
Apr 9, 2016, 11:36 am
#851
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Posts: 52,200
Apr 9, 2016, 4:59 pm
#852
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: UA*G(1K), PC Diamond Amb, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,677
HTB.
Apr 9, 2016, 7:17 pm
#853
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SLC
Programs: DL FO, KM, & 1.7MM; UA nothing; HH♦; National EE
Posts: 6,344
I flew a trip last month that I bought on the UA website which included two AC flights. When the credit posted, I got the PQMs as expected, but was not credited any UA lifetime miles for the AC flights. Is this normal? I thought since the flights were purchased on UA that they would count.
Apr 9, 2016, 7:23 pm
#854
Moderator: Budget Travel forum & Credit Card Programs, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYJ/YVR and back on Van Isle ....... for now
Programs: UA lifetime MM / *A Gold
Posts: 14,451
Apr 10, 2016, 9:21 am
#855
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: DEN
Programs: UA *G, Accor/Sofitel Gold, InterContinental Platinum
Posts: 462
Sorry for the simple question, but I am unclear on earning UA miles. From reading UA.com it appears that you don't get any benefit of additional miles for flying UA metal vs. many of the major *A partners (if both booked on UA.com). Is the correct?
As a UA Plat., it would appear I would get similar miles (9x the core ticket price) and 200% PQM for a flight from ORD to FRA on either UA or LH. Is this accurate? Or do I get some additional bonus for flying UA metal that does not show when you search the ticket on UA.com? This assumes both the UA flight and the partner flight are the same fare class (P in this case).
Thanks.
As a UA Plat., it would appear I would get similar miles (9x the core ticket price) and 200% PQM for a flight from ORD to FRA on either UA or LH. Is this accurate? Or do I get some additional bonus for flying UA metal that does not show when you search the ticket on UA.com? This assumes both the UA flight and the partner flight are the same fare class (P in this case).
Thanks.
Last edited by RockyMntFlyer; Apr 10, 2016 at 9:37 am Reason: additional info.