Award itinerary change en route
Nov 23, 2019, 6:50 pm
#1
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Award itinerary change en route
Hello. I am currently on a saver award which includes travel on TK.
I need to change the return date by 2 weeks and possibly routing with same departure and arrival airports. Presuming I can find saver space on my preferred new return date, is this possible as a 1K? UA has a Turkish sales agent here in Istanbul. Should I approach them or try to do this by phone with 1K desk? Otherwise, how do I contact UA from here? My original return flight date is 27 November in 3 days. Might I have any luck with this? Lastly, I could try to book a new award if space is available and hopefully try to cancel the return portion of the original award ticket. Any suggestions? Thanks.
I need to change the return date by 2 weeks and possibly routing with same departure and arrival airports. Presuming I can find saver space on my preferred new return date, is this possible as a 1K? UA has a Turkish sales agent here in Istanbul. Should I approach them or try to do this by phone with 1K desk? Otherwise, how do I contact UA from here? My original return flight date is 27 November in 3 days. Might I have any luck with this? Lastly, I could try to book a new award if space is available and hopefully try to cancel the return portion of the original award ticket. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Nov 23, 2019, 7:09 pm
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Hello. I am currently on a saver award which includes travel on TK.
I need to change the return date by 2 weeks and possibly routing with same departure and arrival airports. Presuming I can find saver space on my preferred new return date, is this possible as a 1K? UA has a Turkish sales agent here in Istanbul. Should I approach them or try to do this by phone with 1K desk? ...
I need to change the return date by 2 weeks and possibly routing with same departure and arrival airports. Presuming I can find saver space on my preferred new return date, is this possible as a 1K? UA has a Turkish sales agent here in Istanbul. Should I approach them or try to do this by phone with 1K desk? ...
UA provides 1Ks will a list of toll free numbers -- you can email UA and request the list if you don't have it. You can Skype or Google Voice or other VOIP service. You can try to handle this by email or twitter. Or depending on your cellular service, you can just dial an non-800 UA number (service fees may apply)
Or try the regular UA Turkey phone 0212-334-2920
You can have someone in the USA call and make the change.
It is all about award space availability.
You can not refund an unused portion of an award ticket if it has been partially used.
Nov 23, 2019, 7:34 pm
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Nov 23, 2019, 9:15 pm
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I agree. I think the differential (given that you are booking at the same award level) is 3,500 additional miles. United seems to be charging this for close-in bookings as opposed to the close-in booking fee.
Nov 23, 2019, 10:19 pm
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