{"id":5488,"date":"2013-08-11T07:47:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2013-08-11T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T14:47:42","slug":"united-airlines-upgrade-shenanigans-after-booking-an-award-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/08\/11\/united-airlines-upgrade-shenanigans-after-booking-an-award-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines Upgrade Shenanigans after Booking an Award Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I just booked an award ticket for a friend from Dubai to Corpus Christi, Texas on United Airlines. It\u2019s a one-way ticket in economy for 40,000 United miles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5491\" alt=\"unitedupgrade3\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade3.jpg\" width=\"726\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade3.jpg 726w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade3-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After booking the flight, I came across a pay-wall type of screen which asked me if I would like to upgrade my flight to United BusinessFirst for a whopping $5,199. Mind you that my segment was automatically checked and the \u201cUpgrade Now\u201d button was next to the \u201cNo Thanks\u201d button. I\u2019m sure that if I had accidentally clicked \u201cUpgrade Now\u201d, it would charge to my default credit card on file where I had just paid the $40 in award taxes. In small text, it does say that if you click \u201cUpgrade Now\u201d, your credit card will be charged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5489\" alt=\"unitedupgrade1\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade1.jpg\" width=\"856\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade1.jpg 856w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade1-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went ahead and priced out a one-way business class ticket from DXB-CRP with the same date and it priced out $3,613 which was $1,586 lower than the up-sell price. With the revenue ticket, I would be paying less and be earning miles to boot!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5490\" alt=\"unitedupgrade2\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade2.png\" width=\"325\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade2.png 325w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupgrade2-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These types of up-sells just bother me so much. Why do airlines continuously try to do this and trick the consumer into clicking the wrong button?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I just booked an award ticket for a friend from Dubai to Corpus Christi, Texas on United Airlines. 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