United MileagePlus (Consolidated) - I don't like my OnePass Number

I don't like my OnePass Number. Anyone called in and gotten to pick a new one, or at least get a new random one?

Or should I just get over it?

Please do humanity a favor and get over it.

What could possibly be "wrong" with a OnePass number?

This might need to be added to the thread of the least substantive things people can complain about.

Don't be ridiculous. Unless it has a 666 in it, get on with your day.

I don't like my OnePass Number. Anyone called in and gotten to pick a new one, or at least get a new random one?

Or should I just get over it?

I don't care for mine either. I'm sure one of the New Management persons will help us sort this out. Now would be the time, since my CO one pass account is empty. How about BUY your new Acct #? This will get Jeff's attention.

I'd pay for a new id. I need a good number of my choice to support my new "United Image".
[Of course 1K's get a discount [s]. GS don't need a number. They are known upon sight!]

can we classify this under "ridiculous first world problems"

If it means that much to you, convert the number to Base 8 (octal format). That way you'll still have the same number, but represented by different digits.

Then just convert it back to Base 10 (decimal format) when you need to.

I'd pay for a new id. I need a good number of my choice to support my new "United Image". [Of course 1K's get a discount [s]. GS don't need a number. They are known upon sight!]

Now that would be kinda cool - kinda like personalized license plates.

Now that would be kinda cool - kinda like personalized license plates.

I'd be up for it...

Losing the MP numbers is really a shame. My mom's, dad's, my brother's and my numbers are all sequential...REALLY easy for keeping track of everyone's stuff, now we've got FRs and GDs and LQs with numbers that make no sense.

Nothing prevents you from opening a new OnePass account, using it heavily, and trying to cajole an agent into merging your two accounts into your newer one.

My One pass number sounds like a sexual proposition when I say it. I thought of exciting possibilities when I first received it. I have never been asked to recite it to a perfect ten. Oh, well.

Don't be ridiculous. Unless it has a 666 in it, get on with your day.

Even it if does, just stop being superstitious and it's no problem.

Refuse to use it

That will show them.

My One pass number sounds like a sexual proposition when I say it. I thought of exciting possibilities when I first received it. I have never been asked to recite it to a perfect ten. Oh, well.

Hmm, that's interesting. I'd never really looked at it this way before, but my OP# is slightly suggestive. Not like you're implying, but it starts with "UR", which is sort of promising in case I need to scream insults at the phone agent.

Unfortunately, the rest is just numbers, so I'm gonna have to think hard to come up with a suggestive interpretation...

I'd say all the people with the 'FU' prefix might have something to complain about...

Refuse to use it

That will show them.

I am completely ok with this suggestion. More upgrades for me.

Thanks for the responses, it's been entertaining. I just wanted to pick the first 2 letters so it meant something to me as I am sad to be loosing the MP number I have used since 1984.

Anyway i think i will call just to hear them laugh out loud.

And yes, definitely a first world problem on a Friday morning.

UA has said that no, new numbers will not be granted on request. (I don't have the link handy, but it's in one of the UA Insider announcement threads on numbers.)

I'd pay for a new id. I need a good number of my choice to support my new "United Image".
[Of course 1K's get a discount [s]. GS don't need a number. They are known upon sight!]

UA could monetize this after all... yes, I'd pay a small amount to change my OP #, as it starts with "XR" and is hard to get the phone voice recognition system to pick up properly (usually takes me at least two tries).

Don't be ridiculous. Unless it has a 666 in it, get on with your day.

Ooooh! I want that one.

Wouldn't that be "FY?"

There was a time when there were stands in the Pres Clubs containing "join OnePass" brochures with pre-printed numbers on them. One could have browsed the available selection and chosen the best one.

Of course, the odds that someone would be in the PClub and not already have an OP number was low. Come to think of it, I believe it would have been impossible, except as a guest.

Well, I think I should go back to worrying about world starvation, Peak Oil and testicular cancer now.

Does anyone have UA as the first two letters?

Ooooh! I want that one.

I have that sequence (and more) with my WN account ...

There's the rumor (false and made up just now, for purposes of this post) that Internet Brands will be working with UA to assign "FT" as the prefix for all members of FlyerTalk.

When you call in, the call center will immediately know the sort of customer waiting for them on the other end of the line...

There's the rumor (false and made up just now, for purposes of this post) that Internet Brands will be working with UA to assign "FT" as the prefix for all members of FlyerTalk.

When you call in, the call center will immediately know the sort of customer waiting for them on the other end of the line...

:D
excellent. ^

I *love* my OnePass number - that's the one of Smisek's changes that I do like the most. I haven't used it for years, and yet I remember it and the pin as clearly as when I first got it 24 years ago. By contrast, I've had my MP number for 21 years, and I still haven't managed to memorize it.

My OP # starts with AC. And when I call CO and the automated system asks for my number it NEVER has heard the AC correctly. It always interprets it as AD. At least with my MP number I can enter it on the phone keypad. With the CO accounts have two letters I don't think you can use the keypad, can you? So they need to improve the voice recognition system I think. Or I need to speak my ACs better. Which isn't likely I guess....

I like my OnePass number but hate having to get it recognized by the voice system. Usually takes 2+ times to have it recognize me.

I've liked mine, but because the first two letters made sense to me for the account. "CL" instantly associates the mess of numbers to ContinentaL.

While this reasoning will soon be invalid, I'll still be able to remember it quite easily.

I actually like the (newly minted, randomly assigned) one I recently got. Enough internal structure that it's much easier to memorize than my MP number.

Mine starts with JB773, I always wished an airline with the code JB would get a 777-300 to make my number that much cooler.

Please do humanity a favor and get over it.

^

My One pass number sounds like a sexual proposition when I say it. I thought of exciting possibilities when I first received it. I have never been asked to recite it to a perfect ten. Oh, well.

How about URNFN10? That would be a good number to have if you find yourself in that situation and need to recite it out loud. :p

My OP # starts with AC. And when I call CO and the automated system asks for my number it NEVER has heard the AC correctly. It always interprets it as AD. At least with my MP number I can enter it on the phone keypad. With the CO accounts have two letters I don't think you can use the keypad, can you? So they need to improve the voice recognition system I think. Or I need to speak my ACs better. Which isn't likely I guess....

Yes, you can use the keypad to enter a OnePass number. Just enter the letters as they appear on the numeric buttons on your phone. It works.

Yes, you can use the keypad to enter a OnePass number. Just enter the letters as they appear on the numeric buttons on your phone. It works.

I would say keying in my OP# on the CO IVR "takes" maybe 50% on the first attempt (vs. near-100% on UA). Of course, YMMV.

I don't like my OnePass Number. Anyone called in and gotten to pick a new one, or at least get a new random one?

Or should I just get over it?

See if you can swap numbers with customer "Mike Asia"....

I don't think he's using his OnePass number these days.....

Please do humanity a favor and get over it.

Lol. Thanks for a good laugh on a Friday!

See if you can swap numbers with customer "Mike Asia"....

I don't think he's using his OnePass number these days.....

Ha! That was a fun laugh and brief trip down memory lane

I've noticed serious issues with my number on the IVR as well. It asks me twice, then decides to route me to the non-elite line. Grrr... I've resorted to using my MP number to ensure I get routed to the elite desk!

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileage-plus-pre-merger/1092277-whats-stupidest-least-substantive-ua-related-thing-you-can-complain-about.html

There was a time when there were stands in the Pres Clubs containing "join OnePass" brochures with pre-printed numbers on them. One could have browsed the available selection and chosen the best one.


That's exactly what I did when I got my MP number...back in 1983. They were on all the counters - check-in, gate, club - so I went through quite a few to get a number easy to memorize.

I never had a OP account, so I assume that I'll be assigned a number soon.

My One pass number sounds like a sexual proposition when I say it.
Mine ends in 69.

No, really, it does! You can't make this stuff up. Well, maybe you guys could....

There was a time when there were stands in the Pres Clubs containing "join OnePass" brochures with pre-printed numbers on them. One could have browsed the available selection and chosen the best one.


I have seen these scattered all over Continental system over the years. It usually in the Chase credit card brochure holders. I remember once going through them and seeing all the different OnePass number. You still might find some as I doubt they were able to find all of them.

I hate that my very old UAMP number will disappear: 00010 283 ###. If the number ever has to be entered manually, those agents paying attention will invariably comment on it! :( Please do humanity a favor and get over it.Quite an attitude for a newbie with only 9 posts!Refuse to use it

That will show them.Please give them my new number, which I have not yet memorized. I have the number posted on a stickie -- on my dash and on my monitor at home and work -- and try each day to learn it. There is not a good cadence or sequence to my numbers. :td:

This thread is too funny. My OP# starts with "GM", which will be correct on 3/3/12. :p I think I like it now.

can we classify this under "ridiculous first world problems"
Most first-world problems are ridiculous by second- or third-world standards.

There was a time when there were stands in the Pres Clubs containing "join OnePass" brochures with pre-printed numbers on them. One could have browsed the available selection and chosen the best one.

I signed up using one of those brochures but I picked up mine at a ticket counter. I didn't think to number-shop.

I'd say all the people with the 'FU' prefix might have something to complain about...

I thought all OP numbers started with the 'FU' prefix? :confused::confused: ;)

I hate that my very old UAMP number will disappear: 00010 283 ###. If the number ever has to be entered manually, those agents paying attention will invariably comment on it! :( Quite an attitude for a newbie with only 9 posts!Please give them my new number, which I have not yet memorized. I have the number posted on a stickie -- on my dash and on my monitor at home and work -- and try each day to learn it. There is not a good cadence or sequence to my numbers. :td:

I found the number easier to memorize than I thought it would be. It's easy to keep the 2 letters in your head. And I broke up the numbers into three pairs and then thought of three events that happened in that year of the 20th century. So if my number was HY417496 (it isn't), I'd remember it by: USA enters the 2nd world war; Nixon resigns; Atlanta olympics. After a few times where I had to go through this consciously, it became unconscious.

But that may make me weird...

Funny thread in a raining Friday afternoon :p

I joined OnePass only recently, no clue how their numbering system works. Looks like the first two letter will run out pretty soon? (we have "UT" in one of my family member's account, signed up few months back).

Does anyone have UA as the first two letters?

Yep. ^

I like mine now....I talked to it, and we got to know each other a lot better. The merger has been tough on him, and he is new to my wallet. Who knew they felt like us. :D

I'm so used to saying "D" like "Dog" "M" like "Mary" when talking to the OnePass Service center, that if I got a new number I would really be lost...

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My OP # starts with AC. And when I call CO and the automated system asks for my number it NEVER has heard the AC correctly. It always interprets it as AD. At least with my MP number I can enter it on the phone keypad. With the CO accounts have two letters I don't think you can use the keypad, can you? So they need to improve the voice recognition system I think. Or I need to speak my ACs better. Which isn't likely I guess....

Yes, you can enter it as "22" on your keypad.

Mine has four "8". I think I should auction it off in asia :)

Someone told me that the the first two CO letters for the new MP membership program were the last and first letters of the members first name. When I signed up last week, this is exactly what I received - the first two letters are indeed the last and first letters of my first name.

However, in reading this thread, I think I was having my leg pulled as no one else has pointed this out. Otherwise my new number is quite the coincidence and very easy to remember! :)

Don't be ridiculous. Unless it has a 666 in it, get on with your day.

My dad's is XX 666 XXX. Mine is XX 757 XXX. I don't know which is more evil!

I'm mourning 00020XXXX, which I've had since I was an infant.

Hmm, that's interesting. I'd never really looked at it this way before, but my OP# is slightly suggestive. Not like you're implying, but it starts with "UR", which is sort of promising in case I need to scream insults at the phone agent.

Unfortunately, the rest is just numbers, so I'm gonna have to think hard to come up with a suggestive interpretation...

Mine starts with ur also so guess u r one up on me:p

I know this is stupid but why would anyone want/need to memorize the number? besides if you every get alheimer's you will really be up a creek without a paddle. My card is in my wallet, first thing I see when I open it.

I'd say all the people with the 'FU' prefix might have something to complain about...

No, but the agents that we would tell it to certainly would have a complaint! :p

I'd say all the people with the 'FU' prefix might have something to complain about...

I've got family members with VD prefixes.

in reading this thread, I think I was having my leg pulled as no one else has pointed this out.

Yep, that thought occurred to me as well. That is why I closed my post upthread with:

Well, I think I should go back to worrying about world starvation, Peak Oil and testicular cancer now.

This is probably one of the silliest threads on FT, but I have to chime in anyway:

I quite prefer my OP number, probably because I've had it for longer, but it's a really catchy combination with two number pairs and a nice a stair between first pair and second pair (think 11 - 23 - 44). I don't even remember what my MP number looks like, it's just a random string of numbers with some redundant zeros at the beginning!

However, if this were the biggest issue with this merger then I'd be pretty excited...

Don't be ridiculous. Unless it has a 666 in it, get on with your day.

Oooh! I was content with my One Pass number until you mentioned this . . . ;) Do you think they'll change mine to include those three numbers if I ask nicely?

Mine starts with ur also so guess u r one up on me:p


Nice. ^ Now I'm trying to come up with a valid number that forms a complete (and humorous or offensive) sentence. Hmmm... how about UR012694? (read: "U R oh 1 2 69 4").

I know this is stupid but why would anyone want/need to memorize the number? besides if you every get alheimer's you will really be up a creek without a paddle. My card is in my wallet, first thing I see when I open it.

Interesting. I've had my AS number memorized for over a decade. Memorized my UA number within a year of starting to fly UA seriously... memorized my CO number a few months after status matching... and mostly memorized my US number during Grand Slam last year. Anything that I use to log on (or have to put in to a lot of forms) I end up memorizing pretty fast. I'm usually sitting on my wallet when I'm scrounging miles on the internet, so it's a pain to get out my cards.

Mine has four "8". I think I should auction it off in asia :)Unless FT sponsored a Liar's Poker round using MP numbers. Then, you'd stand a good chance of winning (not now, of course, that you've shown your hand...or is he bluffing...).

Second prize in the tournament could be two trips in CO domestic F. First prize could be one trip.

I will miss my MP number very much. v2.0 is just a bunch of random letters and numbers which sound odd to me. Give me 20 years, I'm sure I'll be fine.

This is a silly thread. Thanks OP.

Mrs. bj-21's OP number starts with DL, which I was concerned about as it was also the airline indicator of a small, competing airline in another alliance. I thought someone at CO would somehow miscontrue it as a DL FF number. Hasn't happened yet so all is well.

bj-21.

Can't believe this thread has this many posts!!! :)

1. Goto: https://www.continental.com/web/en-US/apps/account/enroll.aspx

2. Enter data

3. Select Enroll

David

This thread is too funny. My OP# starts with "GM", which will be correct on 3/3/12. :p I think I like it now.

Funny. I was reading through to the end of this thread before posting that as a multi-year 1K I was depressed when I saw my OP number started with GM!

I like my OnePass number but hate having to get it recognized by the voice system. Usually takes 2+ times to have it recognize me.

Interesting comments about CO's IVR system. On UA, when I dial in with my phone, it automatically recognizes me and I don't ever have to say or key in my MP number.

Nothing prevents you from opening a new OnePass account, using it heavily, and trying to cajole an agent into merging your two accounts into your newer one.

Agree otherwise open another account use it, and then in about a year say "I just realized I had two accounts..." Wait, you just said that....

Don't be ridiculous. Unless it has a 666 in it, get on with your day.

Not only do I have 666 the other numbers are considered unlucky by some.

With the way that Jeff Smisek is portrayed on FT, my question is is he is going to be looking at me as a potential partner or competition? :p

People get weirdly attached to numbers. Back in the 80's a friend moved to LA area. His lifestyle was somewhat like Charlie Sheen in "Two and a Half Men". The phone number he received spelled "the stud" which of course he thought was the greatest thing in the world. Then after a couple years he wanted to move to San Diego but couldn't bear to lose the phone number, so he actually stayed in LA for a few more years just to keep the number!

(Follow-up to the story... today he's a middle aged guy in his second marriage and drowing under alimony payments, kids' college expenses, and a big mortgage... and probably wishing he had the old lifestyle and number back!)

Chanba has the right idea here - I've seen a lot of silly FT threads, but this one is near, if not at the top.

I don't like the fact that the metal detector in use at my home airport in CVG gets set off by my belt, despite this not happening at any other airport. But guess what - I eventually learned I have to remove it temporarily, send it through x-ray and put it back on after. Guess what - I still get on my way, get to my flight, and go where i need to go.

Nothing prevents you from opening a new OnePass account, using it heavily, and trying to cajole an agent into merging your two accounts into your newer one.

Agree otherwise open another account use it, and then in about a year say "I just realized I had two accounts..." Wait, you just said that....

Enrolling in a second account for the same person is almost definitely a violation of the OP terms of service. Not to mention, the OP may get a number they hate equally or more.

Assigning numbers like this is a huge deal in China.
Because Chinese words tend to be short, all words have a lot of different meanings, including the words for numbers. That means a phone number can be construed to sound like various sentences if you say it right (with the right pitches) and everybody wants a number that sounds good. I read an article by a British guy who moved to Hong Kong and his randomly assigned phone number sounded a bit like "you'll never get rich, you'll definitely never get rich" in Cantonese. He got so much ribbing for having that number, he had to bribe the phone company to change it to something that sounded better.

Chanba has the right idea here - I've seen a lot of silly FT threads, but this one is near, if not at the top.

^Hey folks, it's only a number. We were assigned the numbers when we enrolled and accepted them. I memorized my Milage Plus number and now I have memorized my OnePass number. No big deal.

After linking op & MP accounts, does one keep the OP # for the new MP, or is a new # assigned in March?

Don't be ridiculous. Unless it has a 666 in it, get on with your day.

Funny, Mrs. BHF's does start with just that sequence of numbers. Perhaps I should look out...:p

I never had a OP account, so I assume that I'll be assigned a number soon.
Yes, as has been stated often on FT.

And, as has been posted on UAL.com since Nov 19: "If you don't have a OnePass account, you don't need to do anything. We'll assign your new MileagePlus account number late in the first quarter of 2012."

After linking op & MP accounts, does one keep the OP # for the new MP, or is a new # assigned in March?
The OP number.

After linking op & MP accounts, does one keep the OP # for the new MP, or is a new # assigned in March?To be technically correct .... you will keep both numbers until March, then you will start using only the OP number.

Assigning numbers like this is a huge deal in China.
Because Chinese words tend to be short, all words have a lot of different meanings, including the words for numbers. That means a phone number can be construed to sound like various sentences if you say it right (with the right pitches) and everybody wants a number that sounds good. I read an article by a British guy who moved to Hong Kong and his randomly assigned number sounded a bit like "you'll never get rich, you'll definitely never get rich" in Cantonese. He got so much ribbing for having that number, he had to bribe the phone company to something that sounded better.

Funny you mentioned this, my new OP number actually match my last name (2 letters) and I thought it was the CO way to please this PMUA 1K;). And the number side has lots of 8s and no 4^.

Assigning numbers like this is a huge deal in China.


+1

It's a huge deal in China.

Businessmen are willing to pay to have phone numbers that pronounced "Rich" or simply easy to remember.

Hong Kong Telecom has 2888 1888 as their sales hotline.

I'd say all the people with the 'FU' prefix might have something to complain about...
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Why? ... it stands for FLY UNITED, of course !

Ooooh! I want that one.

Me too. Maybe I can use it to scare a few of the more superstitious flyers out of the boarding line when I arrive late.

I have dibs on: SA106666 if this pick your own number thing ever becomes real. ;D

Otherwise I have a good OP number with lots of repeating digits and the two letters are the postal abbreviation of the state I grew up in...

I am at least amused that my new OP number begins UM, so I can at least pronounce it as I am trying to remember the rest of the stupid thing.

Mine has four "8". I think I should auction it off in asia :)

A few "8"s, no "4"s.... Can't say I'm happy with the number, but it could be worse.

Mine has four "8". I think I should auction it off in asia :)

I also have four "8". Send a few bidders my way..

update: I just checked wikipedia and believe the value of my number has gone throught the sky, XX 688898.

I'd pay ten bucks for a number with a "331" in it. Twenty, if I could get "331331." :p

I'm so glad I found this thread! Yes, it's two days old. I'm so sorry. But not really.

I haven't really been paying much attention so I didn't notice that they had found my OP# which I swore I hadn't used since college a decade ago, but lo and behold has a whopping 5000+ miles and 9000+ lifetime miles! Life is grand. But in any case it was only one address change behind and it was already linked up.

And speaking of sexual suggestion, my two letters are quite easy to remember. Then the first three numbers make me think of "1 on 1" so that seals it for me.

But all I could think of when I learned that my OP# was going to become my new MP# was: "Where is that thread about the least substantive thing I could complain about?" And then I found you! Oh happy day.

I know my number so well I 10-key it without actually thinking about what the number is. And it is remarkably suited for 10-keying. (Among other things I manage a data-entry operation.) And even though the self-check kiosks don't follow traditional 10-key layouts, I type that in mostly by muscle memory too. Someone asked why we would possibly want to memorize all these numbers. I would ask the same about keeping yet another bulky card in a wallet. And regarding Alzheimer's, I would say that I will forget where I put my darn card about a thousand times before my memory ever goes. But then again, I don't keep contacts in my phone because I memorize all my friends' and coworkers' phone numbers.

Can you tell how thrilled I am about this thread? I'm very sorry.

My PMUA MP number has "666" in it, but I survived :D - in fact, UA treated me really well! My PMCO OP number has a lot of 4s and 5s - not the most auspicious numbers in Asia, especially when it could mean "don't die" and "not easy" in Cantonese. :p I am just glad I don't have "5354" in my number. :p