Jan 19, 2017, 10:23 pm

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Main Impact

No more free stopover - replaced with Excursionist Perk
Agents no longer have the ability to find routings or build itineraries that do not show up on united.com
Manually constructing trips using multi-city search results in multiple award fares being charged
Changing any segment basically requires current availability for all existing Os&Ds in the PNR (as if a brand new booking is made)
Singapore Airlines segments are priced separately (add-ons)

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How to Beat United's Draconian New Routing Restrictions

EveryDay Awards - UA MP award changes 1 Nov 2017 (Everyday award/dynamic price, No RTW, No Show fee,..)
principle change - Standard awards being replaced by "EveryDay Award" with variable pricing

What is the Excursionist Perk?

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The Excursionist Perk is a free one-way award within select multi-city itineraries. Members who book an itinerary with three or more one-way awards will be eligible to receive one of those one-way awards for free, if it meets all of these conditions:
The Excursionist Perk cannot be in the MileagePlus defined region where your travel originates. (For example, if your journey begins in North America, you will only receive the Excursionist Perk if travel is within a region outside of North America.)

Travel must end in the same MileagePlus defined region where travel originates.
The origin and destination of the Excursionist Perk is within a single MileagePlus defined region.
The cabin of service and award type of the free one-way award is the same or lower than the one-way award preceding it.
If two or more one-way awards qualify for this benefit, only the first occurrence will be free.

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Today, 8:55 am

#1216

lincolnjkc

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: CLE, DCA, and 30k feet

Programs: Honors LT Diamond; United 1K; Hertz PC

Posts: 4,162

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Originally Posted by Irazabul

If my wife and I are traveling on same itinerary and confirm, and I have to change my flight to return later but not hers, will the change to only my return result in a new confirmation #? I have status and we got economy plus seats, will my change cause her to have to change all of her seats after I make my change?

One of the rules of a PNR is that all travelers in that PNR must have the same flights and booking classes, so if you need to take a different flight the PNR will be 'split' and one of you will get a new confirmation # reflecting the split PNR.

Generally, a split should not cause the loss of E+ seating but an aircraft swap or schedule change after the split may cause those assignments to go away and it may be difficult to get them reassigned for a non-status passenger; it may also be difficult to change to a different E+ seat.for free after the split. That said -- and I'm virtually certain it's not official policy but I've never been turned down -- if you call res or visit an airport agent and explain that the PNRs were split you likely be helped as a courtesy.

Lincoln

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Today, 8:59 am

#1217

JALsnipe

Join Date: Apr 2021

Location: HPN, LAX, HNL, or somewhere in between

Programs: UA 1K, JetBlue Mosaic

Posts: 436

Is United now blocking award itineraries to Asia through Africa?
Previously, I would see lots of I space USA-ADD-NRT/ICN/SIN on ET. Now these itineraries seem to be impossible to book on UA but still show up on AC.

Example:
11/2/24
IAD-ADD (stop in LFW)
ADD-NRT (stop in ICN)