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Old Jan 6, 19, 12:17 pm
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Welcome to this thread to ask your basic, simple questions about United Airlines, its operations, or the MileagePlus program. We know that the airline is complex and weve created this thread for new and veteran members to ask those basic questions about United Airlines that you think must have an easy answer but just cant find it or arent sure where to look.

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Old Jan 1, 19, 8:17 am
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Have a Simple Question About United Airlines/MileagePlus? Ask Here [2019]
I need to book a Lufthansa Premium Economy flight in united.com. The fare bucket is shown by united.com is R, what is the actual bucket in LH? LH Does not have R for PE, they only have E, G and N. Thanks
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Old Jan 1, 19, 9:04 am
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Originally Posted by absdotan99
I need to book a Lufthansa Premium Economy flight in united.com. The fare bucket is shown by united.com is R, what is the actual bucket in LH? LH Does not have R for PE, they only have E, G and N. Thanks
Will almost certainly book into N.
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Old Jan 1, 19, 2:05 pm
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As an 1K, if I am flying domestic economy, does my companion get any benefit if on the same reservation as me?
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Old Jan 1, 19, 2:37 pm
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Originally Posted by bluegatorade
As an 1K, if I am flying domestic economy, does my companion get any benefit if on the same reservation as me?
Same bag allowance
Premier access / security and boarding with you
Eligible for CPU at your status
Free SDC if done with you
Free access to E+

Not listed but provided by a few FAs, free drink and food onboard in economy
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Old Jan 1, 19, 4:11 pm
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Just booked my return flight for a day trip tomorrow and the normal A319 late evening flight seatmap IAH-PHL shows 3 rows of F instead of 2, which I have, of course, never seen. Is this for a possible 320 sub? I booked row 2 but still found the seatmap odd. Is there a reconfig I missed? Just curious
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Old Jan 1, 19, 6:32 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyingHoustonian
Is this for a possible 320 sub?
Yep.
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Old Jan 1, 19, 8:21 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyingHoustonian
Just booked my return flight for a day trip tomorrow and the normal A319 late evening flight seatmap IAH-PHL shows 3 rows of F instead of 2, which I have, of course, never seen. Is this for a possible 320 sub? I booked row 2 but still found the seatmap odd. Is there a reconfig I missed? Just curious
It was upgauged to a 320 - there are some places where the equipment type doesn't update in the systems when swapped last minute.
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Old Jan 2, 19, 1:58 am
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So I qualified back into my lowly gold last year (2018), reaching the status in early December. This is quite useful for *G and the economy plus availability.

Checking my UA app today, it's saying valid through January 2019. My understanding was if I qualify in 2018, it's valid through end 2019. Should I be worried here?
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Old Jan 2, 19, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by Productivity
So I qualified back into my lowly gold last year (2018), reaching the status in early December. This is quite useful for *G and the economy plus availability.

Checking my UA app today, it's saying valid through January 2019. My understanding was if I qualify in 2018, it's valid through end 2019. Should I be worried here?
No, no worries.

Actually status will be valid to end of January 2020.
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Old Jan 2, 19, 5:11 pm
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Never seen this before
Flying tonight lax-Ewr. Upgraded using gpu. BP shows upgraded seat (2b) but still shows as economy. Might I end up in the back?
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Old Jan 2, 19, 7:24 pm
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TP flights not showing up for Mileageplus bookings
Is anyone else having problems getting TAP flights to show up for UA Award bookings? It was working fine in recent weeks, but now I can't pull up anything for TAP for Award bookings.
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Old Jan 2, 19, 7:41 pm
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UA said there’s a known problem ticketing TP. Maybe they’ve now just hidden them until they fix whatever it is.
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Old Jan 3, 19, 12:44 am
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Hi all - is there a thread dedicated to helping people find good routes to use their RPUs/GPUs last minute before 31 Jan 2019 expiration?
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Old Jan 3, 19, 5:18 am
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Originally Posted by youyouxue
Hi all - is there a thread dedicated to helping people find good routes to use their RPUs/GPUs last minute before 31 Jan 2019 expiration?
If you requalified for 1K for 2019, you can ask to extend 2 GPUs until April 30, 2019.
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Old Jan 3, 19, 10:11 pm
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Originally Posted by UALAX
Flying tonight lax-Ewr. Upgraded using gpu. BP shows upgraded seat (2b) but still shows as economy. Might I end up in the back?
What happened?!
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