1.1 million miles expired 6 wks ago
#46
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Austin, TX
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/dreaming about what I would do with 1.1M miles.
//Slashies!
#47
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NORWAY
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The rental cars or hotel stays don't have to be under your own name. So you just need ANYONE who has an uncredited car rental/stay to help you out here, and you can add your MP number to that stay for retro credit.
Did this with Hilton to rescue 40k miles, and it worked.
-bmir
Did this with Hilton to rescue 40k miles, and it worked.
-bmir
I reckon the OP should go to a Hertz office and make some kind of deal with the station manager and it should be fine. Hey if the OP was in Norway I would have done it in a flash.
#48
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Like I said, I've heard of it happening but its rare. How exactly did you get the corp account combined with your personal? Do you mean the took the miles you deposited into the corp pool with you when you left?? If so that sounds very odd and seems like it would be far more of an accounting and tracking issue than its worth.
#49
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#50
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
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Perhaps it varies among sectors. In a former life, I worked with people who were with a number of insurance companies. I would say that, as an industry, their Powers That Be were the most aggressive about the company owning the miles and points. It was part of a broader very authoritarian culture pattern, so it wasn't protested much. In fact, the people were hired for their extreme unlikeliness to protest anything, among other traits.
#51
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Thanks
#52
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Posts: 298
That's it!
#53
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Posts: 266
Check to see if the miles automatically reinstate or if you will have to call after the hotel points post.
#54
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Hiding under the trees in Denver, CO
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I would be so surprised (and disgusted) if UA does not reinstate your mileages. I agree with earlier post that you should try to talk to the executive manager and let them know the situation. Please keep us posted about how this is resolved, and I wish you the best luck. You deserve those miles.
It seems like this story has struck a nerve here. Many of us work very hard to accumulate miles. But it isn't surprising that unitedmillionmiler would forget that those miles were in the M+ account. Lots of people have other things in their lives that require more attention. If the OP's travel was for business, and the OP doesn't travel much for leisure, it would be easy to lose track of the account status.
Mr. Lori_Q doesn't care about miles either. He's been traveling on my largesse since I started my annual 1K madness, and he thinks the mileage obsession is silly. He would have lost a lot of his own miles if I hadn't been careful to put a transaction on his account every now and then. (Heh heh heh...He doesn't know he's paying for girls'-weekend tickets to Vegas...)
Yes, please let us know what happens! It would be another useful data point. If things go badly, I'd be happy to join the others in a campaign of pressure against Mileage Plus.
#55
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The idea about past missing rental/hotel stay credits has been a winner for some. Also it has been reported being offered a deal to re-instate miles if you do a flight within xx days -- ask about that.
There have been some threads with folks having similar problem that may be worth researching
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ad-merged.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...d-threads.html
Mileage_Expiration_(UA)
BTW, Welcome to FT!, unitedmillionmiler - sorry for the lousy situation
There have been some threads with folks having similar problem that may be worth researching
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ad-merged.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...d-threads.html
Mileage_Expiration_(UA)
BTW, Welcome to FT!, unitedmillionmiler - sorry for the lousy situation
Anyhow, what a sad situation. The mileage expiration could have been reset to 18 months in the future by doing something as simple as donating just 1,000 miles to a charity, via United's website.
Under UA's current expiration rules (NOT necessarily the ones in effect months or years ago -- these rules change from time to time ), if more than 18 months elapse since you had ANY type of activity, earning OR redemption, your miles will expire. Earning and redemption activities are described, appropriately enough, under "Earn miles" and "Redeem miles" when you click the "Mileage Plus" tab at the top of www.united.com. The 1,000-mile points donation is a popular one, as it takes effect instantly and you're good to go for another 18 months. (Other activities take longer to post, so if you're near the expiration date, and the mileage or redemption doesn't post by that date, you have to call to get your miles reinstated, and therefore there's more of a hassle factor.)
Don't give up hope, but read the threads cited in WineCountryUA's post above, and perhaps you can negotiate something with UA.
#57
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#59
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Hello,
I think we had enough of " I am sorry about the loss, DAMN" now. This won't help. The best bet is to contact MP support and ask to be directed to the highest supervisor in charge, the other guys basically do not have the ability to do ANYTHING. If you put enough pressure on them ( Lawyer, I am going to travel with different Airlines the next F trips), that's what helped me out to get 200K miles back.
Hope I helped.
I think we had enough of " I am sorry about the loss, DAMN" now. This won't help. The best bet is to contact MP support and ask to be directed to the highest supervisor in charge, the other guys basically do not have the ability to do ANYTHING. If you put enough pressure on them ( Lawyer, I am going to travel with different Airlines the next F trips), that's what helped me out to get 200K miles back.
Hope I helped.
#60
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