PSA I guess? I was very disappointed today when I received an automated email from UA about 2 "overlapping" reservations and to pick one or both would be cancelled. The reservations actually didn't overlap but were close. One was on a Wednesday and locked on farelock and the other one was on a Friday and booked and ticketed with miles. Both one way tickets. It would have been technically possible to return on Thursday and take the second reservation on Friday (but that wasn't the intention on a 5,000 mile trip). I was just waiting to see which day worked better with my kids' school. I know about the auto cancellation of actual overlapping bookings but this surprised me, especially since one was on farelock and on a different date. I called 1k and there was nothing they could do. I had to pick one. I felt this defeated (one of) the purpose(s) of farelock. The "system" is getting quite aggressive.
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