Kharon
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If I try to book a round trip (say to Kauai) the total miles for both legs (cumulative) is way over what it takes to book two one way trips. 67,500 vs 45,000. Am I missing something? Does this make sense?
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What did United say when you asked them about it?If I try to book a round trip (say to Kauai) the total miles for both legs (cumulative) is way over what it takes to book two one way trips. 67,500 vs 45,000. Am I missing something? Does this make sense?
What did United say when you asked them about it?
That difference of 22,500 miles is the exact difference in saver seats versus everyday seats for one way. So for some reason it sounds like when you are looking at RTs it is pulling from the everyday bucket for one way and saver bucket for one way, but when you do them individually you're getting saver fares both ways.
If it's the same exact dates and flights, then it might be tough to change since nowadays the computer runs all awards. Maybe would have to do two one-ways. But if you're just looking overall and didn't get specific, maybe the flight it's pulling up has a different route or different time of day or something. Can you share more details so we can try to recreate it or anything?
@Maverick17's response is spot on. You are probably looking at one saver and one standard award versus 2 saver awards.
As an aside, if you use United and are a MP member, I highly recommend that you get yourself started on the Chase Ultimate Rewards system and feed it with the Reserve and Freedom card. You can always transfer points 1 to 1 back to United or other partners. Or, in my experience, I have found booking a ticket with Chase through the portal is often times much cheaper than transferring points and booking with United. e.g., I was flying San Francisco to Jakarta last year and they wanted 45-50K for the same itinerary and flights that United wanted 80K for...both round trip. I always look at both and consider my options. Sometimes, it's a better deal to book through United and that's when I transfer my points in.
...I only fly for about 2-3 dive trips a year. I check all airlines for both RT and OW and pick whatever is best for me - shortest travel time and distance, fewer stops, and convienence trump cost (within reason). I will be using my miles before they expire then switching to some other rewards program - probably no airline related.
my brain is all aching and wracked with pain. Too complicated for my feeble mind. I tried it for a round trip and two one way trips and found the difference. The flights, dates, routes, seats were the same. Just seemed weird and was curious if it's a common thing or an outlier.
Not going to agonize over it. I ......pick whatever is best for me