Any Drawbacks from having MP account registered to foreign address?
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#632
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: LAS
Programs: UA 1K (2MM), BA Gold, MH Enrich Platinum
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#633
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: PHL, EWR
Programs: UA 1K; AA Platinum;Amtrak Select Plus;HH Diamond;Hyatt Exp;Hertz PC;Johnnie Walker Gold
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I hope people will post their experiences. I was originally thinking of starting a new thread on this subject. My S.O., who is a 1K with a foreign address will be changing back to a US address most likely, but doesn't want to lose his 2020 1K status through some type of crackdown!
#634
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
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I hope people will post their experiences. I was originally thinking of starting a new thread on this subject. My S.O., who is a 1K with a foreign address will be changing back to a US address most likely, but doesn't want to lose his 2020 1K status through some type of crackdown!
#635
Moderator: United Airlines; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.85MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 59,996
What is the hurry? Can not think of a reason until next year's member kit (and only if Plat or higher)
#636
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: PHL, EWR
Programs: UA 1K; AA Platinum;Amtrak Select Plus;HH Diamond;Hyatt Exp;Hertz PC;Johnnie Walker Gold
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Well when he hits the Million Miles mark later this year (about 45k short at the moment) we will want to have the same address for our MP accounts so I can share his lifetime gold status and be bumped up to gold for the rest of this year.
#637
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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#638
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: PHL, EWR
Programs: UA 1K; AA Platinum;Amtrak Select Plus;HH Diamond;Hyatt Exp;Hertz PC;Johnnie Walker Gold
Posts: 2,281
Same address not required for MMer companions (regardless of what you read), see Million Miler companion benefit for that discussion. UA stopped that practice many years ago (just did not change the web).
#639
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: London & Sonoma CA
Programs: UA 1K(until 2022), MM *G for life, Hertz PC, BAEC Silver
Posts: 9,676
I genuinely live abroad. Is there any reason not to switch to a US address? The benefit would be the occasional offer from UA. Nearly all my travel originates from abroad so UA could spot that my US address is not home.
#640
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: LAS
Programs: UA 1K (2MM), BA Gold, MH Enrich Platinum
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I have never had a promotion which I qualified for in the past. Hoping changing to my US address gives me some benefits.
#641
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#642
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: London & Sonoma CA
Programs: UA 1K(until 2022), MM *G for life, Hertz PC, BAEC Silver
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perhaps but It seems UA is giving up on trying to attract overseas flyers. It’s a sense I get that the outward-looking, global airline of a decade ago is retreating into a more parochial sort of place: flogging credit cards their overseas customers are excluded from, endless announcements about Mobile Passport apps their overseas customers are excluded from, Polaris menus which are tailored exclusively to US tastes, rather than being more varied etc. It may, of course, be that the overseas percentage has always been low and they are reflecting reality, or that it’s declining but my perception over the years is that it has changed. We did get some offers a long time ago but nothing for at least ten years.
#643
Join Date: Jan 2010
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#645
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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