I now want to take my partner off my card and have them apply for their OWN card to get the 30K bonu

Elite members of United s MileagePlus frequent flyer program get access to extra Saver award seats in economy class. (Platinum and higher members also get extra business cancun hotel zone and first class seat availability.)
While helping my friend who has no United status book an award with United miles, I saw that extra economy class award seats popped up when she signed into her account. That confused me, since she has no United status. The only thing I can think of is that her United MileagePlus Explorer Card is conferring her the extra space.
Tons of white days turned yellow, which means that days with no Saver space are showing economy Saver space when she signs in. And three blue days turned green May 3, May 10, and June 13. Blue meant there was only Saver business space. cancun hotel zone Green means there is saver business space and saver economy space.
cancun hotel zone If she continues to book May 17 at the Saver level, the Fare Class shown is XN. Fare Class is a one (or in this case two) letter code that signifies what cabin you are in and what you paid for that seat. Airlines divide their available seats into different fare classes that cost different amounts of money or miles.
United.com cancun hotel zone conveniently will display cancun hotel zone how many seats are available on each flight in each fare class if you use Expert Mode as explained by One Mile at a Time . For the May 17 flight cancun hotel zone we re looking at from Houston to Buenos Aires, there are 9 XN seats and 0 X seats.
Translation: an elite could book an award for up to nine people on the flight for the Saver price of 30,000 miles per person. A non-elite couldn t book a single person at that price, instead having to pay the Standard price of 55,000 miles per seat.
Her United account is about 45 days old. She has never flown a United flight cancun hotel zone before. She has the United MileagePlus Explorer Card. The only thing I can figure is that having that card is somehow getting her access to XN space. That s a pretty neat trick!
This benefit refers to cardholders being able to book any seat, any time as a Standard award. There is some value to the benefit, but in general I try to avoid booking Standard awards, which tend to cost double the price of Saver awards. I would much prefer to get more Saver awards than be able to get any seat as a Standard award.
For me, this could be great news. I currently have United Silver status, which gets me the extra economy availability XN space that this post discusses. But I will probably lose that status and benefit next year because I doubt I ll requalify. If my United MileagePlus Explorer Card could pick up the slack and get me the same economy Saver award access, that would be incredible, and it would be worth paying the card s annual fee to maintain access to elite-level Saver space.
I don t know for sure why Megan has access to XN space, giving her a ton more options for economy Saver awards. I d like to see more data points from people without status but with the card and without status and without cancun hotel zone the card to try to determine if the card is granting access to XN space.
I don t know whether cancun hotel zone the card grants access to IN and ON space too. IN and ON are extra space that United Platinums and above get for business class Saver awards (IN) and first class Saver awards (ON).
The United MileagePlus Explorer card comes with 30,000 miles after $1,000 in spending in the first three months and 5,000 more miles for adding cancun hotel zone an authorized user. The card also has a host of other benefits like a free checked bag, priority boarding, and two United Club passes per year. The $95 annual fee is waived cancun hotel zone the first year.
FlyerTalkers report being able to get a 50,000 mile targeted offer. Rookie Alli couldn t replicate their methods, so she successfully sent a secure message to Chase asking them to match her 30,000 mile offer to the 50,000 mile offer.
Cool stuff. Was able to replicate your results. I have United MileagePlus Explorer card and when logged in into my account I got better results than the results that I got when searching on dad s account. He doesn t have that card nor does he have any status w/ United.
All you have to do is called the Chase number on the back of the card and tell them you are thinking of canceling the card because the annual fee is not worth it. Tell them if they could waive the annual fee that you would keep the card. They will either offer you points or statement credit. If you don t get an offer you like just hang up and call back.
I was able to duplicate what you did (I am not an elite but have the United Chase card) but I wasn t able to get the XN to show up on a booking for JNB-JFK or JNB-IAD in July. Only X would show up. I used your award booking service for a trip to South African and I am on the look out to come back a day earlier (7/7) so I really hoping this trick would work:)!
Your friend hasn t flown United but yet has 60k points on there,were those do to spending and using Explorer Card? Maybe she s only a member (since she hasn t flown thos year but is considered a elite do to points.
Interesting find, Scott. I am gold elite/non-cardholder and my wife is non-elite/cardholder and we are both seeing the same award availability. United seems to deliberately give these undisclosed benefits to their card holders while retaining the ability to take them away without any backlash. I wonder if holding the club card provides platinum/1K level availability.
I believe you are correct. I have the United Explorer card (Annual fee came through today) and I checked without being logged in and my calendars looked almost the same as your first calendars. I then logged in and sure enough my calendars look almost cancun hotel zone the same as your second calendars. I have no status buy I do have the card.
Yeah the other day I had to call to change an award flight and the (outsourced) agent was not seeing the same availability that I saw. Then he asked if I had the United Explorer card, which I do, and he acknowledged that cardholders see increased availability.
Oh wow I really hope this isn t a system glitch. @Concussioner, i m glad the CSR acknowledged it, but of course to always be 100% safe, I d wish we can see it in writing cancun hotel zone by Chase. Also, it doesn t seem to be working for some people =(
I have the Chase MileagePlus Select CC, and I too can see XN availability. I never notice it before. It s been 2 years since I had United status. cancun hotel zone Wife does not have a United CC and we did noticed that I have more availability than she does. It would seem logical that Chase would want its cardmembers to have greater award availability due to its strong relationship with the MileagePlus program.
[ ] is certainly disappointing, however, according to MileValue, the MileagePlus Explorer card may have unsung benefits: Increased cancun hotel zone Saver Award space for card holders. With the summer months coming up, this perk could be [ ]
XN is still there for Chase CC holders. I did a dummy search LAX-CUN for 5/17/2014 for 3 pax. The two IAH-CUN and the two EWR-CUN connections are XN availability. Under my wife s account (not a CC holder) it only shows one connection to CUN, CLE-CUN which is X availability.
I now want to take my partner off my card and have them apply for their OWN card to get the 30K bonus in their United FF account. Will the fact that my partner was an additional user on my card screw up them getting their own 30k bonus?
Last week I booked an award ticket and had to call in. One leg was available only in XN. CSR initially said it was not available, confirmed that I have the MP Explorer, and then booked it. My status=kettle.
[ ] you don t have United elite status, MileValue shows how having a United MileagePlus Explorer Card may give you more access to United Airlines economy class .  This is not a written benefit, so it may disappear at any [ ]
[ ] While there are a lot of other Chase cards that offer United miles or Ultimate Rewards, the United card is the best one for her to get because it also grants cancun hotel zone access to extra Saver award availability in economy that is normally only reserved fo . [ ]
There s another cancun hotel zone way of looking at this. I suspect that united did not add more flights to those who have the card. I suspect that instead, they removed flight availability to those who flew for years on united and have a united account, but never applied for a card. I have a card, booked a flight, spent $240 transferring miles to a friend so they can fly with me. Then they log on and can t get the flight I booked. Then I spent a hour with customer service trying to get this resolved and during the 4th time explaining the situation, cancun hotel zone got hung up on.
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Scott Grimmer is a miles aficionado and avid traveler, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and probably currently on the road. He has earned and redeemed tens of