United Airlines flight change can be a challenging task for you due to the complex layers of rules and limited flight options. Even with a United basic economy fare, you can call our experts at +1 (800) 419-9920 to change your flight.
After shifting your travel plan, changing the flight becomes mandatory if you don’t want to forfeit your United flight ticket. But the problem starts when you try to change your United flight online, click every button, explore all options, refresh the pages, jump between tabs, and compare dates, only to see a screen that does not process anything at all, a fare difference that makes no sense, no availability of a seat on another flight, or restrictions to your fare. This might leave you frustrated or may lead you to book an overpriced flight. Being honest with you, United almost removed flight change fees, but it did not remove the complexity within its flight change process, restrictions on economy fares, and the risk of overpaying.
But what if we tell you that you don’t need to risk losing your ticket value, cancel the flight, or pay the inflated fare difference to change your United flight? Yes, our specialists can fix this issue in one call.
Why Can’t I Change My United Flight Online?
There are several reasons, like fare restrictions, limited flights, or the time when you change the flight, why United might prevent you from changing your flight, or there is an internal problem with United’s website or app that hinders you from changing your flight. No doubt, the United flight change is a matter of a few clicks for passengers with premium fares, but not for passengers with basic economy and saver fares. Even sometimes premium class passengers and tech-savvy travelers sometimes get stuck due to the high fare difference or the United website not working. Let’s explore all the possible reasons that can stop you from changing your flight on United, as well as our solution for each problem.
1. Basic Economy Fare
You were lured by the low price of a United basic economy fare first, but now United won’t let you change your flight because the basic economy fare is non-changeable after 24 hours of booking.
Our Solution: AwareTravels’ agents are experts in converting your restricted basic economy fare into a fully changeable fare, which can save the money you initially spent on ticket purchase and allows you to change flights at the lowest possible cost.
2. Travel Credits Do Not Apply
You may also face a problem in changing a United flight with travel credits when they do not apply because Future Flight Credits or travel certificates come with a validity period starting from the original flight booking date. Therefore, travel credits often fail to apply or are applied incorrectly, resulting in the permanent forfeiture of your credit value.
Our Solution: Our specialists guarantee to handle the complexity of travel credits easily and apply all your credits correctly and securely before they expire or forfeit, to change your United flight.
3. High Fare Difference
Though United has waived the flight change fee for most fares, the fare difference can be the single biggest cost of your flight change. Not only this, when you change a United flight online, you often go to the most expensive available fare for your new flight, even if a cheaper fare is available by default.
Our Solution: We, as a travel agency, usually access the Global Distribution System to find the cheapest fare available for your flight. Changing United flight by contacting our agent guarantees you pay the minimum fare difference.
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4. No Seats Available
Sometimes you find a perfect flight to change, but the seats are not available in the fare class you need to change. In this case, you see an option to change your fare class for a massive price tag. But our agents can still find a seat in your original fare class.
Our Solution: Travel agencies like AwareTravels have access to a broader flight and seat inventory than you can see on United’s website. Therefore, our specialists may offer you a seat in the new flight even when all seats are listed as sold out.
5. United Unable To Process Request
When you try to change a flight on the United website or app, you may also be unable to do it due to an internal system outage, sync issues between reservation systems, inability to connect to your original booking source, error during checkout, or the United app not working.
Our Solution: If you call the experts, they will process your United flight change request by directly contacting the airline’s reservation team instead of using its website or app.
6. Changing United Flight Close To Departure
There is a chance you will waste time while clicking all options, switching between the tabs, and comparing other flight options to end up reaching closer to the departure of the flight, when United does not accept online flight change requests. If you are unable to change your United flight for this reason, reaching out to our specialists can work for you.
Our Solution: United Airlines may be strict with general passengers, but not with authorized travel agencies. Because agencies operate under different policies and guidelines, our agents are often able to change your flight even closer to departure.
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Need an Immediate Flight Change on United?
If the United website won’t let you change your flight, don’t keep clicking around. The longer you wait, the higher the chance you’ll lose value or end up paying more. Your United flight change solution is immediate if you call our dedicated flight change specialists now at +1 (800) 419-9920 and avoid paying the inflated fare difference and risking losing your ticket value.
