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Old Jan 4, 2025 | 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by Smileenterprise
I have my another *G FF program so even I booked the ticket through UA, I put my other FF numbers in. However, I was confused about the lifetime miles…. Did they change the policy, so now every miles booked on United (with login) can be counted to lifetime mile? cuz I definitely fly more than that when I started booking through United… but I did not see all miles accrued until recently I reviewed if I want to switch FF program then realize I have roughly 8000 life miles on here.

I am pretty sure I put my other FF number with *G on all my flights….. or they are just very nice to me…
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The most likely thing is occasionally when you booked a flight using your UA account you missed changing to your other *A account. This may have caused you to earn UA lifetime miles.
A bit more random, there has been a report in the past that UA United Club agents replaced a non-UA frequent flyer account with the flyer's UA account upon entering the UC.

But no change in policy, to earn lifetime miles, your UA MP account needed to be on the PNR, and not the other *A account.
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