Originally Posted by
adambrau
I think the way pmUA and pmCO calculated MM status at merger had been different, so when we all became United the pmUA flyers got a bump in their status by a certain percentage. ...
pmUA program was pure UA -operated BIS and pmCO was based on EQMs (PQMs) including partners . The pmUA flyers were adjusted in a manner to attempt adding back in non-counted EQMs. And since the merger it has gone to strictly BIS miles (with 500 mile min).
See
How far back does the lifetime flight mileage balance go?
or
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-tracking.html .
Back to our speculation of a rumor that may be under potentially consideration or not at some point in the future.