aacharya

Of course it does. That's been clear since the beginning. Is this the HNL-CDG run?

LEONIDES

What is the "noise isolation" charge in The Netherlands? Seriously? What is it for?

If they want less noise in The Netherlands, they should stop walking around in those wooden shoes.....

aacharya

It pays for insulating homes near the airports for insulation against aircraft noise.

TLVflyer

I have always kept my MP address in the US, even though I spend much more of my time at a foreign one. No real reason, just the sort of thing that many expats do with their banks, credit cards, and the like.

I recently read that the new Elite Dollar requirement applies only to US addresses. Does that mean that I should switch my account (wife and kids too?) to my foreign address?

Are there hidden disadvantages that I don't know about?

I seem to remember for example that years ago, perhaps it was with CO, that Israel-based travellers and some others didn't get full credit or EQMs or something when flying TLV-EWR or on some other routes.

Is there anything like that?

Or, should I just make the switch and help assure that I'll be able to maintain the 1K, P, or G status that I've had for many years?

Thanks!!

craz

If the tkts you buy are TLV-US-TLV rather then US-TLV-US, then for sure change to your Israeli address to get out of any min Spend being needed to qualify or requalify for any Elite level

I know a number of people who have moved to Israel but travel to the US for work or biz a couple times a month and their tkts are US-TLV-US , I told them either to start buying TLV-US-TLV or make sure they get the min Spend in for the Elite level that they want to attain

I personally do not think UA will simply take everyones word they all of a sudden moved Overseas, but will instead check to see from where the person is buying their tkts and where they are starting their travels. I guess a person could appeal and explain and prove they in fact live Overseas and why it is they are purchasing their tkts starting from the US instead of where they claim they reside

PHLGovFlyer

There's a whole threadfull of info here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...n-address.html

fragment54

I know if you aren't registered in the US, you are likely to miss out on some promotions. Of course, United hasn't had a good promotion in more than a year.

exerda

And they had a few decent non-US promos in recent years, like one of the DEQM ones IIRC.

LeviFlight

Forgive me, I missed this above. What if I have a an outboard flight in 2013 and a return in 2014? Also, what if I buy the ticket in 2013 and fly 2014? Thanks!

jackal

PQD credit is given when you actually take the flight.

If your outbound in December of 2013 cost $700 and your return in January cost $600, then your 2013 PQD will be incremented by $700 and your 2014 PQD will be incremented by $600.

(A more interesting scenario is when you have a single series of one-way flights spanning the 12/31-1/1 date change...say your first flight, ANC-SEA, departs 12/31 at 11:30pm, and your connecting SEA-IAH and IAH-MCO flights are on 1/1, but all three flights were booked as a single $400 one-way fare. How do they determine how much to credit to which year? Would they just credit the whole thing to 2013, since your itinerary began in that year? Would they use the ratio of the full Y fares for each flight to determine the split, as is done in other instances of revenue splitting [like interline tickets]?)

Baze

I haven't looked closely lately but I do remember tickets used to break down costs by segment if you looked closely at the line of text that had no spaces that had the fare basis for each segment in it.

AA_EXP09

No consequences other than non participation in some promotions.
As long as you have some form of ID in your foreign country, you should be fine.
(i.e. work pass, national ID, a bill for the address you live in, a letter from a foreign employer, a foreign passport. It is better for these to be recent, as I doubt that UA would let you get away with a UN refugee document that was issued 20+ years ago, as an example, as if you were a refugee, I doubt that you would want to go back to your home country.)

TomA

And you get get your credentials late, and I never got one of those yellow bag handles that everyone's talking about.

AlreadyThere

Knowing what we know about SHARES, can you imagine that UA IT is sophisticated enough to make the distinction you're talking about? Do you think they've even thought it through to that level yet?

SJOFlyer

Have they announced the "enhancements" to the program if any?