UA-partner Business Awards 60K multiple destinations,BKK,KUL,HKG,CGK,MNL, .. changes?
Jul 27, 2022, 1:07 pm
#496
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Good luck collecting that judgment when they come to the USA and good luck filing a lawsuit in US courts which will be quite expensive to litigate. I would tell them to response to my comments or pound sand.
Jul 27, 2022, 10:26 pm
#497
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They figured out who I was because the review was for a specific property and, even though I hadn't used my dates of stay in the review, the photos that I took of the maintenance/cleanliness problems were used to identify the specific room and then, they just went backwards from there, looking at everyone who stayed in that room to see if there were any problems reported to management. They then subpoenaed the OTA travel site and got my name confirmed by them (my lawyer heard that they threatened the OTA site as well). They spent some serious money going after me, only to have it all fall apart when my lawyer contacted them to tell them that we would see them in court. I believe the modus operandi is to threaten legal action, believing most people would rather remove their bad review than spend thousands on legal representation. With so many fake positive reviews on these sites, and with many negative ones being removed through threats, getting a clear picture of the actual customer experiences at a property is almost impossible.
Jul 27, 2022, 10:58 pm
#498
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even more, I still can’t figure out why people do XXX. A frequent poster here I did a quick Google search.. lives in the bay area, serviced his car at a Mercedes dealership, kid plays soccer. If I wanted to find them I could if I searched another five more minutes
Aug 1, 2022, 1:24 am
#499
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I have a USA - HKT that ends with BKK-HKT. BKK-HKT has now been changed from I to E (which I think is economy since it's just an A320 operated by Thai Smile) and a 2hr schedule change. Everything else up to BKK are intact for now.
Do I have any chance to get UA to change this to USA - BKK? Also would departure city change be possible?
Do I have any chance to get UA to change this to USA - BKK? Also would departure city change be possible?
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Aug 1, 2022, 5:32 am
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I have a USA - HKT that ends with BKK-HKT. BKK-HKT has now been changed from I to E (which I think is economy since it's just an A320 operated by Thai Smile) and a 2hr schedule change. Everything else up to BKK are intact for now.
Do I have any chance to get UA to change this to USA - BKK? Also would departure city change be possible?
Do I have any chance to get UA to change this to USA - BKK? Also would departure city change be possible?
Aug 1, 2022, 10:17 am
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I have a USA - HKT that ends with BKK-HKT. BKK-HKT has now been changed from I to E (which I think is economy since it's just an A320 operated by Thai Smile) and a 2hr schedule change. Everything else up to BKK are intact for now.
Do I have any chance to get UA to change this to USA - BKK? Also would departure city change be possible?
Do I have any chance to get UA to change this to USA - BKK? Also would departure city change be possible?
Aug 1, 2022, 12:23 pm
#502
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Allows you to make that change if Thai shows award space?
Possibly. However, since you were also talking about making a change to your return, that could conceivably convince UA that they need to reprice. If there happened to be I space on the flights you wanted, that might help.
Aug 5, 2022, 9:28 am
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I posted in this thread about waitlisting a domestic economy segment of my US-NZ itinerary to business, which was moved to a thread specifically about waitlisting. Long story short, because these itineraries are booked in JN, there was no need to waitlist and the agent immediately bumped me to JN. That got me thinking about how flexible they might be with routing changes when there is no schedule change. I’m currently booked LAX-IAH-SYD-WLG, all JN except NZ segment in X. Would they allow any or all of the following without repricing?
- LAX-SYD-WLG (assuming JN space on UA, X on NZ)
- LAX-SFO-AKL-WLG (same as above)
- LAX-SFO-AKL (JN on UA)
Aug 5, 2022, 9:46 am
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I posted in this thread about waitlisting a domestic economy segment of my US-NZ itinerary to business, which was moved to a thread specifically about waitlisting. Long story short, because these itineraries are booked in JN, there was no need to waitlist and the agent immediately bumped me to JN. That got me thinking about how flexible they might be with routing changes when there is no schedule change. I’m currently booked LAX-IAH-SYD-WLG, all JN except NZ segment in X. Would they allow any or all of the following without repricing?
- LAX-SYD-WLG (assuming JN space on UA, X on NZ)
- LAX-SFO-AKL-WLG (same as above)
- LAX-SFO-AKL (JN on UA)
Aug 5, 2022, 9:52 am
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I posted in this thread about waitlisting a domestic economy segment of my US-NZ itinerary to business, which was moved to a thread specifically about waitlisting. Long story short, because these itineraries are booked in JN, there was no need to waitlist and the agent immediately bumped me to JN. That got me thinking about how flexible they might be with routing changes when there is no schedule change. I’m currently booked LAX-IAH-SYD-WLG, all JN except NZ segment in X. Would they allow any or all of the following without repricing?
- LAX-SYD-WLG (assuming JN space on UA, X on NZ)
- LAX-SFO-AKL-WLG (same as above)
- LAX-SFO-AKL (JN on UA)
Aug 11, 2022, 10:38 pm
#506
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Some updates to my recent trip...
My reservation was IAD-ORD-IST. There was a delay of IAD-ORD.
I was rebooked at the check-in counter to IAD-IST (TK airline), but the UA agent refused to rebook me to the business class...
Then, my bag was not able to be put on the rebooked flight. I ended up being in IST without my bag now...
Really messy situation for a vacation trip.
Can I claim a refund for getting downgraded?
Should I file a complaint with United?
My reservation was IAD-ORD-IST. There was a delay of IAD-ORD.
I was rebooked at the check-in counter to IAD-IST (TK airline), but the UA agent refused to rebook me to the business class...
Then, my bag was not able to be put on the rebooked flight. I ended up being in IST without my bag now...
Really messy situation for a vacation trip.
Can I claim a refund for getting downgraded?
Should I file a complaint with United?
Aug 12, 2022, 3:30 am
#507
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I posted in this thread about waitlisting a domestic economy segment of my US-NZ itinerary to business, which was moved to a thread specifically about waitlisting. Long story short, because these itineraries are booked in JN, there was no need to waitlist and the agent immediately bumped me to JN. That got me thinking about how flexible they might be with routing changes when there is no schedule change. I’m currently booked LAX-IAH-SYD-WLG, all JN except NZ segment in X. Would they allow any or all of the following without repricing?
- LAX-SYD-WLG (assuming JN space on UA, X on NZ)
- LAX-SFO-AKL-WLG (same as above)
- LAX-SFO-AKL (JN on UA)
I booked SNA-HOU-SYD-WEL.
Only HOU-SYD is in Business. In order for the agent to move me into Business on SNA-HOU, does there need to be saver space? Thanks for your help! My routing is not ideal as I live near LAX, but we are a family of four and for the 60k price I was willing to do the positioning flights. Would be nice to get that initial SNA-HOU in business class though.
Aug 12, 2022, 5:24 am
#508
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I booked SNA-HOU-SYD-WEL.
Only HOU-SYD is in Business. In order for the agent to move me into Business on SNA-HOU, does there need to be saver space? Thanks for your help! My routing is not ideal as I live near LAX, but we are a family of four and for the 60k price I was willing to do the positioning flights. Would be nice to get that initial SNA-HOU in business class though.
Only HOU-SYD is in Business. In order for the agent to move me into Business on SNA-HOU, does there need to be saver space? Thanks for your help! My routing is not ideal as I live near LAX, but we are a family of four and for the 60k price I was willing to do the positioning flights. Would be nice to get that initial SNA-HOU in business class though.
Aug 12, 2022, 5:42 am
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Some updates to my recent trip...
My reservation was IAD-ORD-IST. There was a delay of IAD-ORD.
I was rebooked at the check-in counter to IAD-IST (TK airline), but the UA agent refused to rebook me to the business class...
Then, my bag was not able to be put on the rebooked flight. I ended up being in IST without my bag now...
Really messy situation for a vacation trip.
Can I claim a refund for getting downgraded?
Should I file a complaint with United?
My reservation was IAD-ORD-IST. There was a delay of IAD-ORD.
I was rebooked at the check-in counter to IAD-IST (TK airline), but the UA agent refused to rebook me to the business class...
Then, my bag was not able to be put on the rebooked flight. I ended up being in IST without my bag now...
Really messy situation for a vacation trip.
Can I claim a refund for getting downgraded?
Should I file a complaint with United?
You will get 27k miles back. 60k vs. 33k partner Y.