So if we want to use the benefit of companion on Savers J and fly together, our companion must buy J one way. In international itineraries a one-way J can be significantly more expensive than half of a RT J. The net result makes the benefit much less attractive.
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Originally Posted by PanAmWT
(Post 31930287)
So if we want to use the benefit of companion on Savers J and fly together, our companion must buy J one way. In international itineraries a one-way J can be significantly more expensive than half of a RT J. The net result makes the benefit much less attractive.
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I am going right to the top and write Oscar. No point writing the other guy
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Originally Posted by manstein58
(Post 31930375)
I am going right to the top and write Oscar. No point writing the other guy
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Originally Posted by HoyaSFOIAD
(Post 31930275)
Another conflicting datapoint:
Called to book myself round trip in first, had no problem opening up saver biz both ways round trip for my wife. Asked about a change to that program, agent said she had heard that it is not a new policy, rather an artifact of the change that hadn’t been smoothed out yet. |
Originally Posted by villox
(Post 31930326)
well no you can waitlist for an upgrade or use an exorbitant amount of miles for a standard award.
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Originally Posted by villox
(Post 31930570)
as much as I hope this is true, I’m struggling to understand what policy they THOUGHT they were implementing especially when it’s been confirmed by multiple supervisors.
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Originally Posted by PanAmWT
(Post 31931542)
You are right. waitlist is not the same as flying in J. But you can use miles for a standard or super-standard award. Although when it hit 270K miles last week for PVG-SFO (UA890, 1/6/2020) it did not sound much better than buying J one-way: $4500, You get about 50 K RDM back (including credit card miles at 3/$), so the free J ticket cost is 320K miles)
With sky-high price of standard awards 540K miles R/T, the actual price is almost 600K miles. UA has sharply devaluation of MP miles. That's why many people canceled UA credit cards. |
New GS here. I've read the wiki and quite a few of the threads. Like many on here, I frequently travel internationally in business (D). One of the perks I was most excited about for GS was the ability to have my wife accompany me at a very reduced price.
Could someone confirm/rank what has "traditionally" been the most cost efficient way to book a +1 on existing itinerary with paid int'l business? My understanding is that there are several options: 1. Pay cash for full/discounted economy on same itinerary and then use plus points or miles to force upgrade 2. Pay points for full/discounted economy and then use PP or miles to force upgrade 3. Open up discounted/saver business class (PN) and pay for ticket via points or cash I realize there are other options but looking for what traditionally people have done (excepting the recent rumors of opening space for 1 way only). Thanks. |
Originally Posted by 311Hokie
(Post 31932937)
New GS here. I've read the wiki and quite a few of the threads. Like many on here, I frequently travel internationally in business (D). One of the perks I was most excited about for GS was the ability to have my wife accompany me at a very reduced price.
Could someone confirm/rank what has "traditionally" been the most cost efficient way to book a +1 on existing itinerary with paid int'l business? My understanding is that there are several options: 1. Pay cash for full/discounted economy on same itinerary and then use plus points or miles to force upgrade 2. Pay points for full/discounted economy and then use PP or miles to force upgrade 3. Open up discounted/saver business class (PN) and pay for ticket via points or cash I realize there are other options but looking for what traditionally people have done (excepting the recent rumors of opening space for 1 way only). Thanks. |
Originally Posted by 311Hokie
(Post 31932937)
New GS here. I've read the wiki and quite a few of the threads. Like many on here, I frequently travel internationally in business (D). One of the perks I was most excited about for GS was the ability to have my wife accompany me at a very reduced price.
Could someone confirm/rank what has "traditionally" been the most cost efficient way to book a +1 on existing itinerary with paid int'l business? My understanding is that there are several options: 1. Pay cash for full/discounted economy on same itinerary and then use plus points or miles to force upgrade 2. Pay points for full/discounted economy and then use PP or miles to force upgrade 3. Open up discounted/saver business class (PN) and pay for ticket via points or cash I realize there are other options but looking for what traditionally people have done (excepting the recent rumors of opening space for 1 way only). Thanks. Personally I try to use miles+PP (formerly GPU) as much as possible because the ticket is fully changeable and PP expire. |
Newly minted here and trying to understand the unpublished benefits. I'd like to fly in Polaris using miles or miles and PP combo on the flight below but based on my understanding, I may be SOL:
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...73f27d8ab3.png I understand from the wiki that:
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New GS here as well and truly appreciate all the information that has been shared (above couple of posts on exactly how to work the companion deal is exactly the kind of detail that is incredibly useful!). A couple of other questions that aren't totally clear from the Wiki, the less-than-clear United GS benefits page, etc.:
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So same experience - last night two agents provided more context on the new rules/policy, and one said that further clarification and advice notes had been added to the policy to clear up confusion and had been sent out in a bulletin. One agent expressed concern that they are being "monitored very closely now". Both agents relayed the same policy word for word - one conversion, per segment, per PNR. The second incredibly seasoned agent opened up more and agreed that it was "completely non-sensical ... the one conversion per PNR, OK, but per SEGMENT versus direction seems especially confusing and harsh, especially given the way the airline is building its route network". She also said the change seems to have been made "because the old rules were too liberal; the airline wants people to reduce miles and PlusPoints balances faster; the new PlusPoints system is built around individual segments versus direction; and with more GS being added the change was made to bring GS benefits more in line with the other Elite levels".
Basically, a big devaluation and speaks to what is going on in the background. Also, just doesn't seem to make sense from an implementation point of view, at least at the "one segment" level. I am going to write my letter in today. |
Originally Posted by limey1K
(Post 31933589)
Newly minted here and trying to understand the unpublished benefits. I'd like to fly in Polaris using miles or miles and PP combo on the flight below but based on my understanding, I may be SOL:
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...73f27d8ab3.png I understand from the wiki that:
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