Has UA Zeroed ALL Advance Polaris PZ Inventory?{Resolved or is it?Expert Mode error?}
Jan 24, 2019, 7:13 am
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Glad this thread started, because I was wondering the same thing. I'm trying to book a TATL for later this year and every route I check, I find exactly zero seats with upgrades confirmable at purchase.
Jan 24, 2019, 7:15 am
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Between this and the exclusion of Thai Airways award inventory...a pretty serious kick in the teeth for my travel planning....
Jan 24, 2019, 7:55 am
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I also noticed this - had been only a couple weeks ago seeing tons of availability on various IAD to EU hub routes, and all of a sudden it's basically blanked out to everywhere, even on routes with I9, which makes no sense.
Jan 24, 2019, 7:58 am
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I do have the sense that management for CPU and non-CPU routes operate completely separately, so I am still holding out hope that it's some kind of error or 'down for maintenance/updates' phase.
Jan 24, 2019, 8:06 am
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It may be related to a bug affecting one of my trips. On January 15 I bought a W fare ticket with PZ inventory and used a GPU to upgrade. It upgraded fine but when I look at the reservation in my account it has a big warning that I have a basic economy fare, no changes, no checked luggage, etc. I called United 1K desk and after researching it they said it was a website problem and it would take 48 hours to fix. More than a week later it has not been fixed. Maybe they are working on it now and that is why they zero the PZ fares?
Jan 24, 2019, 8:07 am
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Jan 24, 2019, 8:37 am
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This is one of those times we need one of the United Insiders to step in with some sort of update
Jan 24, 2019, 8:47 am
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Thanks Kacee for starting a new thread of this.
Has anyone read the other thead where BlahMeh14 says :
“I called into United and got information from an agent that didn’t seem correct at all. She said that all PZ space from now on is only going to be released <96 hours in advance, and that the rollout of the new fare class was to facilitate this policy change. I really hope she was misinformed!”
Most poo-pooed this as misinformation, but where would an agent get this sort of info? Yes, I’ve been lied to many times before, but this seems like a very strange comment to just make up out of the blue, doesn’t it?
If it does turn out to be true, for SURE this would be the end for me as I don’t do waitlists. Ever.
They can keep their useless GPUs and I’ll become a kayaker.
Has anyone read the other thead where BlahMeh14 says :
“I called into United and got information from an agent that didn’t seem correct at all. She said that all PZ space from now on is only going to be released <96 hours in advance, and that the rollout of the new fare class was to facilitate this policy change. I really hope she was misinformed!”
Most poo-pooed this as misinformation, but where would an agent get this sort of info? Yes, I’ve been lied to many times before, but this seems like a very strange comment to just make up out of the blue, doesn’t it?
If it does turn out to be true, for SURE this would be the end for me as I don’t do waitlists. Ever.
They can keep their useless GPUs and I’ll become a kayaker.
Jan 24, 2019, 8:53 am
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They wouldn't need a new fare class to stop releasing upgrade space in advance. And if that was the plan, why not introduce it in conjunction with PZ?
I wouldn't put it past UA to make a change like this, and I agree with you; I'm already on the fence about trying to re-qualify with the increased spending requirements, and if they go this route, it becomes a no-brainer. It's just that I don't see the need for the subterfuge; if they wanted to change, they'd just change it, complete with copy from marketing about how this will be good for customers because it will ensure that the upgrades go to members with the highest status.
Jan 24, 2019, 8:58 am
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Thanks Kacee for starting a new thread of this.
Has anyone read the other thead where BlahMeh14 says :
“I called into United and got information from an agent that didn’t seem correct at all. She said that all PZ space from now on is only going to be released <96 hours in advance, and that the rollout of the new fare class was to facilitate this policy change....
Has anyone read the other thead where BlahMeh14 says :
“I called into United and got information from an agent that didn’t seem correct at all. She said that all PZ space from now on is only going to be released <96 hours in advance, and that the rollout of the new fare class was to facilitate this policy change....
As a pax, do I like it? No, but as others comment elsewhere you want the product then pay the premium for that flight.
Currently a 1K with 4 out of 6 GPUs applied and waiting for PZ.