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Million Miler Program
Mileage accrual for Million Miler qualification is based on the flight distance of United- and United Express-operated flights. United no longer shows the BIS mileage. Presently using UA's timetable to research the flight, the flight miles are provided Alternatively, you can use third-party tools like, gcmap to get a number. It may differ from UA's number by a few miles Building a UA city pair BIS table And finally, you can trust UA to track your miles (There have been very, very few instances of issues and less recently)
Post-merge, COPA flights also accumulated UA lifetime miles, that ceased in July 2015 when COPA left MileagePlus. What if I use miles to purchase the trip? Does that earn Lifetime Miles? Depends What about purchasing with "Money+Miles"?If you are using just UA miles and only paying cash for the taxes, as an award trip, it does not qualify for Lifetime miles However If you are using points from a credit card to purchase a ticket on their site, then the trip qualifies If you are booking an economy ticket but using miles to upgrade, then the trip qualifies If you are using the Money+Miles payment option, then the trip qualifies (regardless of the amount paid by miles) If you are purchasing with a Chase creditcard and then using miles as a statement credit, then the trip qualifies 100% Lifetime Miles earning Related Threadssee What is the "Book with Money and Miles" option ? MileagePlus Million Mile (and Beyond) Flyer Benefits [2014 forward] Million Miler companion benefit Building a UA city pair BIS table Archive: [url=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-airlines-mileageplus/2150272-how-lifetime-miles-calculated-mileageplus-archive.html]How are "lifetime miles" calculated for MileagePlus? {Archive} Related thread: Lifetime status by airline -- attempted summary |
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