UA No Longer Matching T-Con Mint Fares
Oct 30, 2018, 10:43 am
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Oct 30, 2018, 11:59 am
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Now just gotta wait for P bucket to open up a bit more. Definitely feels tighter than 6+ months ago... I see a ton of PN, but limited P (and no PZ, but this isn't new, ha!)
I actually think we'll start seeing fewer RPUs in circulation already in Q2 next year, folks like GS would be hitting the qualification requirements for Plat/1k pretty early so supply should start coming down, and then almost fully purged by late 2019
I actually think we'll start seeing fewer RPUs in circulation already in Q2 next year, folks like GS would be hitting the qualification requirements for Plat/1k pretty early so supply should start coming down, and then almost fully purged by late 2019
Oct 30, 2018, 4:22 pm
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Dunno if this is related, but something is still very wrong with searching on SFO-EWR route in Business for Flexible or Unrestricted fares. For example, if you search SFO-EWR on November 6 for Flexible or Unrestricted Business, it shows no such fares available on any flights that day. But if you search for Lowest available fare, it brings up fully refundable J fares on plenty of flights. If you search for J fares explicitly, they come up fine.
Oct 30, 2018, 5:11 pm
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Dunno if this is related, but something is still very wrong with searching on SFO-EWR route in Business for Flexible or Unrestricted fares. For example, if you search SFO-EWR on November 6 for Flexible or Unrestricted Business, it shows no such fares available on any flights that day. But if you search for Lowest available fare, it brings up fully refundable J fares on plenty of flights. If you search for J fares explicitly, they come up fine.
Oct 31, 2018, 2:59 pm
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Yes, these refundable fares are available, and you can access them by searching explicitly for C or J fares. My point was if you search for either "flexible" or "unrestricted" fares--which is the usual way to access refundable fares--no business class fares come up at all.
Oct 31, 2018, 3:32 pm
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Yes, these refundable fares are available, and you can access them by searching explicitly for C or J fares. My point was if you search for either "flexible" or "unrestricted" fares--which is the usual way to access refundable fares--no business class fares come up at all.
I thought people might be interested to know the available fares. And that UA sells a $20k round-trip ticket on SFO-EWR.
Oct 31, 2018, 4:19 pm
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Oct 31, 2018, 5:43 pm
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One question I don't know the answer to though is: if PZ inventory follows P, but no P fares are filed, will inventory management eventually open up PZ on an empty J PS cabin even if no P fare can be purchased? (for example, getting to a hypothetical ZN9 PN9 P6 PZ2). Or will the lack of filing a P fare keep PZ zeroed?
So, even if UA pulled all P fares and never re-posted it, it would be entirely possible to see P and PZ inventory on the flights. (How likely it is that they’d open PZ inventory in advance is another question entirely, of course.
Nov 1, 2018, 11:29 am
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Nov 1, 2018, 12:24 pm
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What annoys me is my itinerary (OGG-EWR-LAS-OGG) prices far cheaper buying 4 separate tickets OGG-SFO, SFO-EWR, EWR-LAS, and LAS-OGG.
Nov 1, 2018, 6:02 pm
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Nov 1, 2018, 6:37 pm
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Nov 1, 2018, 8:44 pm
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I’d prefer UA just present the cheapest way to book a multi-city and let me book it. I hate having to check prices on various permutations of flights/tickets to find the best deal. Difference (same dates/flights) between single multi/city booking and multiple tickets is a couple of hundred bucks in this case.