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Booking on United.com (016 ticket) Pro -Category bonus with United Chase Credit cards (ie- the Explorer Card earns two miles per dollar spent on United.com but not on Lufthansa.com, for example) - Deal directly with UA on UA schedule changes - UA change rules are generally more generous Con - Many partner flights will be booked as UA codeshare and this can make some things more difficult or impossible -- such as *A upgrades, seat assignments, actual partner fare class is hidden, .. - While not a major thing, in irrops, codeshares can be an extra issue for the agent = Due to plating restrictions, partners may not allow UA access to the partners best fares Partner site Pro - Native flight numbers (No codeshare issues) - Deal directly with partner for partner schedule changes - Access to partner's lowest fares Unclear - partner flights will earn PQPs based on miles and multiple and UA operated flights will earn PQPs in the fare method -- which may be hard to determine in advance Not hard rule which is better but a good chance for higher cost tickets PQPs on 016 ticket are better, and also for lower cost fares, you need to run the numbers. Does not matter -PQP earning & UA Lifetime mileage earning is unaffected by booking method - On UA operated flight your UA elite benefits fully apply and you can use PlusPoints or miles to upgrade |
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