United Airlines Customer Service Phone Number

800-538-2929
Hold time now: 26 mins (avg 14)
Best time to call: 10:15am
Free: Call Without Hold Time
New customers: 844-202-6327
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Pro tip / get a human quickly: Press 0 at each prompt for International flights
This is not the most popular United Airlines phone number (it's ranked #5). Most customers call 800-864-8331 for support: Click here for best option

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need to book a trip with a travel credit
I need information on an electronic travel certificate.
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Flight was cancelled and want refund

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United Airlines Customer Service Phone Number 800-538-2929 - Info & Statistics

Phone number to dial800-538-2929
Call-back availableYES
Message & get attentionNO
Call picked up by a real personYES
Department you're callingCustomer Service
Call center hours24 hours, 7 days
Best time to dial10:15am
Navigate phone maze to a humanPress 0 at each prompt for International flights
Average wait14
Current wait26
Rank (among phone numbers)5
Rank (overall)6
Alternate methodsphone or web or email or twitter or facebook
Quality of communication53%
Quality of help56%
Customer votes67,768
Best phone number800-864-8331
Information last updatedThu Jun 01 2023 08:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

United Airlines's 800-538-2929 Customer Service Number

This United Airlines phone number is ranked #5 out of 11 because 218,658 United Airlines customers tried our tools and information and gave us feedback after they called. The reason customers call 800-538-2929 is to reach the United Airlines Customer Service department for problems like Refund Flight, Baggage Problem, Change Flight, Flight Inquiry, Special Request. As far as we can tell, United Airlines has call center locations in India or Philippines or Massachusetts or Ohio or North Carolina or Nevada or Illinois and you can call during their open hours 24 hours, 7 days. United Airlines has 11 phone numbers and 21 different ways to get customer help. We've compiled information about 800-538-2929 and ways to call or contact United Airlines with help from customers like yourself. Please help us continue to grow and improve this information and these tools by sharing with people you know who might find it useful.

Calling United Airlines

Calling United Airlines at this number should be pretty straightforward. Also important is what you do once you call, or what your other phone number options are. First of all, we strongly recommend using our free call-you-back tool. Essentially, we navigate their phone menu for you, wait on hold, and then call you when a representative from United Airlines Customer Service can talk. Generally, it saves you at least 27% of your wait time. So it's faster and you don't need to listen to bad hold music. Once on the phone with United Airlines's Customer Service department, you may need to provide them with information that identifies you as a customer, like your full name (or name on the account), email address, phone number, or an account number. It's usually worthwhile to gather this information before you call.

Contacting United Airlines in General

While 800-538-2929 is United Airlines's #5 most popular phone number, it's not the only way to get a hold of their customer care team. You already know from reading above that 800-864-8331 is their best customer phone number overall, and we have put together a comparison of their 21 total ways to contact support for you to look at as well. One thing to keep in mind as you try to reach United Airlines help by calling them, is that other customers give their customer support at this number a 53% score for their communication skills and a 56% score for the overall help they received. That could be indicative of their abilities to help you resolve your problem overall, regardless of whether or not you call this number.

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