dominik208

Interesting, I will see what happens to me. I will be crediting to M&M. Now here's an interesting question: How can I get priority boarding if I have the Explorer card while crediting to M&M since the explorer card is tied to my UA MP#. Should I just show it and I should be good to go.. or? Tell the agents to manually change my boarding group?

st1575

You could just OLCI with the MP number and then change it to M&M later, right? But be vigilant: I have the Explorer card too, but when I enter my non-status MP number I am placed in the general boarding groups (3-5).

dominik208

I've just checked in for my UA flights tomorrow, the UA system is much smarter than we thought - I checked in with A3 # and then changed it to LH # and it dropped all benefits from the boarding pass, no premier access, no anything.

So it looks like UA has fixed this glitch in their system.

arcticbull

They have -- but. Just check in, check your bag, print your boarding passes with your A3 number. Then when inside, switch over to the other FFP number. Don't reprint your boarding pass, or if you do, just use the old one. Priority boarding restored

dominik208

That's what I did - I now have two BP for each flight, one with *G and the other one with M&M # on it. Not checking any bags, so I can go to lounge and show them *G BP and hopefully they will let me in (*G card hasn't arrived yet).

But what do I do during boarding? Don't I have to use the M&M BP? Since thats the final one with the number of the FFP that I want to credit to?

Pseudo Nim

+1. You're supposed to be changing the FFP at the gate.

dominik208

I understand all of this, however which boarding pass should I give to the lady at the gate when boarding? The final one or..? I'm worried if I give her the A3 one than that's where the miles will go. Or does it not matter at all and the miles will end up with whatever is in the system?

Pseudo Nim

Whatever is the LAST update is what will go in. Regardless of what the BP says as that one is just for validating your presence - not to set the FFP and such.

dominik208

Ok cool, thanks for letting me know. That's what I will do.

SiberianTiger

that's right, printed BP with my UA *G, boarded the plane with all the benefits, changed to A3, got miles without problems.

dominik208

Card arrived yesterday.

dominik208

Just finished a MR yesterday. A couple of things:

1. Printed BPs at Home with *G on them, then re-printed them with M&M number and lost benefits.
2. Showed the *G BP in SEA, IAH, and MCO and there was no problem in SEA, in IAH she asked me if by chance I don't have the card, I said I didn't get it yet and she was fine with that, the UA BP blocks the whole number and she told me to tell it to her so she could manually enter it in to verify. She was very nice and the process took less than 3 minutes. MCO, same thing.
3. Just to stay on the safe side, I used the non-*G BP to board, I boarded with group 2, no complaints from staff that I am in the wrong group. I know that whatever final info is in the system is what will go where, however as this was my first MR, I didn't want to risk anything.
4. GOLD card arrived on the same day of my MR, I left my house in the morning and when I got back at midnight it was in my mailbox. I KNEW this would happen Its good that I didnt have any problems.

Will update when (and where) miles post.

st1575

Thank you both for this practical and sage advice.

Whizkid

Aiming for *G with Aegean M&B. Have UA Premier Silver & Taking UA Flights.

What are the options to get E+ Seating with UA Silver and credit the miles to M&B.

It's a 3 segment Trip with First Segment outside USA, manned by Contract Agents.

NWIFlyer

As this question relates to UA ops, you need to ask in the UA forum for a definitive answer.

It does sound from recent answers that UA's systems are now more sophisticated, so I would probably expect your free E+ seating to disappear once you switch the FF number in the booking.