Originally Posted by st530 (Post 36202372)

Not sure if this is the same issue, but last night tried to use advance search to book a W fare so as to be able to take advantage of lower PP redemption. Both flights had W availability, so I assumed the fare I was shown in the advanced search was W, but after booking and trying to apply PPs, noticed the ticket was actually booked in K (discovered this when UA wanted 80 PPs for each segment instead of 40). Had to call UA and pay the upfare separately into W (was about $400 more r/t than the K fare that UA.com pushed on me despite selecting W in advanced search). Is there a way around this? If not, what's the point of being able to select W in advance search? Or was my experience just a glitch?

Originally Posted by physioprof (Post 36202470)

I'm pretty sure that the option to search for a specific fare class doesn't work correctly for connecting itineraries.

Originally Posted by st530 (Post 36202549)

This was indeed a connecting itinerary, so that could be the explanation. Surprised they haven't fixed this though.