March 2011 - ual.com now allowing online booking of LH awards
Mar 11, 2011, 6:05 pm
#16
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One-way *A Award
And, UA now allows one-way *A award ticket. I suppose it's new feature too.
http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,53698,00.html
http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,53698,00.html
Mar 11, 2011, 6:15 pm
#17
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And, UA now allows one-way *A award ticket. I suppose it's new feature too.
http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,53698,00.html
http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,53698,00.html
Mar 12, 2011, 7:31 am
#18
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I was excited but there are glitches which I do not think are Starnet blocking.
The ANA tool shows LHR-MUC-TBS available 07SEP - 11SEP. All is on LH, no codeshares. .bomb gives the error message "we could not find Saver award seats on our online Star Alliance partners." It will show me LHR-MUC but not the TBS part. Anyway I'd rather do OS on this route, but my point is that I'm sure that TBS isn't the only problem city.
Oh, and TBS is Tbilisi. I know we don't see it often on this forum, but it's a lovely place, and an extremely good-value use of an intra-Europe award.
The ANA tool shows LHR-MUC-TBS available 07SEP - 11SEP. All is on LH, no codeshares. .bomb gives the error message "we could not find Saver award seats on our online Star Alliance partners." It will show me LHR-MUC but not the TBS part. Anyway I'd rather do OS on this route, but my point is that I'm sure that TBS isn't the only problem city.
Oh, and TBS is Tbilisi. I know we don't see it often on this forum, but it's a lovely place, and an extremely good-value use of an intra-Europe award.
Mar 13, 2011, 9:07 pm
#19
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Partners bookable on ua.com
Sorry if this is a double post, I quickly looked thru the previous three pages.
It looks like LH has been added to the partners that can be booked online.
It looks like LH has been added to the partners that can be booked online.
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Mar 13, 2011 at 9:11 pm Reason: moved into existing thread
Mar 15, 2011, 1:19 pm
#20
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Lufthansa Awards now bookable online
Details here: http://www.united.com/page/article/0..._LH_Star_Award
After doing a few dummy bookings it looks like there is pretty wide availability. Could this signal an end or at least reduction in the starnet blocking policy?
After doing a few dummy bookings it looks like there is pretty wide availability. Could this signal an end or at least reduction in the starnet blocking policy?
Last edited by UnitedF1RST; Mar 15, 2011 at 1:27 pm Reason: moved into existing thread; edited to be part of existing thread
Mar 18, 2011, 6:02 pm
#21
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LH awards bookable on .bomb now
Hey all,
Didn't see a thread on this in my search, but when I logged in to check my mileage balance today, there was a notice that LH itineraries can be booked online now.
http://www.united.com/page/article/0..._LH_Star_Award
Good news! ^
Didn't see a thread on this in my search, but when I logged in to check my mileage balance today, there was a notice that LH itineraries can be booked online now.
http://www.united.com/page/article/0..._LH_Star_Award
Originally Posted by .bomb
It's easier than ever - book online when you're planning an award trip with select Star Alliance airlines, including Lufthansa
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Mar 18, 2011 at 6:04 pm Reason: moved into existing thread
Apr 11, 2011, 4:12 pm
#22
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I scored a round-trip LH First Class ticket between North America and Europe for later this year, but there was a problem after the online booking process. Here was what happened.
Once I finished the booking through .bomb, I received the email with all the information (record locator, flight information, 135,000 miles will be deducted, and tax will be charged to my credit card). Also, it indicates that my reservation is still in process, I will get another mail to confirm my reservation and ticket number. Later, I checked my M+ website and found out only 105,000 miles deducted and showed "STAR NORTH AMERICA TO EUROPE BUSINESS."
I thought I probably did something wrong online. Called 1K and told agent this situation. She checked my reservation and said it was for sure booked into LH First Class Award (O). She put me on hold and talked to M+ I guessed. When she came back, she said M+ has no clue how this happened. The solution is to cancel the original ticket and rebook a new one. 1K agent told me that there are still F award availability on my flight. Then, she booked a new award ticket for me.
The 105,000 miles back to my account 72 hours later (yesterday). Refund probably needs to wait a little bit longer. The charge showed up on my credit card online statement now. It probably will take a little longer to process that.
Not really a big deal though. Took me about 30 minutes talking with 1K agent to sort things out.
Once I finished the booking through .bomb, I received the email with all the information (record locator, flight information, 135,000 miles will be deducted, and tax will be charged to my credit card). Also, it indicates that my reservation is still in process, I will get another mail to confirm my reservation and ticket number. Later, I checked my M+ website and found out only 105,000 miles deducted and showed "STAR NORTH AMERICA TO EUROPE BUSINESS."
I thought I probably did something wrong online. Called 1K and told agent this situation. She checked my reservation and said it was for sure booked into LH First Class Award (O). She put me on hold and talked to M+ I guessed. When she came back, she said M+ has no clue how this happened. The solution is to cancel the original ticket and rebook a new one. 1K agent told me that there are still F award availability on my flight. Then, she booked a new award ticket for me.
The 105,000 miles back to my account 72 hours later (yesterday). Refund probably needs to wait a little bit longer. The charge showed up on my credit card online statement now. It probably will take a little longer to process that.
Not really a big deal though. Took me about 30 minutes talking with 1K agent to sort things out.