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3-class F seat now sold as Domestic F/Polaris Bus,GS or J/C/D 1K? may select pre-OLCI
Originally Posted by Sykes
(Post 30329664)
Just got the following from United Sales ... I don't see this reported elsewhere:
Starting the evening of Friday, October 19, into the early hours of Saturday, October 20, we are realigning some premium booking codes and discontinuing the use of others to prepare for the launch of United® Premium Plus. This will impact flight schedules, availability and PNRs for travel on/after Monday, October 22. As part of this change, we will also officially stop offering United Polaris® first class as a separate cabin from United Polaris business class |
Originally Posted by Sykes
(Post 30329664)
Just got the following from United Sales ... I don't see this reported elsewhere:
Starting the evening of Friday, October 19, into the early hours of Saturday, October 20, we are realigning some premium booking codes and discontinuing the use of others to prepare for the launch of United® Premium Plus. This will impact flight schedules, availability and PNRs for travel on/after Monday, October 22. As a result, between October 19 at 5:00 p.m. CT and 1:00 a.m. CT on October 20, for travel on/after October 22, seat maps will be unavailable and seats cannot be assigned by agencies or United (reservations airports, united.com, etc.). Similar to a schedule change, a GDS response message will indicate that seat maps are unavailable. Times are subject to change. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you view seat maps and assign seats after the times listed above. As part of this change, we will also officially stop offering United Polaris® first class as a separate cabin from United Polaris business class. Premium cabin booking codes for United domestic and international flights will be as follows: Revenue: J, C, D, Z, P Award: JN, ZN, IN, I Upgrade: PN, PZ Here's hoping my existing R segments get migrated to PZ with no issues :) I'm honestly really surprised they're going to so much trouble to remap R. The First codes are already seamlessly disappearing after they sunset domestic A fares a month or two back, but I suspect this one is going to be rough. |
Originally Posted by StuckinITH
(Post 30330128)
Does this mean that we will be able to choose a seat in the former Polaris First for flights in November without having to waitlist an instrument?
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Some new info from a GS phone agent last evening. As always, it's just one agent but she said she had a memo on this subject.
As noted on another thread, tomorrow night the system will go down for a number of hours as fare buckets are changed (R changes to PZ for upgrades so that R can be sued for Premium Economy). At the same time, three class fare buckets (F, A, ON) will disappear. It will no longer be possible to waitlist for the front cabin on a three-cabin aircraft using GPUs or miles+$. I asked how those seats will be assigned, and she said they will go to GS (first) and 1K (second) based upon fare paid, assigned only on day of departure (to protect against aircraft swaps). She also said that for those of us with waitlists for F with instruments (wxguy raises hand), a "special desk" will be in touch to return the instruments. We'll see in about 24 hours how this goes... |
Originally Posted by StuckinITH
(Post 30330128)
Does this mean that we will be able to choose a seat in the former Polaris First for flights in November without having to waitlist an instrument?
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Originally Posted by wxguy
(Post 30333081)
It will no longer be possible to waitlist for the front cabin on a three-cabin aircraft using GPUs or miles+$. I asked how those seats will be assigned, and she said they will go to GS (first) and 1K (second) based upon fare paid, assigned only on day of departure (to protect against aircraft swaps).
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Sounds identical to the process used for 3-class p.s. in 2016-17 then.
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Was looking at an IAD-NRT flight and ability to buy up when purchasing J ticket to F for $169 (when selecting seats on seat map)
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Checking my upcoming ORD-NRT reservation. It cleared into Polaris Business at booking a while ago. Still shows upgrade confirmed but I’m being offered an upgrade to ‘United First ‘ for $3336. |
I can access seat map on my app at this moment, moved myself to 1A on a demostic 3 class flight. :D
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I'm able to access first seats in the 777-200 but my partner is on the reservation and when I click for his seat it asks for usd126 (west coast TATL) but then fails to secure the seat before collecting payment.
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
(Post 30335229)
I can access seat map on my app at this moment, moved myself to 1A on a demostic 3 class flight. :D
I still don't see PZ in Expert Mode. I won't lose hope for a while, although it seems if they could take old fare classes out, they could put new fare classes in just as easily... |
Originally Posted by mrt88
(Post 30335265)
I'm able to access first seats in the 777-200 but my partner is on the reservation and when I click for his seat it asks for usd126 (west coast TATL) but then fails to secure the seat before collecting payment.
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I’m able to select seats in former GF during booking. No extra charge and that’s even for a non-status passenger. |
Originally Posted by villox
(Post 30335747)
I’m able to select seats in former GF during booking. No extra charge and that’s even for a non-status passenger. |
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