Avoiding UA baggage fees
Mar 22, 2017, 6:17 pm
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Avoiding UA baggage fees
I am an UA Premier Platinum but am booked on my next UA domestic flight with a Frequent Flyer number of another *A carrier on which I have no status at all.
Presume the check-in computer will automatically demand a checked bag fee from me? Can I get around that by showing my UA Premier Platinum card, while still crediting my miles to the other *A carrier?
Presume the check-in computer will automatically demand a checked bag fee from me? Can I get around that by showing my UA Premier Platinum card, while still crediting my miles to the other *A carrier?
Mar 22, 2017, 6:37 pm
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Mar 22, 2017, 7:08 pm
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You can just put your MP # on the reservation, and then check in. After check in, have the agent just change the FF. This works every time for me. I use my UA*S to check in, check bags and select E+, then have an agent change my FF to my TK*G, visit the UA Club, and then go to the gate and have the GA change it. That was the way I used to do it, I have since figured out that I can just travel on my UA*S and the agents at the club can verify *G status by giving them my card. That is besides the point....
Bottom line... I my experience, you can freely change your FF at the airport up until departure.
Bottom line... I my experience, you can freely change your FF at the airport up until departure.
Mar 22, 2017, 7:30 pm
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1 bag x 50 lbs for non-UA *G vs UA Plat 3 bags x 70 lbs for UA domestic flight
but OP specifically stated
but OP specifically stated