Fly and stay sale
Aug 3, 2009, 4:49 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Lake Oswego, OR
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Fly and stay sale
"Take advantage of these low United fares to great destinations. In addition, save on hotel stays with this special offer from Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Book your discounted flight by August 7, 2009 and receive a 20% discount at Westin®, Sheraton®, W® Hotels and more throughout the U.S."
Link
Note: Domestic US only
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Note: Domestic US only
Aug 3, 2009, 6:07 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2005
Location: WAS (DCA, IAD, BWI)
Programs: UA 1K, CO Platinum, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hertz 5 *
Posts: 1,314
I just noticed this (seemingly) unadvertised special when searching IAD - CDG. Which is interesting since the T&Cs at http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,50801,00.html don't mention international destinations.
Aug 3, 2009, 6:23 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2008
Location: BOI (formerly ORD)
Programs: UA 1K 1.4MM; AA PLT 2.5MM; Hilton Diamond; Starwood Gold; Hyatt Platinum; Amex MR; Chase UR, et al
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I just noticed this (seemingly) unadvertised special when searching IAD - CDG. Which is interesting since the T&Cs at http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,50801,00.html don't mention international destinations.
Aug 3, 2009, 8:29 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2005
Location: WAS (DCA, IAD, BWI)
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Posts: 1,314
There's an international offer also.
And did I mention that it was $355 base (r/t) with 1/2 of it upgradeable with SWUs in early October? Now I'm finally trying to figure out FDs...... Someone feel free to PM me with a dream trip.
Aug 3, 2009, 10:34 pm
#5
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: 1P, AA EXP, SPG Gold
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Aug 4, 2009, 1:54 am
#6
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: HNL
Programs: UA1k; 2MM; *G; *woodG
Posts: 87
Saw this offer mentioned by e-mail message this afternoon. Upon checking, I found that two itineraries I had been following recently (HNL - MSY r/t and HNL - SFO r/t) showed exactly the same fares as for the past month or so. Maybe HNL is not among the destinations favored by the fly and stay sale?
Aug 4, 2009, 6:37 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 4,508
It's a rather lame sale. Looks like they are testing the waters to see how low they will have to go in the Fall. If no one bites, the fares will get better.
Aug 7, 2009, 2:09 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: HPN
Programs: not anymore! I'm FREE!
Posts: 3,459
Has anyone actually gotten the discounted Starwood rate? United.com provided a link to Starwood when I made my last reservation, but I can't seem to pull up any actual rate discounts. The hotel promotion expires today... but maybe it never existed to begin with.
Aug 7, 2009, 2:25 pm
#9
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SFO/SJC
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On the route I'm looking at for Sept. (after labor day), fares actually seem to be higher than non-sale fares. Under the fly and stay fare sale banner, CVG-YYZ via ORD was up at $550. Record low I've paid is about $270, with normal fares anywhere ~$350-$550. Is giving me a W on CVG-ORD/return seg's, and S on ORD-YYZ and return segs. Funny though, to BUF on same dates is only $218, but is giving me S fares on all segments, even on the same first and last segments CVG-ORD and vice-versa. Not sure why it won't pull S up for everything.
But then again, I almost forgot that I've vowed to stop trying to figure out how UA or any other airline prices, and why they often have "sales" that seem to pull up fares taht are at normal or higher, even when checking several dates/flights that meet the criteria.
But then again, I almost forgot that I've vowed to stop trying to figure out how UA or any other airline prices, and why they often have "sales" that seem to pull up fares taht are at normal or higher, even when checking several dates/flights that meet the criteria.
Aug 8, 2009, 1:19 am
#10
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: San Jose
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton HHonors Glod
Posts: 139
I booked SJC-DUS, so I received the email for hotel booking. It turns out it is more expensive than SPG website, even having 20% off. The numbers were 98 euro vs. 77 euro.
Aug 8, 2009, 2:46 am
#11
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: HNL
Programs: UA1k; 2MM; *G; *woodG
Posts: 87
Yeah, good question! If airfares are a mystery, hotel rates are worse. So it's 20 percent off what? Rack rate? That's no bargain. Certainly it's not 20 percent off the lowest fully prepaid rate, or the government employee rate. This whole offer had a funny smell about it from the beginning....