Million Miler one-time adjustment 12/31/11 questions/tracking
UA has committed to making a one-time adjustment to our UA lifetime mileage to recalculate it based on historical EQM rather than BIS for all activity which occurred in 2011 and prior; this includes activities that occurred on/before 12/31/11 whether credited or not as of that date.
http://hub.united.com/News/LoyaltyPr...r-program.aspx Felt it was a good idea to have a separate thread for tracking questions/issues specifically related to this one-time adjustment rather than folding them into the larger thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ng-2012-a.html Please don't use this thread to discuss the overall MM program, just wanted to focus on the one-time adjustment here. Keep in mind that CO accounts won't change, and the merger of Lifetime miles between CO/UA accounts will happen at a later time. This adjustment only affects your Lifetime UA mileage number. If you want to calculate how much your bump will be, you'll only be able to do so if you know your annual EQM; you would have had to track this yourself each year, there is no way to get it from the website. While we're on the topic, however, if you haven't already, and assuming you are done with flying for the year, I recommend taking a screenshot of your YTD activity from the UA website. Sum your annual EQM, subtract your current Lifetime number, and you'll arrive at your adjustment number. Alternatively, if you know the sum of your annual EQM, that should be your Lifetime number after the adjustment. If you have an issue once the adjustment is made, this is the place to post it and we can try to collectively help solve the issues or at least track them to try to identify patterns. Open Questions/Known Issues
Resolved Issues
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If you've ever requested the M+ DataPurge, it seems you could probably calculate the adjustment as well, right?
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Originally Posted by hobo13
(Post 17698181)
If you've ever requested the M+ DataPurge, it seems you could probably calculate the adjustment as well, right?
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Originally Posted by UA-NYC
(Post 17698220)
Yes, that's how I came up with mine pre-2008 - but we don't know the official dates when they'll start counting *A miles (1997 at *A founding? Whenever that airline you flew joined *A?) or COS bonii (when the EQM concept was started in ~2004?)
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Question:
On January 1, 2012 will continental one pass members continue to earn lifetime status based on all EQMs and not just BIS miles? I assume that on January 1, 2012 mileage plus members will continue to only earn lifetime status based on just BIS miles. If these two statements are true (until the combined systems are rolled out in late Q1) would it not make more sense to accrue under CO One Pass versus mileage plus? I get a lot of EQM bonus miles |
Originally Posted by NeoOfTheCRS
(Post 17698683)
Question:
On January 1, 2012 will continental one pass members continue to earn lifetime status based on all EQMs and not just BIS miles? It doesn't matter whether you put flights after 1/1/12 on UA or CO. That is also true for flights before 1/1/12 with one exception - if it's a partner flight with better earning on UA or CO, credit to the one that has a better earning schedule. |
I didn't get the impression they would do this calculation ON 12/31/11, just that they would do it sometime in Q1 AS OF 12/31/11...? I'm not expecting my MM welcome message anytime so soon... :S
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Originally Posted by dmodemd
(Post 17698870)
I didn't get the impression they would do this calculation ON 12/31/11, just that they would do it sometime in Q1 AS OF 12/31/11...? I'm not expecting my MM welcome message anytime so soon... :S
To bring everyone to the same starting point, on December 31, 2011, we will recalculate MileagePlus lifetime miles balances to include both base EQM and bonus EQM. This means the lifetime miles balance will either increase or remain the same. |
My impression was that the cut-off date would be 12/31/11 but the actual calculation results could/might be posted later. I'll be really surprised if the calculation results suddenly pop up on everyone's account on 1/1/2012. But maybe that will happen.
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Originally Posted by bmvaughn
(Post 17698494)
Not sure I understand your question here. Were the *A miles in your EQM total? Was the COS bonii in your EQM total? If so, they will be in your adjustment. If not, they won't be in your adjustment.
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Originally Posted by JetAway
(Post 17698939)
My impression was that the cut-off date would be 12/31/11 but the actual calculation results could/might be posted later. I'll be really surprised if the calculation results suddenly pop up on everyone's account on 1/1/2012. But maybe that will happen.
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Originally Posted by JetAway
(Post 17698939)
My impression was that the cut-off date would be 12/31/11 but the actual calculation results could/might be posted later. I'll be really surprised if the calculation results suddenly pop up on everyone's account on 1/1/2012. But maybe that will happen.
Originally Posted by UA-NYC
(Post 17698950)
That is true for 2004-onward - but not from 1997-2003, right? Did LH/NH et al flights count for annual UA status then?
Maybe someone who has a spreadsheet going back that far can comment on whether or not it fed into their EQM numbers.
Originally Posted by dmodemd
(Post 17699010)
Yes, I didn't take them literally on their statement. After all, not all 2011 activity will be posted until about 48 hours after 12/31, so I certainly wouldn't expect much accuracy if they calculate on 12/31/11 11:59:59PM. I would think they meant calculations AS OF 12/31/11 at some unknown date past that.
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I went to the UA web site, looking up all activity back to the beginning of 2010 (as far back as it will go), and figured I would get a bump up of > 50K from those two years. But it looks to me like CO flights taken recently have already been counted - I don't really see any way to confirm this, though. That should only reduce my 2010-2011 bust up by a few thousand miles, though.
I tried to figure out what my credit would be for prior years, and quickly gave it up as hopeless. I'll just have to wait and see. I think I should get a bust up of at least 100K, but maybe it will be substantially more. I do not think it will put me over the top, but I should be within spitting distance. 2013 at the latest, I think. If they haven't cancelled the whole thing by then. I'd be a lot closer in the first half of 2012 if there were a way to get Asia to Europe trips to count. Well, I guess there is, but I'm not desperate enough to go through the US on those routes.
Originally Posted by hobo13
(Post 17698181)
If you've ever requested the M+ DataPurge, it seems you could probably calculate the adjustment as well, right?
I am thinking that I might handle some trips in 1Q12 differently, depending on how close I am. But if we don't know the answer until near the end of the quarter, I'll have to ticket the flights before I know the answer. |
Originally Posted by bmvaughn
(Post 17699059)
Maybe someone who has a spreadsheet going back that far can comment on whether or not it fed into their EQM numbers. |
Originally Posted by buzzsaw999
(Post 17699093)
I went to the UA web site, looking up all activity back to the beginning of 2010 (as far back as it will go), and figured I would get a bump up of > 50K from those two years. But it looks to me like CO flights taken recently have already been counted - I don't really see any way to confirm this, though. That should only reduce my 2010-2011 bust up by a few thousand miles, though.
I tried to figure out what my credit would be for prior years, and quickly gave it up as hopeless. I'll just have to wait and see. I think I should get a bust up of at least 100K, but maybe it will be substantially more. I do not think it will put me over the top, but I should be within spitting distance. 2013 at the latest, I think. If they haven't cancelled the whole thing by then. I'd be a lot closer in the first half of 2012 if there were a way to get Asia to Europe trips to count. Well, I guess there is, but I'm not desperate enough to go through the US on those routes. |
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