UA blocks Third Party Sites (TripIt Pro/Award Wallet/etc.) from Accessing M+ Accounts
Dec 10, 2012, 3:31 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Not happy, United. 
Seriously my financial information is kept safe, but UA is looking out for my FF account details? What valuation do they put on those miles, must be hundreds of thousands of dollars per mile to deserve such protection!
Seriously my financial information is kept safe, but UA is looking out for my FF account details? What valuation do they put on those miles, must be hundreds of thousands of dollars per mile to deserve such protection!
Dec 10, 2012, 6:23 pm
#18
Join Date: May 2001
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I don't know. I can see their point. I mean, you can say that, but if your miles disappear, you're going to be complaining to UA... right?
Dec 10, 2012, 7:56 pm
#19
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Per a conversation I'm having right now with folks at UA PR, UsingMiles is not affected. They have agreed to a formal data sharing arrangement with UA to cover their access.
ETA: Here is the full statement I got from UA:
ETA: Here is the full statement I got from UA:
United issued cease and desist letters to certain mileage management companies that market to MileagePlus members. We encourage each of these organizations seeking to extract data from united.com on behalf of our customers to enter into a formal agreement with United in order to ensure compliance with the Terms, Conditions, and Legal Notices contained on united.com. United is happy to explore these formal partnerships. In fact, we already have a relationship with one such organization - UsingMiles.
Dec 10, 2012, 7:58 pm
#20
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No. The site never displays back the full details.
Dec 10, 2012, 9:03 pm
#21
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: TPA, finally
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Don't worry UA Marketing has a plan
One does not need to have another function, with your daily span from MP, not only will you be told what your balance was a month ago, but will tell you how to burn the miles with an domestic upgrade or a saver award to somewhere you haven't been in however long the random ICAO code maker-uper does. Besides, you still have to log into your account on a regular basis so you can call to have RPU or SWU to be redeposited or a *A flight to be posted. I really don't see the issue, if you travel regularly, you have to see how much the computer screws up your balance any ways.
Where you make your money with the the service is gate change, delay or canx. It always SMS a few minutes before UA service does and when UA pushes and update to your profile and resets your notification options, you still know where you should start walking to with the appropriate time to gauge your jogging speed. I wish there was a moving terminal map or at least a merger with gateguru whose tripit update function isn't so hot.
Where you make your money with the the service is gate change, delay or canx. It always SMS a few minutes before UA service does and when UA pushes and update to your profile and resets your notification options, you still know where you should start walking to with the appropriate time to gauge your jogging speed. I wish there was a moving terminal map or at least a merger with gateguru whose tripit update function isn't so hot.
Dec 14, 2012, 3:14 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: SEA
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United Airlines forces AwardWallet to stop accessing united.com
See this post: http://awardwallet.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16
I think there is just no better way to keep tracking on account balance, upgrade expiration and elite qualification than using AwardWallet, especially when you have responsible for accounts of the whole family. I won't be surprised for this since DL and AA took the same action before, but it is really shamed on United for doing this.
I myself am writing one letter per week to 1Kvoice, until the service is resumed.
I think there is just no better way to keep tracking on account balance, upgrade expiration and elite qualification than using AwardWallet, especially when you have responsible for accounts of the whole family. I won't be surprised for this since DL and AA took the same action before, but it is really shamed on United for doing this.
I myself am writing one letter per week to 1Kvoice, until the service is resumed.
Dec 14, 2012, 4:34 pm
#26
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One does not need to have another function, with your daily span from MP, not only will you be told what your balance was a month ago, but will tell you how to burn the miles with an domestic upgrade or a saver award to somewhere you haven't been in however long the random ICAO code maker-uper does.
Dec 14, 2012, 4:43 pm
#27
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: MKE
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DL blocked tripit a while ago. While you can't see your SM balance you can still see all your itineraries.
Hilton also no longer provides total number of stays
Also seems Avis now blocks as well
Hilton also no longer provides total number of stays
Also seems Avis now blocks as well
Dec 14, 2012, 11:56 pm
#29
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Chicago
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Granted COrunUA has IT systems from the literal stone age, but a 4 digit pin in this day in age???? Someone needs to show Jeffy a laptop; take him for a spin arond some computer software; maybe take him around the Internet and then maybe show him an iPad if that wouldn't cause his brain to overload.