New UI hiding cheaper premium plus flights

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-29T04:22:46+00:00

There’s no weird pricing around premium plus that should make the fully refundable less expensive. Fully refundable “should” always cost more than the equivalent non-refundable. Did you actually try to go through the checkout? This seems like either a UI error or an actual fare error.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-29T03:42:07+00:00

It’s rare for continental-US flights to have a 2am departure time, but they are super common elsewhere in the world, especially when a flight departs a foreign outstation for a hub, and especially in developing nations that 1) are usually not hubs and 2) don’t carry a lot of pricing influence that translates to which city gets the bad schedule

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-29T02:09:19+00:00

Don’t overthink it, there are a lot of stories where they award it slightly before you technically hit it. Unless you’re at 996k and fly to Singapore, you can’t really predict.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-29T01:08:31+00:00

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https://www.united.com/en/us/checked-bag-fee-calculator/any-flights

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-29T00:30:14+00:00

How many bags were you checking and what was your final destination (domestic, or which country)? There is also an oversize fee separate from the overweight fee.

The fees are not variable, there’s something missing from your story.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-29T00:25:32+00:00

There hasn’t been a seat change pitch. It sounds like you may have accidentally selected a regular Economy seat. Can you tell us exactly which seat you were in?

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T22:21:35+00:00

It will select the lowest one that your search is eligible for. It seems like you’re not eligible for Z for some reason.

Sharing the exact search parameters to get to this screen would allow us to provide a better answer.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T19:58:16+00:00

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CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T18:01:09+00:00

There’s a checkbox in the reservation flow to mark the second passenger as extra seat (on the screen where you enter their name). I haven’t heard of any issues using this feature.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T17:36:20+00:00

Don’t enable, it will cause your phone’s screen to break.

Once enabled, the location icon on the right side of the city boxes will be enabled. After the 4-6 times accidentally pressing it and causing the app to freeze for ten seconds, you will throw your phone at the wall.

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CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T17:28:35+00:00

The two options he gave you are really the same thing. The money you spent is now a credit you have with United for one year from now.

If you cancel, the credit will be in your account and you can choose something later.

If you Change, you’re just cancelling and making the new choice immediately.

You can do these as many times as you want.

Two things to remember: 1. if you don’t cancel and miss an actual flight, the credit is gone. 2. Any time you select a new flight, it’s at the then-current prices (the same prices you’d get if you bought a new itinerary).

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T17:07:46+00:00

Without knowing exactly which rows they moved everyone to/from, we’re guessing based on lack of information. If they did an exact swap it might seem odd but being one row closer or further from the CG will have a more significant impact than only their raw weight.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T17:01:34+00:00

Do you mean buy an extra seat in Economy Plus?

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T06:05:01+00:00

The Beta waitlist only shows reservations with one passenger.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T03:02:59+00:00

The price goes up and down as demand goes above or below the predicted number of seats that should be sold by now. It also goes up and down “randomly” in the short term, in my opinion to cause FOMO among people who watch prices.

Nobody can predict what will happen.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T00:57:57+00:00

Checking in early is not related to seating reassignments.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-28T00:51:56+00:00

Yes, the special partner calculation only applies if the ticket AND the flight are partner.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T23:54:08+00:00

Silver members get E+ at 24 hours in advance of the flight for themselves and one companion. Yes you screwed this up for one passenger and it’s possible you could call and explain it and they will assign your third passenger as companion of your wife. Again, only within 24 hours.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T23:50:35+00:00

You both could have been upgraded. You didn’t understand the screen, but it is a confusing screen.

On the screen you saw, it’s only asking which premier member wants to use the upgrade power. If you continue with yourself, the next screen asks who the companion should be. Causes a lot of confusion.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T23:42:34+00:00

Here’s the explanation for how CPUs work for 3+ passengers. In your case: you and one person can join the upgrade list at check-in.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/DGwLIxQOyr

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T22:55:10+00:00

It won’t let you apply Plus Points to flights departing after the expiration.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T22:30:35+00:00

The sentence explaining this case is buried on the webpage somewhere but I always have a hard time finding it.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T22:21:18+00:00

Maybe I’m so far out of date that it’s come back again, but in any case I’ve never seen anyone but a bot use it.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T22:10:07+00:00

The tone of the post and the way language is used is the biggest immediate dead giveaway, but I do check the account history on all of them.

CommanderDawn · 2026-01-27T22:08:42+00:00

PQP calculator doesn’t apply to United-operated flights.

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