mahasamatman

Fees are on a per-ticket basis, not per-PNR. If you're still flying, you don't pay any fee for your ticket. If your SO cancels, the ticket still has value, though you wouldn't need to pay the change fee until you want to use that value.

Correct. If you don't so that, her ticket has no value at all.

Resonant Programmer

What time each day does United flight status tool rollover? That is, what time does United remove the previous day's flight status and add the option to select the flight status for a future day?

mahasamatman

Unknown, but if you use this tool you never have to worry:
https://www.cablepick.net/united

WineCountryUA

IME, the UA's website flight status is based on Chicago time while the andriod app seems to be local time (midnight).

Kacee

Houston time. Just coincidence that Chicago is the same

JHake10

I was so surprised with the price point. A bit less than double what coach was selling for. SQ runs the 777-300ER between SFO-HKG, which seems better than the A350-900, but not as good as the A380s.

darkcho

Thank you very much for Your answere @jsloan and @StuckinITH.

A more random question, i like to buy some memories from my longhaul flights, is it possible to buy a United Airlines coffee mug/cup onboard the plane or on the round in IAD?

WineCountryUA

Not that I am aware of but try the online United Store for United branded items.

rajuncajun89

I apologize if this is frowned upon but I don't want to waste anyone's time. I am looking to purchase travel advice for a trip next January. There will be a batch of GPU's expiring in Jan 2019 and if it’s anything like this past January, they will be abundant and priced well. I am not soliciting here, I will go through eBay but I am looking for advice on choosing flights that will land me a better opportunity to get the upgrade. When building a mock itinerary earlier this year, I called united to get a feel for it and learned that there were waitlist flights and confirmed flight for upgrades. Should I go about this route when I've found my preferred flight? I.e. should I pick a route and call to ensure that my selected route has confirmed upgrades available? When would that information become known i.e. is a single flight always confirmed upgrades or can it switch?


I hope this all makes sense. I do my best to research before asking but this is a little obscure. Thank you for your time.

StuckinITH

It is illegal to sell those GPUs on eBay. The best route to obtain a GPU is if you have friends who have them and then they can use them to upgrade your reserved flights.

Not easy to tell you which routes is easier to upgrade but there are some things that make it easier. Travel in the middle of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday), travel in low season for your destination, etc.

You don't need to call. If you set your United account on the setting "Expert Flyer", it will show you the fares they are selling. If you see R0, there is no upgrade that will clear at booking. If you see R1 to R9, there is upgrade that will clear immediately when applying the upgrade instrument.

StuckinITH

Thinking a little more about your question of February 23, I think that you should purchase the Economy Plus seat at $139 for your flight. If you read the Terms and conditions for the Economy Plus one-time purchase on the United website, it states: "Refund for Economy + purchases are processed automatically after schedules departure, when..............or when travel is completed in a seat of equal or greater value through the purchase of a premium cabin seating offer. If you are lucky to get a TOD offer to Polaris Business and take it, the $139 will be reimbursed. If you are unlucky and don't get a TOD offer, then at least you have a little more space in front of you.

fumje

If you stick around flyertalk long enough, there is a coupon connection forum where you might be able to set up a less suspect exchange for a GPU. Also note that when using expert mode (see advice above from StuckinITH), you need to search segment by segment. E.g., if you want to go RDU-IAD-PEK, you have to search IAD-PEK individually to get an accurate indication of R inventory.

mahasamatman

Welcome to FT, rajuncajun89!

I would recommend against it. United actively monitors eBay and even poses as buyers and sellers to catch people violating the rules. Buying or selling can subject you to cancellation of your upgrade or your ticket, charging you the walkup fare for your ticket, and/or permanent closure of your MP account.

SFOrunner

I think I know the answer to this already, but would like FT to confirm...

On 2/14/18, I booked two r/t tickets SFO-EWR-SFO for $763.20 total. ($381.60 each).
9/20/18 - UA 1738 K Fare
9/23/18 - UA 497 L Fare

Today, the fare is $356.60 each, still K & L fares. I'm assuming that in order to get the $25 in fare difference back, I'm going to have to pay a $200 change fee?

Thanks!

fumje

Correct, unfortunately. The days of fare difference credit / no change fee in such situations are long in the past!