Jun 30, 2013, 2:46 pm
CO/UA Million Mile (and Beyond) Flyer Benefits, Effective Spring 2012
Sep 30, 2011, 4:12 am
#541
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Guatemala
Programs: CM PP DL GM
Posts: 406
Going For 1MM Today
I will cross the MM mark on CM 194 from PTY to MEX its been a good 8 Years to reach the mark looking foward to the next MM.
Sep 30, 2011, 7:40 am
#542
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lahaina, HI & Los Angeles, CA
Programs: UA GS
Posts: 2,403
Sep 30, 2011, 7:45 am
#543
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: NYC
Programs: UA 1.5 Million Mile flyer, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hertz 5* and PC since 1985
Posts: 5,611
Sep 30, 2011, 8:59 am
#544
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: The sky is my home
Programs: Concorde Mach 2 -UAMM- First to Fly A380/B787/B747-8i/FlyingHonu
Posts: 3,029
I suppose only UA and CO BIS miles and Elite Bonus Miles will be taken into account for the readjusted count -- but not Star Alliance flights that are not UA code-share flights.
The new "re-arranged" count should take me above 2MM status.
The new "re-arranged" count should take me above 2MM status.
Sep 30, 2011, 9:09 am
#545
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: SPI
Programs: AA Gold, UA LT Plat, Mar LTT
Posts: 18,147
Congrats!!
Dave
Sep 30, 2011, 9:51 am
#546
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: The sky is my home
Programs: Concorde Mach 2 -UAMM- First to Fly A380/B787/B747-8i/FlyingHonu
Posts: 3,029
Then come the double bonus miles from these *A flights. I doubt they will credit those in the re-adjustment?
If they count all double bonus miles that came with my *A flights EQMs then I may even reach 3MM status.
I wish I could get hold of my lifetime flights history. I joined Mileage+ in 1990... been a while.... always earned Elite status from first year on.
Sep 30, 2011, 10:05 am
#547
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Fair nuff!! Agreed!
If you're talking about the bonus RDMs from your STATUS that gave you these miles, then NO, they won't be credited. If they happened to be DEQM - of which I am not familiar - then they would be.
See above, it must be EQM and not double RDM. I am guessing that you are referring to RDMs.
You're a veritable YOUNGSTER!! hahaha LOL!!
Dave
Dave
Sep 30, 2011, 10:19 am
#548
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SEA/YVR/BLI
Programs: UA "Lifetime" Gold, AS MVPG100K, OW Emerald, HH Lifetime Diamond, IC Plat, Marriott Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 9,488
Thanks SF1K !!! I completely agree with you !!! As I said in my post, United completely screwed existing 1MMs in this deal. They could and should grandfather us to Premier Platinum status. 50% bonus miles and 3rd in priority is a SERIOUS downgrade. I stress this again... Obtaining 1MM status up to now was much more difficult because it only counted paid flying miles. Now with this one-time adjustment for United that now are 1MMs and the merger with the Continental 1MMs, there will be way more 1MMs now who I am sure are very happy about this new plan. They're the real winners.
The big fat losers are United's existing 1MMs. Thanks for nothing!
The big fat losers are United's existing 1MMs. Thanks for nothing!
As it stands now there are clear winners and losers. If you're, say a business traveler, with a spouse or significant other at home to nominate, you're something of a winner as some fortunate folks have mentioned above. OTOH Mrs. Fredd and I are retired leisure flyers with exactly the same status, and we're losers.
Add to this loosening the criteria for MM flyers, adding a tier above the current 1P, and halving the bonus miles and we're left with little to celebrate about our MM status.
Sep 30, 2011, 10:47 am
#549
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 2,358
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Sep 30, 2011, 11:06 am
#550
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
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mplaints about the spouse benefit. I can't understand how you feel entitled to a higher status level than what you were promised.
Sep 30, 2011, 11:11 am
#551
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SEA/YVR/BLI
Programs: UA "Lifetime" Gold, AS MVPG100K, OW Emerald, HH Lifetime Diamond, IC Plat, Marriott Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 9,488
Sep 30, 2011, 11:18 am
#553
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lahaina, HI & Los Angeles, CA
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Posts: 2,403
Sep 30, 2011, 11:29 am
#554
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
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Sep 30, 2011, 11:44 am
#555
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SEA/YVR/BLI
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f! 
You said you didn't understand, and I was just explaining it to you. 
As LAXOGG points out, there's nothing to keep UA from adding new tiers at 5000 mile intervals from 50,000 on up if it fits their marketing strategy.
What if, to make a nice little reductio ad absurdum argument, UA added 10 new tiers between MM and the soon-to-be-former 1K? Would that still adhere to the spirit of the MM program?
As a dog checking out your revised MM program tree, I'd be doing something other than barking up it (or on it).