Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
There is no fundamental reason you should not earn mileage credit unless your employer explicitly does something. Mileage credit goes to the flyer, not the purchaser (again unless your employer makes you "turn over" the mileage).
My bad, typically I purchase UA E+ for myself. I have a new job that requires me to go to conferences a few times a year and this will be my first one so I didn't know that.