withallthat82

A friend gifted me plus points for a flight from ord to las but doesn’t seem like i’ll get upgraded on this flight next monday

Do the points go back to him or so I have them now to gift to someone else or only rebook and apply to another flight?

goodeats21

Welcome to FlyerTalk, withallthat82
If the upgrade does not clear, the plus points go back to the account that applied them...so back to your friend.

cajunguy

Just booked flights today for next Sept to Japan on UA. When I go in to the web site to select my seats I can do this but it doesn't save it. Any idea how to get the web site to have it save my selection?

WineCountryUA

Sounds like you are booking at begin of schedule -- seats assignments may not stick for a week or so. Try next week

snowboardpunk

Bought an economy award flight from ICN-LAX and they offered me an upgrade to premium plus for 200 dollars. If I buy this upgrade and decide to change my flight, will they refund the 200 dollars?

WineCountryUA

Generally no. It is refundable if UA does a significant schedule change and you cancel the ticket.

Ericka

Can a person on an economy award ticket upgrade to premium economy with cash?

sfounited

I'm flying SFO-ORD-DTW shortly and will qualify for Gold after the first leg. I'm curious if I'll be considered Gold for my connection to DTW and receive Group 1 boarding, 8x PQP earned, etc. or if I'll still be considered Silver for that flight.

WineCountryUA

It may be offered but not guaranteed

Welcome to FT, sfounited

You BP may update automatically, flights do usually post quickly -- a lot will depend on the connection time. If status is updated but the BP does not reflect it, you can ask the GA to uncheck-in you and recheckin. For such as small hop, may not be worth the effort.

serpens

I purchased a fully refundable (first class; is that implied by "fully refundable"?) ticket that I expect to cancel in January. I paid for part of it using Travel Bank funds. If I do cancel the ticket, what happens to the Travel Bank funds?

Also, my cursory reading did not find anything that defined fully refundable. Does it mean just what it says? In other words, I can cancel for a full refund to the original form of payment (hence the question about Travel Bank) at any time until the day before departure? day of departure?

In case anyone wonders, I purchased fully refundable because I anticipate no United travel (with the possible exception of an award ticket) in 2023. Also in case anyone wonders, the United ticket is in case Amtrak, my preferred travel method for this trip, has one of its recurring meltdowns. If I get on the train, I'll cancel the United ticket. Thanks for any education.

findark

Full refund to original form of payment at any time within the validity of the ticket, including after departure.

In this case, "original form of payment" would mean a split-tender between your Travel Bank and whatever else you tendered. I forget if the Travel Bank refund technically goes back to your Travel Bank of if they issue an ETC; either way i'ts credit good on UA.

serpens

Thanks for the quick reply, and for the explanation of when I can cancel. If I cancel the ticket (which I hope to do), I'll try to remember to report where the Travel Bank funds go (and if the expiration date changes). My concern was that the Travel Bank funds will expire, but since I have no other United travel planned anyway, I would have lost them anyway. But if the funds go to an ETC, doesn't it expire at the end of next year? In that case, it really doesn't matter, because the funds will still expire, just from an ETC (and possibly later) rather than from Travel Bank.

JimInOhio

To answer your other question, fully refundable does not imply First Class. In fact all classes often have refundable and non-refundable options.

serpens

Thank you. When I was typing my question, I didn't recall seeing a fully refundable option for less than First Class.

Kacee

The UA search results specifically show "Economy (fully refundable)" when you search for flights.