Check your UA lifetime miles, as an adjustment MAY have been made now.
Dec 31st, 2011, 07:21 PM
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Check your UA lifetime miles, as an adjustment MAY have been made now.
I just checked my UA lifetime miles. I had been aware of an adjustment coming, sometime early in 2012. Was not sure when the adjustment would be noted, nor just how big a jump my mileage would take. I went from 860,000 to over one million miles!!! Whoohoooooo!! DH bill get lifetime star gold now. He's loving that!
Check your UA miles. Anyone else as lucky as me?
Check your UA miles. Anyone else as lucky as me?
Jan 1st, 2012, 05:16 AM
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Mine went from about 630K to 811K. I was expecting a bump of at least 100K, but I really didn't keep good enough records from the time I switched from AA to UA (mid 90s) until around 2004--so I wasn't sure quite what to expect. One million should now be attainable within a few years.
On the flip side, it's always a little depressing to look at my EQM balance on Jan 1.
On the flip side, it's always a little depressing to look at my EQM balance on Jan 1.
Jan 1st, 2012, 12:12 PM
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Once you have a million lifetime miles, you become a Premier gold forever. And you can nominate your spouse or domestic partner to share your status. The benefits of gold status are many - extra baggage allowance, free upgrades on a space available basis, you earn 150% of the actual mileage for each flight, etc, etc.
Carol, unless there is a special promotion, you don't get 150% of your flights miles in EQM, just in spendable miles.
Carol, unless there is a special promotion, you don't get 150% of your flights miles in EQM, just in spendable miles.
Jan 1st, 2012, 12:15 PM
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Jan 1st, 2012, 02:31 PM
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I'm pretty sure the 50% Y EQM bonus is still in effect.
The redeemable mileage bonuses did/will change for platinum and gold statuses from 100% to 75% and 50%, resp. I am not sure if this change takes effect now or at the end of March.
One nice thing is that your 2011 status will continue until the end of March:
http://mileageplusmergerupdates.com/...amDetails_Sept
So I will be 1K until then and then get demoted to Gold. That is unless they offer, and I take, a fasttrack option again.
The redeemable mileage bonuses did/will change for platinum and gold statuses from 100% to 75% and 50%, resp. I am not sure if this change takes effect now or at the end of March.
One nice thing is that your 2011 status will continue until the end of March:
http://mileageplusmergerupdates.com/...amDetails_Sept
So I will be 1K until then and then get demoted to Gold. That is unless they offer, and I take, a fasttrack option again.
Jan 1st, 2012, 08:27 PM
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That million-miler site is a dead end at this time. It must be on overload!!
http://mileageplusmergerupdates.com/...amDetails_Sept
http://mileageplusmergerupdates.com/...amDetails_Sept
Jan 1st, 2012, 08:50 PM
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Managed to get DH enrolled. I did a right click on the MM link at the UA site, where you look at different MP status levels and benefits. A left click just got a 'dead click' sound. A right click, and then 'open' got me there.
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<i>I have a measly 175K, but it didn't bump up at all. I wonder why not. Did they not give anything to the lowly Premiers?</i>
It doesn't have anything to do with status. My daughter, who is a Premier, got a nice bump from about 250K to 340K (not a bad start on MM status for an 18 year old!). Did you have flights in the past on Star Alliance partners (Lufthansa, US Airways, etc.) that were credited to Mileage Plus at the time? Did you get any bonus elite qualifying miles from past promotions? Those are the sorts of things that were included in this adjustment--basically to account for the fact that United and Continental have accrued "lifetime miles" differently up to now.
It doesn't have anything to do with status. My daughter, who is a Premier, got a nice bump from about 250K to 340K (not a bad start on MM status for an 18 year old!). Did you have flights in the past on Star Alliance partners (Lufthansa, US Airways, etc.) that were credited to Mileage Plus at the time? Did you get any bonus elite qualifying miles from past promotions? Those are the sorts of things that were included in this adjustment--basically to account for the fact that United and Continental have accrued "lifetime miles" differently up to now.
