Increased Pricing for partner MP Awards April 2024
Apr 23, 2024, 11:37 am
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Increased Pricing for partner MP Awards April 2024
I may be wrong but looking at any TATL LH F award beginning from tomorrow onwards is showing a price of 154k miles vs the old price of 121k. Awards for flights this evening still show the old price so perhaps the switch is as of tomorrow or it’s just a glitch.
Any thoughts? Sad if true as it’s another (not unexpected) large devaluation less than a year after the prior one in May 2023.
Feel free to move this thread if is better consolidated elsewhere.
Looking into it further it also appears the price of ANA F is increasing to a whopping 242k looking at an ORD-HND on 4/29 which would be a 100% increase.
the LH items may be coming from the LH end and not UA as it appears the price for AC redemptions is now 100k for direct when I recall it being 90 (100 if stopping somewhere) and LifeMiles shows zero availability of any kind for any LH Group flights.
Again not all related to UA but still appears a devaluation to the MP program for F redemptions that was expected after they were not hit last year. We are quickly just turning into Sky Pennies…
Any thoughts? Sad if true as it’s another (not unexpected) large devaluation less than a year after the prior one in May 2023.
Feel free to move this thread if is better consolidated elsewhere.
Looking into it further it also appears the price of ANA F is increasing to a whopping 242k looking at an ORD-HND on 4/29 which would be a 100% increase.
the LH items may be coming from the LH end and not UA as it appears the price for AC redemptions is now 100k for direct when I recall it being 90 (100 if stopping somewhere) and LifeMiles shows zero availability of any kind for any LH Group flights.
Again not all related to UA but still appears a devaluation to the MP program for F redemptions that was expected after they were not hit last year. We are quickly just turning into Sky Pennies…
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Apr 23, 2024 at 1:08 pm Reason: merged consecutive posts by same member
Apr 23, 2024, 12:55 pm
#3
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LH413 EWR-MUC today is showing 121k (correct pricing). But FRA-IAD on 4/24 and MUC-BOS on 4/26 is 154k. EWR-MUC-BOM is 242k e.g. on 4/24, as is AI nonstop.
Odd. Hopefully an IT bug (154k is pricing LH F US-India, for instance).
Odd. Hopefully an IT bug (154k is pricing LH F US-India, for instance).
Last edited by marks88; Apr 23, 2024 at 1:02 pm
Apr 23, 2024, 12:57 pm
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yeah all TATL today show the old 121k. Starting tomorrow though is when the pricing all jumps to 154k for TATL and 242k for TPAC. Given the uniformity for the 5/6 cities I checked I fear it’s a purposeful change and not a glitch.
Apr 23, 2024, 3:09 pm
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Apr 23, 2024, 3:33 pm
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There have been other massive increases today. I booked an award 4 days ago at 77k and now it is 99k, a 70k has become 90k.
just when we thought UA couldn’t get worse, they once again teach us wrong. The only thing that is not rising is the 75k earn cap on tickets …
just when we thought UA couldn’t get worse, they once again teach us wrong. The only thing that is not rising is the 75k earn cap on tickets …
Apr 23, 2024, 3:45 pm
#10
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And I seem to be having trouble purchasing some premium cabin partner awards within the LH Group, period. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I think there's more going on here than first meets the eye. Pretty sweet that they have pushed and continue to push folks to earn miles in the last few years to do this (again).
Apr 23, 2024, 3:46 pm
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Are these saver I awards that you booked? JN awards constantly fluctuate.
Apr 23, 2024, 3:57 pm
#13
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Even United flights increased significantly. Japan-HNL via Guam more than tripled to 400k overnight in First/Business. Bizarre or ridiculous, or both...This can't be real.
Apr 23, 2024, 4:12 pm
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. Partner I-class went up on these routes over night. So this is not just an adjustment on partner F
Apr 23, 2024, 4:16 pm
#15
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United hasn't had an award chart for nearly five years now. I'm certainly not happy about prices increasing, but at some point it has to stop taking people by surprise.