Status of Miles Redemption for United Club Membership/Renewal?
Feb 4, 2012, 8:07 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: California
Posts: 30
Can't Use Miles for UC Renewal
I don't see a thread about this yet, so...
Did anyone else get the email about not being able to use MP miles for renewing a UC membership after March?
Any idea why they're doing that? I would never use miles for that anyway, but it seems like it would be to their advantage, given the high mileage they require. Getting people to use their miles for that rather than for, perhaps, 3 RT tickets seems like a good thing for United.
Did anyone else get the email about not being able to use MP miles for renewing a UC membership after March?
Any idea why they're doing that? I would never use miles for that anyway, but it seems like it would be to their advantage, given the high mileage they require. Getting people to use their miles for that rather than for, perhaps, 3 RT tickets seems like a good thing for United.
Feb 4, 2012, 8:11 am
#2
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: DCA or IAD (originally DUB)
Programs: UA 1K 1.8MM, Hertz PC, Marriott Platinum/Lifetime Gold
Posts: 7,657
I don't see a thread about this yet, so...
Did anyone else get the email about not being able to use MP miles for renewing a UC membership after March?
Any idea why they're doing that? I would never use miles for that anyway, but it seems like it would be to their advantage, given the high mileage they require. Getting people to use their miles for that rather than for, perhaps, 3 RT tickets seems like a good thing for United.
Did anyone else get the email about not being able to use MP miles for renewing a UC membership after March?
Any idea why they're doing that? I would never use miles for that anyway, but it seems like it would be to their advantage, given the high mileage they require. Getting people to use their miles for that rather than for, perhaps, 3 RT tickets seems like a good thing for United.
Feb 4, 2012, 9:11 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: DL Platinum, AA Lifetime Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, Radisson Premium
Posts: 6,638
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In the email, it says its a temporary suspension
In the email, it says its a temporary suspension
Feb 4, 2012, 9:12 am
#5
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, UA Platinum, Alaksa MVP 75K, Air Berlin Gold, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 2,389
Odd, I just received an email this morning to use my miles to renew my membership (even though I renewed it in December since it would have expired in January.)
Feb 4, 2012, 9:23 am
#6
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: UA US CO AA DL FL
Posts: 50,262
Use your miles today
As a member of United Club℠, you understand that club access isn't simply a luxury, it can often be a necessity.
The ability to use award miles for a United Club membership will be temporarily suspended beginning in March 2012. While you can, use your miles today to renew your membership.
Feb 4, 2012, 12:22 pm
#8
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, UA Platinum, Alaksa MVP 75K, Air Berlin Gold, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 2,389
Did you read the email carefully? Here is the text of mine which makes it clear that it's a temporary suspension. I don't think it's worth a discussion unless somebody has any hard facts (not what they heard from a GA or from a drunk in the UC) as to what "temporary" means. If, as other suggest, its due to the comination of the two FF Programs into the new M+, as far as I'm concerned it's like my bank's website being down for maintenance. You know in advance, you renew now and all is well.
Use your miles today
As a member of United Club℠, you understand that club access isn't simply a luxury, it can often be a necessity.
The ability to use award miles for a United Club membership will be temporarily suspended beginning in March 2012. While you can, use your miles today to renew your membership.
Use your miles today
As a member of United Club℠, you understand that club access isn't simply a luxury, it can often be a necessity.
The ability to use award miles for a United Club membership will be temporarily suspended beginning in March 2012. While you can, use your miles today to renew your membership.
Feb 4, 2012, 6:12 pm
#10
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA LAX
Programs: UA Gold, United Club, HHonors Diamond, Starwood Gold, Hertz 5 Star
Posts: 212
That used to be me 10 years ago when I first joined. I pay using my UA credit card now that I am not that guy anymore!
Feb 4, 2012, 6:31 pm
#11
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Posts: 10,909
Lets say you are a young guy making a pathetic 50k a year but your company has you flying so much you have no time for trips. In that case the 500 bucks might be far more valuable than a bunch of miles you got for free that are just piling up and that you will earn back in the next six weeks anyway.
That used to be me 10 years ago when I first joined. I pay using my UA credit card now that I am not that guy anymore!
That used to be me 10 years ago when I first joined. I pay using my UA credit card now that I am not that guy anymore!
My company did not and does not pay for club membership. I can't justify the cost of the membership myself. When I was 1K I was getting so many miles every year using miles for club membership was the perfect solution. I considered it a great use of miles.
Feb 4, 2012, 6:36 pm
#12
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Central Virginia
Programs: UA 2MM
Posts: 1,231
A few years ago, I also was in the same situation. At one time I had a half a million miles in my account and no plans to use them, so the membership was a good deal.
Feb 6, 2012, 6:59 pm
#13
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: JHW
Programs: United Premier 1K, GE/Nexus, Hertz Pres Circle, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Holiday Inn Plat
Posts: 462
Lets say you are a young guy making a pathetic 50k a year but your company has you flying so much you have no time for trips. In that case the 500 bucks might be far more valuable than a bunch of miles you got for free that are just piling up and that you will earn back in the next six weeks anyway.
That used to be me 10 years ago when I first joined. I pay using my UA credit card now that I am not that guy anymore!
That used to be me 10 years ago when I first joined. I pay using my UA credit card now that I am not that guy anymore!
Feb 21, 2012, 9:21 am
#14
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Clinging to the edifices of a decadent past from the biggest city in America nobody really cares about.
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Posts: 9,077
pss Site Seems to Suggest Redeeming Miles for Club Memberhsip Will *Not* Be Possible
This was discovered in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...-continue.html where JM noted mileage redemption for a United Club membership is not listed in the schedule of fees per the pss site.
As such, if you've got mileage to burn and are thinking about a club membership, you might want to act sooner than later.
As such, if you've got mileage to burn and are thinking about a club membership, you might want to act sooner than later.
If the mock up predicts the future, the PMUA option of using miles to buy a club membership seems to be going the way of other useful mileage uses. Using miles was always a useful option for those of us with more miles than we can use burn. I had always hoped that PMCO would follow PMUA's lead on this, but apparently not.
Feb 21, 2012, 9:35 am
#15
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K/MM, AA GLD
Posts: 1,708
This was discovered in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...-continue.html where JM noted mileage redemption for a United Club membership is not listed in the schedule of fees per the pss site.
As such, if you've got mileage to burn and are thinking about a club membership, you might want to act sooner than later.
As such, if you've got mileage to burn and are thinking about a club membership, you might want to act sooner than later.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...c-renewal.html
Sounds like a temporary thing, but unclear when they might get a new system in place to allow for mileage redemption for memberships.