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-   -   Functionality issues/questions with "New" (Fall 2015) United.com (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-airlines-mileageplus/1758131-functionality-issues-questions-new-fall-2015-united-com.html)

ballen Nov 10, 2015 8:36 am


Originally Posted by ballen (Post 25686345)
Good day,

I'm trying to book PIT-CPH for next week. On the old site, as a Gold, I could select E+ seats while booking. This is the first time for me booking flights that have E+ on the new website, and even though it says "United Economy Plus Available", I cannot select those seats.

Is this new? Do I have to make the reservation and then just move my seats to E+?

I'm doing last month's expense report and I see that United has been charging me for all my Economy plus seats, even as a gold. Some were automatically refunded but not all. I never knowingly purchased the seats, but I did pick the seats after I made the reservation. Strange.

goalie Nov 10, 2015 8:49 am


Originally Posted by halls120 (Post 25688854)
Just booked a quick IAD/SFO R/T and the new site worked flawlessly. Ticketed within 5 minutes as well. Nice change from June when I couldn't get either the old site or the new site to work, and was reduced to using the phone to book a flight.

I concur ^. I booked a r/t SFO-FLL for goalie-parents three days ago for travel Jan, 9-April 13 using two e-certs and it ticketed instantly as after I purchased it and I then flipped over to view the reservation, I was also able to view the e-receipt

Artpen100 Nov 11, 2015 6:56 am

In addition to the "change flights" button not working and getting an error page, I now find that the "redeem upgrade" button gives a somewhat scarier error message that "We were unable to review the latest information for this itinerary." Flight date is still some months off, so I will see what happens, but I wonder if others are seeing this.

kthpence Nov 11, 2015 3:21 pm

Apparently, UA.com thinks 2 hours and 22 mins is actually 3 hours and 22 mins...http://s18.postimg.cc/wk0wext55/Scr...1_18_20_PM.png

not to mention the apparent 15 minute flight time between CDG and FRA on my itinerary as well...

WineCountryUA Nov 11, 2015 3:41 pm


Originally Posted by kthpence (Post 25699216)
Apparently, UA.com thinks 2 hours and 22 mins is actually 3 hours and 22 mins...

not a new site problem, long time issue http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...avel-time.html

kthpence Nov 11, 2015 3:55 pm


Originally Posted by WineCountryUA (Post 25699312)
not a new site problem, long time issue http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...avel-time.html

Ah, well maybe it's more of an, "old problem that should've been fixed with a 'new website.'"

CO_Nonrev_elite Nov 11, 2015 8:19 pm

For the last two days, I have been unable to complete any purchases through united.com. I get all the way to the last page, click to complete payment and get the following message:

We could not process your request. Please see the message below and make revisions. United.com was unable to verify and /or charge your Credit Card. Please modify your Payment Information or use a different Credit Card.

I have three cards in my profile, the same result for all three. I can use the cards just fine on everything else and while completing the purchases over the phone, but the website kicks every single attempt back

lincolnjkc Nov 11, 2015 8:46 pm


Originally Posted by kthpence (Post 25699358)
Ah, well maybe it's more of an, "old problem that should've been fixed with a 'new website.'"

I just noticed it earlier this week -- the only reason I noticed it was the site was reporting two different durations for the same flight -- confirmed Y SYD-SFO was showing as 14:45; waitlisted J SYD-SFO on same flight duration shown as 13:45 two rows down on the same page.

Asked a friend who has some "under the hood" knowledge about what's going on and also connections was going to report it through the slightly-outside-of-appropriate channels.

A flight attendant friend suggested that it's really only "perceived duration" -- i.e. that the flight feels an hour longer in coach than it does BF which probably isn't too far off...

Kacee Nov 11, 2015 10:17 pm

The new site is so spectacularly broken when it comes to award searches, it's not even funny. NRT-BKK saver J on the 380 shows available. And when I search separately, BKK-HKT saver J on a whole mess of flights that would work. But it won't return the combined itinerary NRT-HKT with the NRT-BKK segment on the 380 . And when I try to use multi-city, it shows no availability ex-NRT at all.

Pathetic.

Edited to add: BKK-HKT segment added with a one minute call with an awesome agent. How many people who don't know better are not able to book the awards they want due to this dysfunctional website?

bmwe92fan Nov 12, 2015 2:00 am


Originally Posted by Kacee (Post 25700598)
The new site is so spectacularly broken when it comes to award searches, it's not even funny. NRT-BKK saver J on the 380 shows available. And when I search separately, BKK-HKT saver J on a whole mess of flights that would work. But it won't return the combined itinerary NRT-HKT with the NRT-BKK segment on the 380 . And when I try to use multi-city, it shows no availability ex-NRT at all.

Pathetic.

Edited to add: BKK-HKT segment added with a one minute call with an awesome agent. How many people who don't know better are not able to book the awards they want due to this dysfunctional website?

Good - it's not just me. Trying to prepare my annual holiday trip to bkk in December and there is Nothing for me ex NRT either....

RockinRon Nov 12, 2015 7:03 am

This may well have been mentioned in the nearly 1000 previous posts, but the displaying of CPU status seems to vary wildly. I have a record that sometimes shows the blue CPU symbol
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/...psi2rxyvi1.png

Sometimes I login and see nothing about CPU, almost like I have been removed from the CPU list like I do when I travel with my family in E.

Other times I see the upgraded segments as waitlisted.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/...psta657ydh.png

To paraphrase Bill and Ted - "Strange things are afoot at United.com"

tealeaf99 Nov 12, 2015 7:17 am


Originally Posted by CO_Nonrev_elite (Post 25700296)
For the last two days, I have been unable to complete any purchases through united.com. I get all the way to the last page, click to complete payment and get the following message:

We could not process your request. Please see the message below and make revisions. United.com was unable to verify and /or charge your Credit Card. Please modify your Payment Information or use a different Credit Card.

I have three cards in my profile, the same result for all three. I can use the cards just fine on everything else and while completing the purchases over the phone, but the website kicks every single attempt back

Yesterday I booked my first UA tickets in many many months. I got the same error message. For payment I used my M+ Visa card. On the payment screen if I selected the ‘Visa’ option (from the drop-down of choices), I would get that error. However, if I selected the ‘Mileage Plus Visa’ option, then the payment would go through ok. That is absurd.

Here is my other issue with the website – or maybe it was an existing issue(?). My ticket was for USA-SIN-USA. The website would not display my preferred routings on the return, so I did a multi-city search. Segment 1 = USA to SIN. Segment 2 = SIN to EWR. Segment 3 = EWR to USA final destination. Segments 2 and 3 were for the same date. The website took out 3 GPU’s from my account – basically 1 GPU per segment. I then had to spend 33 minutes on the phone with UA to get one GPU back.

Artpen100 Nov 12, 2015 8:46 am

This morning, I am getting error messages almost (but not quite) every time I click on something looking at my existing reservations.

semibizz Nov 12, 2015 8:51 am

Using Back Button Advanced Reservation Search
 
So when I used the Advanced Search Feature, when I tried to back up and change parameters, the system inadvertently changes my passengers to ZERO, that is not even the default. Whose bright idea was that?

I'm starting to wonder about flying this airline. If they are willing to accept these standards from their reservations system, which is full of flaws, slow and cumbersome, gives erroneous answers, generally resulting in bogus charges... If they are will to accept those standards, what standards are they accepting from their pilots, mechanics and flight personnel?

Lurker1999 Nov 12, 2015 9:42 am

Award booking does not appear to be working all that well currently either.


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