Apr 3, 2017, 10:22 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
United PerksPlusSM program - Making business travel more rewarding
Summary -- PerksPlus provide a reward system for the corporation for their ticket purchases.
And points can be converted to UA MP miles - Two United PerksPlus Points will be converted to one MileagePlus award mile.
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United PerksPlus, a complimentary corporate program designed to reward small- and mid-sized enterprises for business travel on United®, United Express®, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines.
- Points can be redeemed for United MileagePlus Premier Gold or Silver status.
- Use points to enjoy a United Club annual membership or receive a book of one-time passes to access United airport lounges in over 45 locations worldwide. Visit the United Club and lounges page for more information on the United Club network.
- Points may be redeemed for award travel certificates that can be used on the extensive United route network.
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Consolidated "UA PerksPlus Program" Discussion Thread [Merged]
Mar 24, 2018, 6:09 pm
#121
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CLE, DCA, and 30k feet
Programs: Honors LT Diamond; United 1K; Hertz PC
Posts: 4,156
Customers in the U.S. and Canada
Once your company's eligible revenue totals $25,000 USD on United, United Express, Lufthansa Group and ANA (where applicable) within the 12-month period immediately after enrollment, we will automatically renew your membership. Upon renewal, outstanding points earned during the prior term will remain valid for an additional 24 months.
Customers in Latin America
Once your company's eligible revenue totals $15,000 USD on United, United Express and ANA within the 12-month period immediately after enrollment, we will automatically renew your membership. Upon renewal, outstanding points earned during the prior term will remain valid for an additional 24 months.
Customers in the Caribbean and Central America
Once your company's eligible revenue totals $10,000 USD on United, United Express and ANA within the 12-month period immediately after enrollment, we will automatically renew your membership. Upon renewal, outstanding points earned during the prior term will remain valid for an additional 24 months.
Once your company's eligible revenue totals $25,000 USD on United, United Express, Lufthansa Group and ANA (where applicable) within the 12-month period immediately after enrollment, we will automatically renew your membership. Upon renewal, outstanding points earned during the prior term will remain valid for an additional 24 months.
Customers in Latin America
Once your company's eligible revenue totals $15,000 USD on United, United Express and ANA within the 12-month period immediately after enrollment, we will automatically renew your membership. Upon renewal, outstanding points earned during the prior term will remain valid for an additional 24 months.
Customers in the Caribbean and Central America
Once your company's eligible revenue totals $10,000 USD on United, United Express and ANA within the 12-month period immediately after enrollment, we will automatically renew your membership. Upon renewal, outstanding points earned during the prior term will remain valid for an additional 24 months.
Mar 25, 2018, 2:33 pm
#123
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CLE, DCA, and 30k feet
Programs: Honors LT Diamond; United 1K; Hertz PC
Posts: 4,156
Yeah, it's an odd corner of United that (for better or worse) doesn't seem to change/get much attention in the policy (or, for that matter, IT) department. The expiration of points and the fact that activity has a 2+ month lag before posting to a PerksPlus account tie for my 2nd in my "things that most annoy me about PP". (#1 is the lack of clarity on what makes a ticket non-qualifying -- and the only way it seems to get that answered would be to collect every ticket # from every one of my company's travelers during the month in question and submit them to the PP folks. Not worth the hassle.)
Sep 2, 2018, 10:06 pm
#124
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Bellevue, WA - AA EXP 3MM
Posts: 2,756
I've usually had acceptable to good experiences redeeming for domestic and transatlantic coach awards from PerksPlus. But I'm having a lot of trouble finding inventory to/from Hawaii. Booking class for base PerksPlus awards is K, usually a revenue booking class, but seemingly not on United's Hawaii flights, where I see revenue fares in T, S, W, V, H, U, and on up. So no surprise that most flights have K0 inventory loaded. Set some ExpertFlyer alerts but not having much luck. Any suggesions?
Better ways to search? On a route from the east coast to Hawaii, United has so many connecting points. Hard to get ExperttFlyer to show all options. Would be nice to be able to search self-service on United.com, but I don't want to redeem the cert until I'm sure there's space available, which by all indications there is not.
Better ways to search? On a route from the east coast to Hawaii, United has so many connecting points. Hard to get ExperttFlyer to show all options. Would be nice to be able to search self-service on United.com, but I don't want to redeem the cert until I'm sure there's space available, which by all indications there is not.
Sep 3, 2018, 12:37 am
#125
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,404
I don't think there are any special secrets here.. depends on what you are looking for. I just did a random search for EWR-HNL this coming Tuesday and all of the first 5 options on EF show K space, including the nonstop. YMMV.
Feb 14, 2019, 8:45 am
#126
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: USA
Programs: 1K 1MM; Bonvoy Ambassador; Nat'l EE; Hertz PC; Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,465
Booked a reward in K to Europe. Was offered buyup to J at check in, took it, now showing as ZN. Anybody know if there’s a glitch where I may earn PQM?
Feb 14, 2019, 8:50 am
#127
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CLE, DCA, and 30k feet
Programs: Honors LT Diamond; United 1K; Hertz PC
Posts: 4,156
-- the fares are also coded to inhibit instrument and traditional buy-up upgrades as well (I've previously asked the wonderful ladies at PerksPlus if we could, to make up a point shortfall, redeem an Economy reward and then buy up off of that to J [if it were possible, presumably it would be based on the cash value of that bucket at time of redemption] and got a nice but direct "not really, ticket value is $0, and you can't use GPUs either"
Feb 14, 2019, 8:54 am
#128
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: USA
Programs: 1K 1MM; Bonvoy Ambassador; Nat'l EE; Hertz PC; Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,465
Right, I was not able to buyup until checkin, and naturally a K fare isn’t uogradeable with GPU. I don’t care either way ok the PQM but would be a nice surprise. I may also email 1kvoice to solicit the buyup as counting towards PQD (which I think buyups should). I’ll report back on this thread with the outcome.
Feb 14, 2019, 9:01 am
#129
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,821
Right, I was not able to buyup until checkin, and naturally a K fare isn’t uogradeable with GPU. I don’t care either way ok the PQM but would be a nice surprise. I may also email 1kvoice to solicit the buyup as counting towards PQD (which I think buyups should). I’ll report back on this thread with the outcome.
Some Paid Upgrades Count Towards PQD & mileage bonus and some DON'T!
May 4, 2019, 7:23 pm
#131
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CLE, DCA, and 30k feet
Programs: Honors LT Diamond; United 1K; Hertz PC
Posts: 4,156
What if I need to make a change to an award ticket already issued?
Routing changes are not permitted, however date changes are permitted. Traveler is responsible for any difference in taxes or fees due to re-bookings, per the rules of the fare class.Depending on how volatile your situation is and your MP status you may be better exchanging PerksPlus points into MP miles (2:1 conversion rate) at which point they become subject to typical MP redemption/change rules. We've only used PerksPlus points for UC memberships and travel to tradeshows because our plans change too often for everything else.
May 7, 2019, 5:55 pm
#133
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CLE, DCA, and 30k feet
Programs: Honors LT Diamond; United 1K; Hertz PC
Posts: 4,156
Travel certificates are valid for one round-trip ticket on flights operated by United and/or United Express. All travel certificates originating within the 48 contiguous U.S. will be issued an electronic ticket. For redemption, log on to www.united.com.
Aug 16, 2019, 1:58 pm
#134
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: ORD
Posts: 14,231
Perks Plus Time to Post?
I have recently added a bunch of people to our Perks Plus account, but no activity has shown up. How long does it take for flights to post? Does it only work for itineraries booked after adding the MileagePlus number to Perks Plus?
Aug 16, 2019, 2:39 pm
#135
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New York, NY
Programs: UA, AA, DL, Hertz, Avis, National, Hyatt, Hilton, SPG, Marriott
Posts: 9,447
I find that points post about a month after the month in which they were accrued; e.g., May flights post in mid July. Members added to the account should appear on the list of active travelers immediately.