United increases award change fees for non-Premier members effective immediately. Scottrick, Hack My Trip
Talk about a day of United devaluations! It’s still June 18th on the west coast, but I noticed that United has changed its award fees for non-Premier members on tickets issued on or after June 19, 2013.Details in the screenshot below. Premier members are not affected by this change.This does not affect tickets issued on or before June 18, 2013!
In a word, ouch. And boo on United for trying to sneak this through (with no advance notice) when it's expecting to see many travelers falling off of the Premier rolls and onto non-Premier member status once their revenue requirements kick in. In short, not only does United not want a certain type of passenger on their airline, but they also don't want to make it easy for them to use up their remaining miles as well. My plan, such as it is, is to use all of my miles before I fully lose United Premier Status in 2015. I'd advise everyone else to do that as well. Don't stockpile your miles, because it's only going to get more difficult, and less lucrative, to use them in the future.
