EmailKid

Yes, you should get your RPU back.

It is not always automatic. When I was 1K I always called, but you should be able to do it via 1K email as well.

ISTFlyer

Just a quick question,

I will fly LAX-XXX tomorrow on a direct red-eye flight however I have the option to change my flight to LAX-EWR-XXX as I also want to experience the new UA 787-10 and their Premium Service route Economy service. I have heard that United started to serve the regular 3h+ domestic product on their LAX-EWR and SFO-LAX routes on their Economy and EconomyPlus cabin. Is this true or they still serve an improved service ( like AA or DL from JFK ).

Thanks in advance,

findark

I don't know the current lounge situation in DUB, but there is almost always a contract lounge for paid J pax who are departing. Last I heard it was 51st & Green for flights which have US preclearance.

You should check carefully that the FRA-ORD segment with the waitlist is exactly the same flight as the confirmed Economy segment. While the display sometimes does this (and it doesn't mean anything), it will always do it if there is e.g. a minor schedule change and the waitlisted PZ segment is not changed to reflect that. If the upgrade request is out of sync, it will not clear.

Also, as an aside, you can fly SEA-FRA nonstop on LH and I find it to be a much easier upgrade. (It does require a slightly more expensive Economy fare though.)

What "improved service" are you thinking of? On p.s. routes, UA will serve a hot meal and free alcoholic beverages in Economy Plus, and no additional soft product in Economy. If you have access to the E+ cabin, the 787-10 gives you a shot at choosing a Premium Economy seat for the same price, and getting the E+ service.

Kannai

Domestic flights on NH in Japan are 5K one-way short distances, 8K long distance,

Flauschie_Mr

Something odd happened today, maybe you guys can help.



I was checking in today for my IAD-EWR-BOS flights. During that I was asked if I wanted to volunteer (650 USD was the lowest bid for me to select) to take a different flight. The options I had were 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and one more flight I do not recall. The odd things is that my original flight is scheduled to depart at 5:25 pm, thus later than all the other flights which never happened to me before. So I went to the airport to aim for the 12:30 pm flight. I approached the agents at check-in, information desk and gate, but all were clueless how to handle this since they only look for people that volunteer to take a later flight if their flight is overbooked.



Anyways, did this happen to anyone else? And if so, how did you handle the situation. The way it looks like I got myself a lot more time in the lounge than planned and will have to take the flight as I had booked it.

jsloan

It doesn't make any sense that they would ask for volunteers and offer flights several hours earlier. Are you certain those weren't for flights tomorrow or the day after? That's happened to me, and it's extremely subtle; I missed it at first. They print the date but don't call it out or highlight it or anything.

Flauschie_Mr

I checked the United App yesterday (Sunday) and had similar offers for the same time (the $ amount was lower though, 300USD at that time). However, I have to admit that I did not check the date, maybe all the 'offers' where indeed for tomorrow Tuesday.

Is there any way that allows me to look at the bid I made to find out what date it was for?

trmbn65

I have an award flight booked as 2 RT's for a total of 10 people on multiple reservations. I need to swap one of the persons in our party. I know that you cannot simply do a name change, you must cancel and rebook with the new person. I would like to book the same flights. On the outbound flights, one segment is on UA and the other is AC. On the return flights, there are 2 UA segments. I believe that when you cancel a UA award flight, X or XN availability typically opens up right away. However, I don't know about AC. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Would be convenient to have all 10 of us on the same flights rather than 9 on one and 1 on another. Thanks.

mahasamatman

I would say this is rarely true. You may get lucky, but you should expect to have to pay for the new person.

WineCountryUA

Perhaps if you book and cancel very soon afterwards but if there has been any significant lapse of time, I would not expect for that to happen. Same for partners.

Award inventory is not an isolated quantity. Award inventory is part of an overall picture and if space is returned later the carrier may or may not make it available immediately or later as award space.

So it may happen but you can not count on it.

Stgermainparis

OsakaWino

I seem to recall that an award booking made on the UA website (this would be for a *A round-trip), can be changed/cancelled without fee/penalty within 24 hr of the booking. Is this still true?

Thanks

flockavelliFT

I got a UA RT flight booked in Economy via LH.
My UA MP number including seat reservations are saved via LH website.
But when I open the booking on UA website, it shows no frequent flyer details at all.
When I try to add that information via UA website, it's telling me that there is a mismatch with my name and UA MP details - I think because LH put "MRDR" in there which UA can't process.
I'm a bit afraid to miss out on my opportunity to get upgraded to Eco+ due to UA MP status.
What is the easiest way to fix this? Will it work at check-in? Call UA? Call LH to remove the MRDR from my name?
Thanks

jsloan

Yes.

BThumme