Feb 1 - One-Way Awards and Miles & Money Awards now bookable on ual.com
Jan 28, 2010, 6:44 am
#16
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When will we "officially" be told about this?
Jan 28, 2010, 6:49 am
#17
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Jan 28, 2010, 7:50 am
#18
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is they are half price, this is huge. ^^ to UA
Jan 28, 2010, 8:13 am
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AS started the one-way award (for half the miles) a year ago and AA followed. It has been very successful and increased award redemptions. Why would the airlines want to increase award redemptions? Because new accounting rules that took effect last year make the number of miles on thier books a much larger liability. Scott McCartney from the WSJ has talked about this on "The Middle Seat" recently.
As usual UA is simply following whatever AA does.
As usual UA is simply following whatever AA does.
Jan 28, 2010, 8:17 am
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Let's hope for one-way awards on Star Alliance partners too.
Jan 28, 2010, 8:21 am
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Wow... definitely will try to make use of this whenever practical.
Jan 28, 2010, 8:21 am
#22
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This is excellent news!
Now, if only they could do something vis a vis Starnet...
Now, if only they could do something vis a vis Starnet...
Jan 28, 2010, 8:24 am
#23
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I've kept a constant 14000 miles in AA just for the one way award. Always hesitant to use it because of no status/E-middle seats. 1K w/ UA; now will be able to drop the dAArkside.
Jan 28, 2010, 8:24 am
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Jan 28, 2010, 8:27 am
#25
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It will make open jaw trips now bookable online. Example ORD-LAX then return SAN-ORD. Also, First class out and coach back. This is great news.
Jan 28, 2010, 8:31 am
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I love the international stopovers too much: I hope this is a UA-only move and the current *A rules are unaffected.
The AA one-ways are most valuable to me on domestic U.S. segments. I've had a couple of 2.5-cent redemptions on 12.5k awards. Cases where one direction of a trip costs $300+ and the other direction can be bought for $100-150 as a one-way. As long as it's not a peak award travel route/date and AA has a few flight options, chances are good they'll have a coach award seat.
Having the same options on UA would be cool but I hope the entire *A doesn't go this way.
The AA one-ways are most valuable to me on domestic U.S. segments. I've had a couple of 2.5-cent redemptions on 12.5k awards. Cases where one direction of a trip costs $300+ and the other direction can be bought for $100-150 as a one-way. As long as it's not a peak award travel route/date and AA has a few flight options, chances are good they'll have a coach award seat.
Having the same options on UA would be cool but I hope the entire *A doesn't go this way.
Jan 28, 2010, 8:51 am
#27
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If they get rid of free stopovers with this change, I will vehemently protest to the 1K desk to get rid of one-way awards.
Jan 28, 2010, 8:59 am
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it's a welcome news on my side of the world here I come CMB 
here I come CMB
Jan 28, 2010, 9:27 am
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I would be very pleased to see the addition of one-way awards at half the mileage required for a round-trip. Hopefully this is a benefit that will be extended to all Mileage Plus members. Even better would be if we could also redeem one-way Star Alliance awards.
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Jan 28, 2010, 9:46 am
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wow...nice... now to figure out the current cheapest city to start a RTW...