Oct 22, 2018, 6:09 pm
Last edit by: drewguy
Hello – We would like to share some information that will help answer some of your questions. We're continuing to roll out our signature United Polaris® direct-aisle-access seating, adding at least one aircraft with United Polaris seating every 10 days on average from now through 2020.To support this effort, we performed a system update this past weekend to redefine some of our cabin booking classes, which includes no longer offering United Polaris first class. As a result, any United Polaris first class tickets will now be designated as United Polaris business class. We will be reaching out to all customers impacted by these changes.We’ve also re-aligned some of our booking codes. Notably, you’ll see that we aren’t using F, A classes anymore, and R and RN, which were upgrade classes before, is now PZ. PZ has the same availability as the booking codes it replaced.Premium cabin booking codes for United domestic and international flights are now as follows:
Thanks,
- UA Insider
- Revenue: J, C, D, Z, P
- Award: JN, ZN, IN, I
- Upgrade: PN, PZ
Thanks,
- UA Insider
- R/RN for upgrades has been replaced by PZ
- suggest: search for PZ space
- F, A fare classes have been removed
- suggest: no known workaround yet for 016- ticketing F or A on partners? (google flights may work?)
- O, ON fare classes have been removed
- suggest: --
- PN is still used for GS upgrades and 1K Instant Upgrades
Summary of Current Fare Codes (thanks jgreen1024)
Revenue buckets (PQM earnings)
J - Full Fare Business (300%)
C - Full Fare Business (200%)
D - Full Fare Business (200%)
Z - Discount Business (200%)
P - Deep Discount Business (150%)
Y - Full Fare Coach (150%)
B - Full Fare Coach (150%)
M - Discount Coach (100%)
E - Discount Coach (100%)
U - Discount Coach (100%)
H - Discount Coach (100%)
Q - Discount Coach (100%)
V - Discount Coach (100%)
W - Deep Discount Coach (100%)
S - Deep Discount Coach (100%)
T - Deep Discount Coach (100%)
L - Deep Discount Coach (100%)
K - Deep Discount Coach (100%)
G - Deep Discount Coach (100%)
N - Basic Economy (0%)
Saver Award Seats
IN - Elite Saver Business Award
I - Saver Business Award
XN - Elite Saver Coach Award
X - Saver Coach Award
Standard Award Seats
JN - Elite/CC Business Award
ZN - Business Award
YN - Elite/CC Coach Award
Upgrade Awards
PN - GS upgrade, Instant upgrade for 1K
PZ - Upgrade to Business/Domestic F
Changes to UA's Fare Classes (19-20 October 2018)
Oct 20, 2018, 1:16 pm
#92
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Anyone had experience since the change paying to upgrade after booking a coach fare?
Recently post-ticketing online paid upgrades were still (usually) getting original fare PQM/PQS credit (even while showing a premium fare code) unless you called and had the ticket reissued. Just wondering if a post-ticketing paid Web upgrade will result in the higher PQM/PQS. And if so, are TOD OLCI upgrades giving different results?
Recently post-ticketing online paid upgrades were still (usually) getting original fare PQM/PQS credit (even while showing a premium fare code) unless you called and had the ticket reissued. Just wondering if a post-ticketing paid Web upgrade will result in the higher PQM/PQS. And if so, are TOD OLCI upgrades giving different results?
Oct 20, 2018, 1:35 pm
#93
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Oct 20, 2018, 2:54 pm
#94
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Same here. Was tracking a flight out of SFO to HNL for a CPU. Was R=6 before the R->PZ switch, saw PZ=6 this morning and cleared CPU a little later with reservation showing me booked in PZ. Easy PZ?
Oct 20, 2018, 3:21 pm
#95
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Oct 20, 2018, 3:22 pm
#96
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I'm also seeing PZ equivalency to R right before the change.
Unfortunately, I'm also seeing that UA has raised its W fares on SFO-TPE by $160 within the past three days.
Unfortunately, I'm also seeing that UA has raised its W fares on SFO-TPE by $160 within the past three days.
Oct 20, 2018, 4:03 pm
#97
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 35
it was used but because R/RN were always equal without fail, it really didn't matter. doesn't make any difference that it is gone, other than I was hoping for the longest time that maybe, just maybe (but of course not), UA would do something to create a separate upgrade booking class and differential inventory for 1K. Could have used R>RN for that.
Last edited by Xerinax; Oct 20, 2018 at 4:13 pm
Oct 20, 2018, 4:28 pm
#99
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have not seen anything to suggest that W fare minimum for segments requiring GPU has changed at all
Oct 20, 2018, 5:02 pm
#100
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Location: Los Angeles
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Has anyone else noticed that PZ availability seems to have entirely disappeared sometime over the past few hours? I've been deciding between a few dates for SFO-AKL and there were at least 3 dates available in January as recently as this morning that showed PZ>0. All three dates now show PZ0. I've also checked 5 other routing/date combinations I had been considering for the return, out of SYD or NRT with R>0 showing earlier in the week (hadn't checked earlier today) - all now show PZ0 as well.
I called to ask and the agent verified that there is no PZ availability showing for SFO-AKL for all of January... same for TYO-SFO in January (not sure if she checked both NRT and HND though).
I called to ask and the agent verified that there is no PZ availability showing for SFO-AKL for all of January... same for TYO-SFO in January (not sure if she checked both NRT and HND though).
Oct 20, 2018, 5:13 pm
#101
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I had the seat assignment issue on the app, but the website let me do it. Let’s hope it sticks for both me and the wife.
Oct 20, 2018, 5:22 pm
#102
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looks like PZ disappears from visibility on expert mode the day before departure. seems to be calendar day, not exactly 24 hours (i.e. check in window). checked oct 21 and it doesn't display at all, but a flight departing after midnight (oct 22) still does.
Oct 20, 2018, 5:23 pm
#103
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Oct 20, 2018, 6:05 pm
#105
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