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Old Apr 5, 2016 | 4:23 pm
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Originally Posted by simmang
My recent LH flights all posted to my MileagePlus account within 24 hours. I couldn't believe that partner flights posted faster than UA flights in its own program!
LH miles post immediately or never. Sort of random. UA is consistently late but reliable.

Originally Posted by Kevin Adams
Why would they post them fast? That increases the chances that we would notice that "an unexpected technical error" caused our miles not to post.
Yet, they can send the stupid spam "how was your flight" survey immediately, so they knew you flew!
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