Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
As a starting point, it is doubtful such functionality already exists.
Someone would need to pull the data for flyer SAS then somehow divine the LT miles and then somehow figure how to credit the flyer's UA LT miles but not the other parameters.Seems we are talking 50-100 flights (ballpark). In highly automated systems, these sorts of "tweaks" are difficult to do. Something similar was done at 2012 merger to adjust for the difference in methods pmCO and pmUA accounted for LT miles and pmUA flyers received a bonus correction. I suspect this was a signification effort. Something similar is done for ORC, but there UA manually suppress the actual flight data and replaces with the original flights. and get it right most of the time. Also clear UA can do a "manual" correction (based of data seen in ORC reports). And oh by the way, this is being requested for years that have been closed out, all the way back to 2018. UA only has online access to 2021 and forward.
This is the sort of project that I would have assigned an intern and expect them to take a couple of days depending on how archived the data is.
Sometimes a simple request may not be all that simple. I suspect I have only scratched the surface of the problems this request involves.
Yes, I do fear it would be quite involved on their end, and for that reason alone I could see why they would reject the request - but maybe they would be able to look back to 2021. That's very helpful to know from an infrastructure standpoint, I'll update if I'm able to engage the support team.
Originally Posted by
ContinentalFan
I suppose the only way to confirm that the answer is no is to ask.
Indeed, that is what I will do!
Originally Posted by
tcdtcd
“I divorced you for a better offer six years ago. I’d like to come back to you and can we assume those six years count on our marriage timeline?. I’m so sorry I was wrong.”
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Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
SAS made a conscious long-term choice to move alliances, just like you made a conscious long-term choice to move to another program. It’s all just business; if you feel that SAS abandoned you, then UA presumably is entitled to feel abandoned by you
And you made UA, the operator of your flight, pay SAS for the miles you had credited to your SAS account. Now you want additional consideration for those flights. Sorry, I agree with everyone else that this is not going to happen. And that it
shouldn’t happen.
By the way, did you enjoy UA Club access based on your foreign *G status while you were an SAS loyalist? If so, are you going to offer to retroactively pay UA for those visits now that you are rescinding your SAS loyalty?
Evidently this touches a bit of a nerve for folks! Despite the tenor of some comments, fortunately I don't think this situation is quite the Romanovs asking their cousin King George V for a flight to safety from the Bolsheviks 😆
To reiterate one of my earlier points, I would have no problem transferring these mileage credits away from SAS and over to United if it were allowed as a one-time exemption to go back further than 12 months. Such a change would
not have affected my status or benefits with SAS during this period, and I have plenty of miles banked in that account to remove if needed. I'm under no illusions that we're talking business here on all sides. It's a genuine question about an unusual situation, and a valuable (I'd argue, reasonable) incentive United could provide to a relevant group of itinerant EuroBonus elites.
As an unexpected bonus, some of this thread gives me an amusing throwback to a Monty Python classic:
MAN: [Aggressively Shouting.] What do you want?
CUSTOMER: Well I was told outside –
MAN: [Shouting.] Don’t give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings!
CUSTOMER: [In Shock.] What?
MAN: [Continuing aggression.] Shut your festering gob, you t*t! Your type makes me puke! You vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous perv*rt!
CUSTOMER: [Yelling.] What? I came in here for an argument!
MAN: [Apologetic.] Oh! Oh. I’m sorry! This is abuse.
CUSTOMER: Oh! [Audience laughter.] Oh I see! Well that explains it.