Booking on ual.com with Dividend Miles #
Mar 27, 2005, 1:40 pm
#1
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Booking on ual.com with Dividend Miles #
Now that the LAX Club is closing, I have no reason to book US for my July travel, at a time when I expect the security line in Terminal 1 to be obscenely long. Aside from that, UA is over $100 cheaper at the times I plan to fly. When I log into ual.com, my Mileage Plus number automatically populates. Any hints on how I can book on ual.com with my DM#, so I can get assigned E+ without having to call?
Mar 27, 2005, 1:55 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2003
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It's real simple. On the booking page, for FF number there is a drop down for airline. Select "US Airways" and simply enter your DM number. I do this all the time, and I am always automatically given an E+ seat and my status is shown on my UA BP.
You might have to log-in as guest to get this to work though.
You might have to log-in as guest to get this to work though.
Mar 27, 2005, 7:13 pm
#3
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Originally Posted by Jumpgate
You might have to log-in as guest to get this to work though.
Mar 27, 2005, 10:38 pm
#4
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by noah
Ah, that would explain why, when I recently booked a ticket on UA.com, using my UA MP numbered account as a login, it didn't let me use my US number and get E+ seats..
Mar 28, 2005, 5:53 pm
#5
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SS255 - the secret to getting E+ seats is not to choose a seat from the seatmap on united.com. The site won't recognize your US elite status if you pick a seat yourself, but it will automatically assign you an E+ seat based on said status. Go figure. 
If you want to change your seat assignment, you have to call UA's general reservation line at 1-800-241-6522 or 1-800-864-8331.
And if you're going to AVP, I'd highly recommend avoiding a connection through IAD because of the awful "G" terminal that Express flights leave from (search FT via Google for horror stories about IAD G). If I were you, I'd route through ORD instead, even if it means more time on an RJ.
If you want to change your seat assignment, you have to call UA's general reservation line at 1-800-241-6522 or 1-800-864-8331.And if you're going to AVP, I'd highly recommend avoiding a connection through IAD because of the awful "G" terminal that Express flights leave from (search FT via Google for horror stories about IAD G). If I were you, I'd route through ORD instead, even if it means more time on an RJ.
Mar 28, 2005, 6:35 pm
#6
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That's exactly what I did: I routed myself through ORD in both directions, and I did not choose my seats. The computer automatically assigned me E+ window, which I called to have switched to aisle.
Thanks!
Thanks!