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Any Drawbacks from having MP account registered to foreign address?
Dec 5, 2020, 8:45 pm
#646
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL, OZ, AC, AS, AA, BA, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, IHG
Posts: 19,903
I'm not hopeful about this. I think UA addressed this and said they want a level playing field for everybody. What a shame...
Dec 6, 2020, 12:28 am
#647
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC, LON
Programs: *
Posts: 2,774
Dec 10, 2020, 3:21 pm
#648
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Up In The Cloud
Programs: UA 1K MM; BA S, AA G; AS G; DL | SPG P50, M G, CC G, IHG P, HLT S | Hertz PC, Avis F
Posts: 682
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
Dec 11, 2020, 12:12 am
#649
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
Posts: 8,606
To be eligible for promotions targeted to US customers, such as Mile Play
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
Dec 11, 2020, 12:22 am
#650
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL, OZ, AC, AS, AA, BA, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, IHG
Posts: 19,903
To be eligible for promotions targeted to US customers, such as Mile Play
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
Dec 14, 2020, 6:53 pm
#651
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC, LON
Programs: *
Posts: 2,774
To be eligible for promotions targeted to US customers, such as Mile Play
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
Dec 14, 2020, 8:09 pm
#652
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
Posts: 8,606
However, as airlines are jostling for whatever limited market there is in 2021 and 2022, the overseas based customer may suddenly become important and UA may be forced to compete for passengers with the likes of BA, EK, SQ on the more lucrative routes popular with non-US residents as opposed to previously when UA cared mostly about DL and AA's competition. The tables could turn such that it is the foreign based membership that is being offered more incentive to fly UA.
Dec 15, 2020, 10:13 pm
#653
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC, LON
Programs: *
Posts: 2,774
There is unfortunately no 'actual fact' now other than almost no one is flying and for those who are there isn't much value granted by MP membership in doing so. For most it really doesn't matter where your MP address is right now; indeed *now* in context of UA barely matters for most whether you are a member of MP, even if you are one of those who still fly. So for all of us the question is how will things evolve in the next year or two and we just have to hedge our bets....
Dec 21, 2023, 1:50 am
#655
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: London & Sonoma CA
Programs: UA 1K, MM *G for life, BAEC Gold
Posts: 10,227
As a non resident, US’s program is now very weak and I would be looking elsewhere for 2024 if I weren’t Gold for life. As it is, I now only book UA if it’s significantly cheaper whereas the old program used to provide considerable incentive.
Dec 21, 2023, 3:19 am
#656
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
Programs: UA 1K, MR LTT, HH Dia, Amex Plat
Posts: 32,092
To be eligible for promotions targeted to US customers, such as Mile Play
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
To be eligible to receive gifts targeted for US customers, such as yellow handle
To be able to apply for Chase cards and not to worry about them changing UA address to Chase billing address for you
That handles are one-time "things" that are useless in the first place IMHO.While the Chase card thing is true, this is not unique to either UA or airlines as a whole.
Dec 21, 2023, 3:30 am
#657
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL, OZ, AC, AS, AA, BA, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, IHG
Posts: 19,903
The OP never responded to my question from about three years ago. Is there any dp of that happening?