Originally Posted by
Starman
Although OP mentions that he flies the route often and this is the first CPU eligibility he has seen. Still a bit of a mystery there.
I can’t speak to OP’s memory, and unfortunately, the relevant CPU page uses JavaScript in a way that isn’t captured by the Wayback Machine, so I can’t pull the old text from it, but here’s a decade-old thread about Northern South America; Quito was on the CPU list then:
What counts as Northern South America for CPU Purposes? .
The only reason they would have removed it would be if they were going to make it a Polaris route, which it certainly is not. (Edit: I guess they removed it just for giggles). So now I’m curious about Guyana; I would have assumed CPU-eligibility based upon “Northern South America,” but as that apparently hasn’t been the rule for several years, I guess it’s up in the air.
Here is similar text from the Polaris page:
United Polaris is available on trans-Pacific or trans-Atlantic flights, and on flights from the U.S. to these South American destinations: Buenos Aires, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santiago. All other international routes are United Business® and include use of the United Club: Guam, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador.
Note that it, too, omits Guyana, but it’s based upon the same logic: they tried to list out “Northern South America.”
Perhaps OP often travels with multiple non-Premier companions?
Originally Posted by
uanj
Hopefully they will be adding Taiwan and Mongolia in addition to the Philippines from Japan.
I’m sure they will, but I’m not sure to what extent I’d really care — if I’m flying those routes, I’m connecting to/from the US and therefore using PlusPoints. For the same reason, CPUs on those routes will be extremely rare.