Which reminds me, UA doesn't seem to be very strict about not crediting miles when some sites say the tix wont earn miles. For example, in 2001 I had a hotwire.com tix that said no mileage accrual. Just gave my MP number at the gate (when you could check in at the gate) and the next day, the miles were in my account. Same when I bought a THAI tix from airlineconsolidator.com, which stated no miles accrual.