FlyingHighlander

My bad. I thought you were trying to get E+ before check in (which Silvers cant) but now see it was just a "Preferred" seat which you are entitled to for free pre-check in

LanikaiKid

For some reason TAP Air Portugal and United aren't getting along lately: Using MileagePlus miles on TAP has extremely limited availability.
I found a decent ORD-LIS Z/J fare direct on Google flights and will pay the cash but want to attach my United MP account to get the ~15k UA miles.
United website doesn't show these flights as even an option to book. How to I book this trip and get the United MP attached to it?

mahasamatman

Book it though TP or elsewhere and just add your MP number either in the booking process or with an agent. If it's on 016 stock (doubtful if there are no UA segments), you will earn miles based on the fare. If not, you will earn miles based on distance.

KDCAflyer

It's the domestic leg of an international award ticket (long-haul is Polaris). Maybe the system thinks the domestic leg is basic economy? Reinstalling the app didn't help so I guess I'll have to call.

WineCountryUA

The is no concept of BE for award tickets.

Clearing cookies may be an effective approach. Using the app instead or united.com or vice versus can also work.

KDCAflyer

United's website shows the same thing.

WineCountryUA

OK, you have stumped me.

Your UA status is from Marriott? THat should not be an issue

JimInOhio

Did you follow through all the way to the payment page? Sometimes the website makes you think there’s a charge until when it comes time to pay and then it’s zero. Not saying it’s the case here but it has happened.

Mike Jacoubowsky

Trying to book a one way LIS-SFO paid fare. (Outbound is an award ticket). Reasonable pricing on one way Economy ($918) and Biz ($2300). But Premium Economy is $2200. Adding a return flight brings it down to the more-expected $1300. But I don't want to be one of "those" people booking a flight I never intend to take. Is there a way around this, say, booking a flight-to-nowhere that I could actually take? For elite status, I do need to spend somewhere around $1400.

Normally I'd just buy the biz class seat outright and upgrade my wife using PlusPoints, but she has not status and I don't want to see it not clear. I'm OK sitting in the back if I have to (swapping seats with her) but it would be nice if we could stay together.

Thanks!

findark

Do you plan to return to Europe within the ticket validity and maximum stay of your round-trip fare? Most tickets will permit changes after departure using historical fares, so you could create the outbound leg of another European trip although this extends the problem.

Also, see if TP has decent prices?

g289t

I am planning to get the United Club Infinite card in August when I drop under the Chase 5/24 rule. I am flying a short domestic trip in September, departing 3 weeks after I can apply for the credit card. The tickets are already booked, but I am not worried about the potential benefits I might be losing out on by booking without the Club Infinite card.

What I am curious about is my access to United Club on the trip. Will my United Club membership from the credit card be automatically activated on my MileagePlus account? I do not expect to receive the United Club card before I go. Assuming I actually have the United Club membership when I travel, what do I need to enter the lounge? Is my boarding pass all I need? Will my MileagePlus number attached to the reservation automatically qualify me to enter the United Club?

Also, would I be able to enter an Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge if I am a United Club member flying on United?

Thank you! I am accustomed to Priority Pass, not airline lounge memberships!

WineCountryUA

Yes but it can take 2 weeks to electronically activate after your application is approved

UC access does not require the physical UC card, linked electronic to your account / BP

Yes, but with the physical UC member card (not the credit card) and a departing *A flight

Mike Jacoubowsky

Buying a ticket through TP won't help with maintaining elite status on UA though. UA's done a pretty good job of closing the loopholes; gaining status these days pretty much requires doing things that are of actual benefit to UA. Which I really can't be upset about.

g289t

Thank you very much; you have answered my questions!

So on this trip I would not be able to enter a Maple Leaf Lounge because I wouldn't have the physical United Club card, correct? (unless it ships fast)

I have another question: will there be some kind of digital UC card in the United app? If so, does that not replace the physical card and get you into an AC MLL?

WineCountryUA

Yes, there is a digital card in the UA app but the rules are
The AC lounges are know for wanting the physical card. YMMV