Howdy,

I searched in the archives, and couldn't find something specifically about this. Basically, last night, I missed out on a saver business class ticket leaving on friday for JFK-SFO and coming back on monday. Today, my only options for saver business are to leave on Saturday.

Now, I called united, but got the ICC who kept insisting they look for coach saver awards, and completely couldnt' tell me anything about a waitlist. So I ask the gurus here - two questions:

- Looking at .bomb, for flight 17 on friday, C seems fairly wide-open, but there are currently no available C awards. Is there a possibility that saver C awards will open up on that flight as the date approaches?

- Assuming there's a possibility, can I book a saver award ticket for saturday morning and waitlist for a saver C award on Friday afternoon/evening?

Thanks for the help!

Yes, quite a good possibility. While seatmaps can be poor indicators, certainly a C9 D9 config in the booking codes should give you an idea of forward "availability".
Yes, but if no availability opens, simply be ready to travel on Saturday.

Best, Dave

If things look promising, I would actually go to the airport on Fri afternoon; if there any empty seats, you'll be flyin'

Have you done that? Gone to the airport a day before your award flight and standby? I have never heard of that.

yes, i've only had to do it once, but it worked. the crazy part was that it was my connecting flight that was overbooked so i was really playing with fire.... i am a risk taker

That's very interesting. Is this something United TA will normally allow or did you just find a generous one?

I'd definitely like to try this if it is policy.

So - given that the ICC was unhelpful the last time I called, other than "call call call", is there somethign specific I should say or point them to? Or do I just hope I end up with the domestic call center (like I normally do as a 1p).

Matt

"it's my mom's birthday. i only see her 7 days a year because i'm usually stuck on the other side of the world. i'm willing to take the risk."

(ime, most moms try to help people that like their own mothers)