One way awards in the pipeline?
Nov 1, 2009, 4:57 pm
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One way awards in the pipeline?
Just wondered if there are any plans, no matter how distant, to allow one-way awards.... as AA have done.
Nov 1, 2009, 5:13 pm
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But UA seems intent on only doing bad things to its frequent flyers at the moment, so I wouldn't hold out much hope.
Nov 1, 2009, 5:14 pm
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Be careful what you ask for. Take a close look at AA's one-way awards. They do not allow stopovers, so you need to book three one-way awards if you want a stopover.
Nov 1, 2009, 5:28 pm
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That's true, I've already encountered that limitation. However you can often get around it for not many extra miles/dollars, assuming the final leg of your stopover is a short one ( I imagine it's normally the case ).
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Nov 1, 2009, 6:29 pm
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Nov 1, 2009, 6:34 pm
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Nov 1, 2009, 9:47 pm
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Solution: book one way awards with AA (or another airline that allows it), while booking awards that require stopovers with UA (or another airline that allows it).
Disclaimer: this may not work for those who can't find a way to accumulate miles in multiple programs
Disclaimer: this may not work for those who can't find a way to accumulate miles in multiple programs
Nov 1, 2009, 9:51 pm
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If you are in a position of having extra miles flown on UA that is above a certain status threshold but not enough for the next threshold, you could consider crediting those miles to bd, which does have one-way *A partner awards.
Nov 1, 2009, 9:58 pm
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Based on my frequent searches for saver award availability - the capability to book OB in one cabin, RT in another, would seem to open up many more possible award options. I cringe at using NF miles for a domestic award when one of the main segments ends up in Y. With one-way awards, you would "save" those miles.
Nov 2, 2009, 5:09 am
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I would seriously miss the ability to have stopovers if they mirrored AA.
Give me one-way awards with stopovers as many international programs offer -- there is no inherent reason one-way awards need to preclude stopovers -- and gleff will be a happy flyer.
But this is entirely secondary to Starnet blocking, of course. I'd give up stopovers to end that insane practice.
Give me one-way awards with stopovers as many international programs offer -- there is no inherent reason one-way awards need to preclude stopovers -- and gleff will be a happy flyer.
But this is entirely secondary to Starnet blocking, of course. I'd give up stopovers to end that insane practice.
Nov 2, 2009, 1:57 pm
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Might be something in the works: SQ has just published a new set of *A award charts effective 1 December -- one way awards will now be available using KF miles on many *A partners.
Including United......
Links on the SQ forum; post titled New *A Awards.
Including United......
Links on the SQ forum; post titled New *A Awards.