The new United site, beta.United.com, will go live this summer, per Dan and I'm not looking forward to this Delta-like site that is sleeker but less functional. That's because it's missing the award search functionality I use most–there's no more nonstop only flight award search.
Currently, on the admittedly dated looking United.com site, you can check the box “Nonstop flights only” and the award calendar will only show dates that offer nonstop flights. You can easily see which dates offer saver awards:
- Blue dates = First / Business saver award space
- Green dates = First / Business and Economy saver award space
- Yellow dates = Economy saver award space
- Not all flight options are shown; for example RobOnLI noted that he had to use the current United site to book a multi-city ticket, because the United Beta site didn't show all the return options for his itinerary. encampbe also noticed that his preferred options were not shown for his searches.
- Problems booking an upgradable fare: RobOnLI found that only the current United site was able to find an upgradable economy fare class for part of his itinerary; the new United beta site was not able to find a fare class eligble for an upgrade.
- Returning to a previous search defaults to economy and includes all flights, not just nonstop, even if the original search was for a nonstop business class award
- The default for paid flight search results after you edit them is always the “Best Match,” even if you specified a different ordering preference for your original search (tomsundstrom)
Need Award Booking Help? Our fee is as low as $75 per ticket if you book your hotel through us.
If you enjoyed this, join 200,000+ readers: please follow TravelSort on Twitter or like us on Facebook to be alerted to new posts.
Become a TravelSort Client and Book 5-Star Hotels with Virtuoso or Four Seasons Preferred Partner Amenities!