WineCountryUA

Assuming this is an ETC (Electronic Travel Credit) then not directly but possible with an few extra steps,

Any important issue, it must be purchasable on the UA site. And that may be an issue as SAS is very restrictive on allowing UA to do that ("plating restrictions").
You can only use UA credits when purchasing from UA. Not when using another airline's site or online travel sites -- such as expedia.

If your desired flight is purchasable on united,com, then first purchase any UA itin with the ETC with a cost similar to the desired SAS flight. Wait at least 24 hours and cancel the UA flights. At this point you will have a Future Flight Credit than can be used to purchase partner flights on united.com

Converting an ETC to FFC allows this added flexibility BUT the FFC is locked to the traveler while the ETC was not.
Both are good until end of 2023 but travel must start by then for the FFC while for the ETC, travel just needs to be purchased -- actual travel can start in 2024.

sjwoo

This is some next-level advice -- thank you!

Repooc17

That super cheap SAS (SK) fare will not be found in UA.

747jetter

it is revenue ticket in economy (L).
The infant will be over by a month.
As of now it is infant ticketed with seat. Although tall LH metal booked on UA, LH allows infants in seat (otherwise UA wouldn’t ticket it just like they don’t on OS)
Confirmed by 3rd reservation rep on the phone that all is good (alright how much I can believe them? I don’t fly UA at all)..

nsx

I have an award flight for tomorrow morning. I want to move it 2 days later. The app is not giving me that option. Do I need to move it to tomorrow evening which is more than 24 hours away and then move it two days? Do I need to call United?

Edit: Never mind. I made it work by answering No to "are you changing a flight that leaves within 24 hours?" even though it's 17 hours.

WineCountryUA

and your aren't, as LH rules will apply. You might have some UA numbered codeshares but you will not see an UA employee during your trip, just LH.

A month over may or may not be a problem for LH but you will get a better answer in the LH forum, as UA is just the ticket agent and UA agent will not be familiar with LH policies.

Award changes, if inventory exits, can be made anytime. You are not limited to SDC rules

747jetter

Thank you for your time to answer me, I really appreciate it.
LH MMB shows him as adult and we can choose seats for both of them. His ticket was slightly cheaper than adult one (I'd say the same price as child ticket).

Have a great day and once again thank you.

findark

I'm guessing question is worded wrong, and "yes" means "use SDC" whereas "no" means "make a regular (repricing) change".

ajgarett

Booked multicity SEA-LHR/AMS-SEA for a work trip, the corporate travel agency forced AMS-SEA on a Delta non-stop flight as the least cost logical fare.

Other People's Money so I'm not arguing, but the travel agency managed to get the Delta segment to show up on United, and the United booking in general is weird (TSAPre number has "-1" on the end, suddenly have a service animal accommodation, earning 0 points on United despite a 016 ticket). I've got a separate ticket number (006...) and confirmation number with Delta, so I'm pretty sure the two bookings are completely separate.

How much can I screw up if I call up United and ask them to remove the Delta segment from my trip?

Lux Flyer

As has been mentioned elsewhere, it is LH's policies that apply to the situation, not UA's, and what UA's agents are telling you does not matter when it comes to the day of travel. UA is telling you what you asked - that an infant ticket has been issued for the reservation in question. that does not mean an infant ticket is correct for this situation (on UA metal it would certainly not be - have to be under 2 for the entire trip to qualify for the infant fare).

You need to contact LH and verify that what is ticketed for what will be a toddler, is valid for them to travel on when they'll be over 2 on the return trip. If the fare rules for what is ticketed says the infant needs to be under 2 for all segments, but the child is over 2, then they wouldn't qualify for that and LH can and likely will, as I understand they apply their rules pretty strictly, refuse to allow travel on that ticket, which may mean buying a full fare at time of departure, at whatever cost it is currently available for. Playing a very risky game just relying on what a UA agent says about LH's policies. That would be like trusting what an Expedia rep says about a UA policy, maybe it's right, but do you really want to put all your trust in that?

It also doesn't sound like a situation where you can fudge the child's birthday to avoid scrutiny/get around the age limit, if applicable. Since this is LH ticketed on UA, I take it this is international travel, in which case LH will most definitely have the correct age of the child.

Edit: to also add, can you clarify since this is infant with seat, was the "infant fare" similar in same cost as adult fare, or an actual 10% infant fare (usually for lap child, not for infant in seat).

If you get an experienced agent who knows what they're doing, they can drop it from the UA reservation no issue. If you get someone who doesn't know what they're doing, or treats it like any other change to the PNR, they'll send a message to DL's system to drop the segment. Practical implementation: call and ask the agent if they know how to cancel an OA segment from the itinerary without generating a message to the OA system, if they do, perfect, if they don't, ask for someone else. Technical details: They need to manually update the status to "XK" which cancels the segment in UA's system but doesn't send a message to DL. They should not delete the flight out or give it an "X2" status as that will send the cancel message to DL.

WineCountryUA

First question is why do you want to do anything?
Second is messing with a ticket issued by your corporate travel agency ticket, without consulting them first, is a good way to get yourself invited to counseling session with your boss

Don't be worried about the itin shows earning zero miles, that is not unusual for odd ball tickets. Make sure your MP account is in the ticket for the UA segment. And in the unlikely case it does not post correctly, you can call / write--in and get it corrected.

Messing with the ticket is to be avoided.

You likely have a PNR with multiple tickets, not unknown but not a preferred way to ticket. If these were connecting flights, that can lead to problems. Seperate outbound, inbound -- not so much of a problem.

LAX UA 1K

I am fairly sure that infants occupying a seat pay the child fare (if available), which is available to children between 2 and 12. So I don’t think the pricing is any different but there may be differences in how the child is listed on the manifest.

LH is the source that can actually check and confirm for you.

This page implies as such, which is the clearest I found on the LH a website.
https://www.lufthansa.com/ao/en/flying-with-baby

everywhere

This page suggests that flights ticketed and operated by preferred partners - ie non-016 stock - ('including Air Canada, ANA, Austrian, Azul, Brussels, Lufthansa and SWISS') earn elites a 25 to 100% bonus redeemable miles. It then gets a little difficult to follow. Does this still apply to these airlines and does it apply to NZ which also appears to be a preferred partner? Many thanks

jsloan

Yes, and no. It's limited to the airlines listed.

JimInOhio

Absolutely agree. The TA did the right thing and issued these as two separate tickets. How the flights show up in DL’s and UA’s reservation systems is just noise that will have no bearing on flight earnings.