Thought: if you have 0 miles in your current MP account, create a new one online and use a middle initial if you have one to make your name different to your current one? That is if UA won't nuke your current membership (and if you call up and say I want to nuke it, you can bet they'd know why
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif ).
Good luck!
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RichardMEL, UA 1K
A Star Alliance Member.