An update: This morning I checked online and it was 106K miles but still a better deal than 141K. I called and talked to a surprisingly helpful CSR who not only took care of the adjustment with no redeposit fee, he said there was a single ticket available at 90K so I was able to get 51K miles back. It took a little time for him to get it all done but still it was more than worth the half hour on hold.

As an FYI, I booked this a couple months ago so the 24-hour rule was long gone.

I noticed United opens up more award seats for MileagePlus members. I'm currently Silver but very close to Gold. Should I wait to book an award ticket until I get Gold status? Does United open up more space or lower the miles cost for Gold vs. Silver?

Usually a large group block plus some organic demand topping it off.

No. Changes in available inventory on UA metal kick in at Silver/CC, Plat, and GS.

Is there award inventory specific to GS? Or are you considering the T->XN conversion to be a form of award inventory? (Which would make sense to do.)

There is no system-dedicated inventory, but yes I am considering all of T->XN, PZ->IN, and the forced space for a companion to be additional award inventory benefits.

Are you doing a status match to Gold? You realize that PQM's reset to zero on January 1, right?

United receipt PQD/PQM accuracy
 

How accurate is the United receipt to show an upcoming flights earning potential?

The below was booked on 086 (ANZ) ticket stock in Z class. The figures seem to be too high from what I researched.

9680Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare)-Los Angeles, CA (LAX)635 3490 1.5 127
9839Los Angeles, CA (LAX)-Sydney, Australia (SYD)2705 14974 1.5 541
9112Sydney, Australia (SYD)-Auckland NZ (AKL)
470 2018 1.5 94
2Auckland NZ (AKL)-Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
2265 9756 1.5 453
9660Los Angeles, CA (LAX)-Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare)610 3490 1.5 122

Total Earnings:
award miles: 6685
PQM 33728
PQS 7.5
PQD1337

Looks like 200% of the flown miles on the UA segments and 150% of the flown miles on the ANZ segments. I think it's correct.

Which item is of concern?
What is the UA fare class (not the NZ codeshare, but what is UA's)? If Z, then 200% PQM for the UA segments
The PQDs do appear off for a 086 ticket -- no PQDs for NZ flights on non-016 ticket.

While the earning reports are generally OK for vanilla UA flights, there are enough problems reports, it is best to double check. And when you introduce partner flights and/or non-UA tickets, I would always calculate the project earnings myself. The good news is the accuracy rate on posting is much. much better.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...itinerary.html

my search skills are lacking, and the one address I found I think is not GS so I seek assistance from the experts.

What is the direct Global Services email address for complaints/feedback?

Many thanks

Not supposed to post email addresses here, but it's on the back of the MP card.

well duh for me.... thanks. I need a coffee or seven LOL

Will United let me book an overlapping trip without any issues?

Right now I have flights scheduled for work travel on Monday at ~8am through Wednesday at ~6pm between ORD and CAK. Unfortunately I have a conflict where I need to be back at ORD for 2 days, but I would be able to rearrange my work schedule to accommodate it.

I'd like to minimize any change fees

Sunday PM: ORD-CAK (SDC from original Monday flight)
Monday PM: CLE-ORD (Book a new flight for late Monday evening)
Wednesday ~9PM: ORD-CLE (Return trip from new flight)
Thursday PM: CAK-ORD (SDC from original Wednesday flight)

You wouldn't have any problems with the outbound, because it's theoretically possible to fly both. The return could be more of a problem, but as long as it's possible to fly CAK-ORD-CLE as booked (without the SDC), it should be OK.

UA's impossible bookings system may kick in when you have flights that literally overlap (in the air at the same time, or departing LAX 10 minutes after arriving at EWR or something). They won't care about flights that you could actually fly.

Thank you. It helps a lot to look at it from what the travel plan would be without the SDCs from United's perspective.

Monday 8:00am-10:30am ORD->CAK
Monday 9:00pm-9:30pm CLE-ORD
Wednesday 5:30pm-6:00pm CAK-ORD
Wednesday 9:00pm-11:30pm ORD-CLE

I kept getting hung up thinking that personally I was going to be in ORD while my originally scheduled CAK-ORD flight was happening. Looks like this would be flyable without any issues, and that I could even schedule my ORD-CLE segment a little earlier.