Jun 18, 2016, 10:50 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
To register a companion www.united.com/MMcompanion or https://promo.united.com/offers/mmcomp
First companion choice selection becomes effective immediately. Changing companion must be done before end of November and takes effect in the first week of January. You can have only 1 designated MM companion. If you don't make a change, the previously selected companion will remain in place.
While rules suggests the companion has to reside at the same address as elite, in practice, neither same address or same last name is needed (UA may be tighten this up starting in late 2022)
The companion has all the same privileges / status as the MM elite but will not receive PlusPoints (before 2020 RPUs or GPUs) based on the companion status.
See UA Million Miler program web page for more
Relevant thread: UA Million Miler/Multi-Million Miler Roll Call Thread
Archive thread: Million Miler companion benefit {Archive}
First companion choice selection becomes effective immediately. Changing companion must be done before end of November and takes effect in the first week of January. You can have only 1 designated MM companion. If you don't make a change, the previously selected companion will remain in place.
While rules suggests the companion has to reside at the same address as elite, in practice, neither same address or same last name is needed (UA may be tighten this up starting in late 2022)
The companion has all the same privileges / status as the MM elite but will not receive PlusPoints (before 2020 RPUs or GPUs) based on the companion status.
Companion eligibility:
- A companion is defined as a spouse, significant other or individual who resides at same home address, based on MileagePlus profile information.
- Your companion must be an enrolled member of the MileagePlus program under his or her own name and may not already be the companion of another Million Miler.
- The companion benefit is awarded on an annual basis and is nontransferable.
- Your companion will receive his or her own individual Premier credentials and does not need to travel with you to enjoy the benefits of the Premier level awarded.
- Your designated companion will automatically renew each year unless you let us know otherwise by November 30 of the current year.
- You may change the companion on your account; however the change will not be in effect until January 1 of the following year. All change requests must be made by November 30 (for changes to existing companion nominations) or December 30 (for first-time nominations) to be effective for the following year. MileagePlus will not be able to accept changes to existing companion nominations during the month of December.
Relevant thread: UA Million Miler/Multi-Million Miler Roll Call Thread
Archive thread: Million Miler companion benefit {Archive}
Million Miler companion benefit
Aug 25, 2022, 1:58 pm
#61
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I just tried to change my MM companion, something I've done a couple times over the last decade. This time, I received an error message from UA.com saying my account is ineligible for this benefit! Has anyone else gotten this? I tried on two different browsers and got the same result. ...
Is your present companion still showing your status?
That has now been past practice, just needed to be done prior 30 Nov
Can I change my designated companion who will receive Premier status?
Yes, any change to your companion must be completed by November 30 of the preceding year and will take effect the following calendar year (during the first week of January).
Yes, any change to your companion must be completed by November 30 of the preceding year and will take effect the following calendar year (during the first week of January).
Aug 25, 2022, 2:53 pm
#62
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I just tried to change my MM companion, something I've done a couple times over the last decade. This time, I received an error message from UA.com saying my account is ineligible for this benefit! Has anyone else gotten this? I tried on two different browsers and got the same result.
f each calendar year. I suspect that's the issue here. The error message could certainly be more informative.
Aug 25, 2022, 3:29 pm
#63
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I don't believe that is true. A new MMer can nominate at any time and a existing nomination just needs to be done prior 30 Nov to take effect the next year. As UA notes on its MMer nomination website site -- quote a couple of posts back.
Aug 25, 2022, 5:12 pm
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ver 10 years.
Aug 25, 2022, 6:25 pm
#66
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Fairly sure others have reported in the past trying to change well before Nov and it was just deferred, not error out.
Aug 26, 2022, 5:58 am
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I tried that yesterday.
Aug 26, 2022, 9:29 am
#69
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Here's a situation I'm in, and I haven't called United to ask about it, but I'm curious what people think the answer ought to be:
My father-in-law is 3MM GS. When his wife passed a few years back, he called in and nominated me as his designated companion. At the time I was 1K, so since then I've inherited his GS status. Recently I became 1MM myself, hence Lifetime Gold. And, based on my own flying record, I would qualify for 1K if I wasn't already GS via companion status.
My question is: Could I ask United to designate my wife as my companion, even though I'm already designated as somebody else's companion? And if they did allow that, what status should my wife get? I think it would be clearly wrong for her to get GS, but I could see a case for Gold (my lifetime status) or 1K (the status I'd have, absent being my FIL's companion).
My father-in-law is 3MM GS. When his wife passed a few years back, he called in and nominated me as his designated companion. At the time I was 1K, so since then I've inherited his GS status. Recently I became 1MM myself, hence Lifetime Gold. And, based on my own flying record, I would qualify for 1K if I wasn't already GS via companion status.
My question is: Could I ask United to designate my wife as my companion, even though I'm already designated as somebody else's companion? And if they did allow that, what status should my wife get? I think it would be clearly wrong for her to get GS, but I could see a case for Gold (my lifetime status) or 1K (the status I'd have, absent being my FIL's companion).
Aug 26, 2022, 10:59 am
#70
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Likely GS -- see discussion earlier in the upthread on chaining
Aug 27, 2022, 3:58 pm
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Here's a situation I'm in, and I haven't called United to ask about it, but I'm curious what people think the answer ought to be:
My father-in-law is 3MM GS. When his wife passed a few years back, he called in and nominated me as his designated companion. At the time I was 1K, so since then I've inherited his GS status. Recently I became 1MM myself, hence Lifetime Gold. And, based on my own flying record, I would qualify for 1K if I wasn't already GS via companion status.
My question is: Could I ask United to designate my wife as my companion, even though I'm already designated as somebody else's companion? And if they did allow that, what status should my wife get? I think it would be clearly wrong for her to get GS, but I could see a case for Gold (my lifetime status) or 1K (the status I'd have, absent being my FIL's companion).
My father-in-law is 3MM GS. When his wife passed a few years back, he called in and nominated me as his designated companion. At the time I was 1K, so since then I've inherited his GS status. Recently I became 1MM myself, hence Lifetime Gold. And, based on my own flying record, I would qualify for 1K if I wasn't already GS via companion status.
My question is: Could I ask United to designate my wife as my companion, even though I'm already designated as somebody else's companion? And if they did allow that, what status should my wife get? I think it would be clearly wrong for her to get GS, but I could see a case for Gold (my lifetime status) or 1K (the status I'd have, absent being my FIL's companion).
David
Aug 27, 2022, 7:10 pm
#72
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I just tried to change my MM companion, something I've done a couple times over the last decade. This time, I received an error message from UA.com saying my account is ineligible for this benefit! Has anyone else gotten this? I tried on two different browsers and got the same result.
Aug 27, 2022, 8:12 pm
#73
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Aug 27, 2022, 9:10 pm
#74
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Do you check all of these boxes (from the UA website)...
Companion eligibility:
- A companion is defined as a spouse, significant other or individual who resides at same home address, based on MileagePlus profile information.
- Your companion must be an enrolled member of the MileagePlus program under his or her own name and may not already be the companion of another Million Miler.
- The companion benefit is awarded on an annual basis and is nontransferable.
- Your companion will receive his or her own individual Premier credentials and does not need to travel with you to enjoy the benefits of the Premier level awarded.
- Your designated companion will automatically renew each year unless you let us know otherwise by November 30 of the current year.
- You may change the companion on your account; however the change will not be in effect until January 1 of the following year. All change requests must be made by November 30 (for changes to existing companion nominations) or December 30 (for first-time nominations) to be effective for the following year. MileagePlus will not be able to accept changes to existing companion nominations during the month of December.
Aug 27, 2022, 9:16 pm
#75
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As the system errors out of the entry of just the MMers information before entering any companion info,independent of if the MMer has a registered companion or not, this seems clearly a website issue. It's broken for any use.