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Old Aug 2, 2015, 4:05 pm
  #16  
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: United mileage Plus 1k and Million Miler, Krisflyer, Air New Zealand, Qantas, Virgin
Posts: 211
Originally Posted by TennisNoob
I have yet to receive any targeted offers either. Drives me crazy and makes me wonder sometimes.
Me also, 1K 9 years and MM3.
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Old Aug 2, 2015, 4:14 pm
  #17  
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
Programs: UA Silver, AA Platinum, AS & DL GM Marriott TE, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,582
Ever since I have started flying other airlines, and buying those tickets on my UA CC I have been getting MORE E-mails, not less.
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Old Aug 2, 2015, 4:46 pm
  #18  
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: DCA
Programs: UA LT 1K, AA EXP, Bonvoy LT Titan, Avis PC, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,658
UA (previous CO) seems/seemed to have problems with their outbound email system. I do not receive promo emails either. Some years back (from a DO event) CO researched why I wasn't receiving and they could not solve the issue. I get email from all other airlines with no issue at all. Not sure if UA system doesn't like the "period" between my first and last name in the email.

I have the same problem with Wyndham Rewards programs. There system just doesn't like my email, so I have to have them send to my office.

Still a mystery on UA. Their tech folks tried and tried from UA Customer experience management requests and I still do not receive UA email. And yes my profile is set correctly.

I do get email from UA if I purchase a ticket, but that is about it.
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Old Aug 2, 2015, 7:59 pm
  #19  
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: LAN, FNT, GRR, DTW
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 346
I had (have) a related problem. Shortly after I became 1k, emails from United became erratic. Some of them were important ones - like flight updates. I called, wrote, called, called, wrote etc and no one could find anything wrong (it wasn't a spam issue). The only solution was to change my email address from a yahoo one I was using to a gmail one I had. Everything was changed over to the gmail one everywhere in the system. This seems to have mostly resolved not getting important emails. However, TO THIS DAY I still get some emails to the yahoo address even though it is supposedly not in their system. All I can hypothesize is that their email database has some corruption issues.
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Old Aug 2, 2015, 8:26 pm
  #20  
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Programs: UA Gold 1mm, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 662
Subscribed to everything. Never get any kind of email except reservations, etc.
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Old Aug 3, 2015, 6:31 am
  #21  
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Dubai / NYC
Programs: EK-IO, UA-1K2MM, ETIHAD-GOLD, SPG-PLAT LIFETIME, JUMEIRAH SERIUS GOLD
Posts: 5,220
Originally Posted by bseller
I was 1K from the late 1980s (before it was a "published" level) until 2014. So, we're "similar" in that regard.

Your posts indicate that you fly in international, premium class.

Serious question: WHY bother with 1K? Why not just pay UA when you want, and ignore status from them? Surely, six (6) possibly-usable GPUs can't be the reason.

Dave
I still have ALL my GPU's & RPU's......the first year EVER I have not even bothered with them. I keep saying I'm switching, changing, etc but this is the first year I've really followed thru. The bulk of my business now goes to EK & even most of my "UA" flights are now on LH/LX. (JFK-ASIA on EK is just as easy as USA-ASIA on UA so the misconception EK is only worth flying to the ME, India or Afica Isn't true. That said, I always thought t was important to keep 1K going for domestic flights (better handling, etc). But now that better handling has gone away & I don't really fly domestic any longer combined with my 3mm status (which gives me 1K anyway) I've kinda given up FINALLY........for the few domestic flights a year I must take (transcons) I would have stuck w UA (especially w the reasonable biz fares) but even that's a dead issue as I would use JFK, not EWR. IN SHORT, old habits die hard but I've given up. My $$ is so much better spent on EK & I get treated as an IO w them better then I would as GS w UA (neither of which I would attain if I kept splitting my business). Granted, I neVER was a GS because of all the code shares I take so I'm just going by what I see (but am at my second year as an IO w EK (an airline with a 98.4% dispatch rate this year (what's UA's dispatch rate on int service? 74%??m 80%?? Not acceptable

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Old Aug 3, 2015, 7:21 am
  #22  
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EWR
Programs: UA .5M, Vistana 1-Star owner
Posts: 992
Same issue after 420k BIS miles in the past few years with normal emails coming then post-merger, nothing except the basics. I imagine their targeting is poor & they mismanaged the outsourcing of their email campaigns. Expected. For shame.
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Old Aug 3, 2015, 7:33 am
  #23  
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Chicago
Programs: United 1K
Posts: 477
I find, like everything on United, complete inconsistency. I got a schedule change notification one one flight when nearly all of my flights have had changes without ever being emailed (i found out about the changes when I check on line to see if my upgrade has gone through, which, of course it did not).
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Old Aug 3, 2015, 10:52 am
  #24  
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: CT/NY
Programs: UA 1K/1MM, AA EXP, Marriott LT Titanium, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Plat Amb
Posts: 6,020
Have you tried unsubscribe and resubscribe? That seemed to resolve a similar issue with Starwood.
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Old Aug 3, 2015, 11:30 am
  #25  
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: United Global Services, Amtrak Select Executive
Posts: 4,098
I receive the weekly "Cheap Flights to Atlanta!" promotional e-mails, but never receive any flight change e-mails, and receipt of Farelock or itinerary change e-mails is hit-or-miss. I do at least always receive the official itinerary e-mail when initially ticketing my flights.
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