Mileage Plus acct change

Old Aug 2, 2012, 3:54 pm
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Mileage Plus acct change

Can anyone tell me why UA decided to switch the Mileage Plus program to the Continental account number? I flew UA a lot when I lived in Chicago and had memorized that number years ago. Now, I have to memorize a number I used maybe once a year from a nearly dormant Continental account.
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Old Aug 2, 2012, 3:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Ratcher
Can anyone tell me why UA decided to switch the Mileage Plus program to the Continental account number? I flew UA a lot when I lived in Chicago and had memorized that number years ago. Now, I have to memorize a number I used maybe once a year from a nearly dormant Continental account.
Part of the switch to SHARES as the sCO frequent flier systems were built around that platform. No matter what, a lot of people would have had to get used to a different style. If they had gone with Apollo and sUA's frequent flier systems the people used to the sCO-style numbers would have had to "forget" those numbers and learn the sUA-style numbers.
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Old Aug 2, 2012, 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Ratcher
Can anyone tell me why UA decided to switch the Mileage Plus program to the Continental account number? ....
we've been there and done that -- try
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...er-update.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ss-number.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...-one-pass.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...s-onepass.html
......
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