mgcsinc

Nope. The United login cookie remains valid for like 2 hours. You logged in.

Yi Xiong

I am using firefox, it has it's own cookies.

the fact is I never wanted my miles to be collected by united since I am a 35k aeroplan member, I didn't know what happened to my computer that time. I purchased so many times on united.com, it never happened before, I was just so confused.

edcho

This technically makes no sense -- the session is controlled by the server. The cookies probably only store the session ID (I haven't checked exactly) which expires within a few hours (usually less with UAs issues).

What is more logical and technically possible is that your MP account number and pin code/password is stored into firefox's remember form feature (or an add-on feature). Upon check out, it automatically prefilled those values into the prompt right before asking you to purchase. It then automatically logged you in when you pressed continue and purchased the ticket under the account.

lovenola

My computer and ipad always logs me in automatically to my account when i visit the site, even if it has been several weeks between visits.

Yi Xiong

due to my my poor English I could not explain well, thanks for the explanations.

Thanks, finally someone believed me.

fieldeng

Sorry to say but this is your own fault not mileageplus's fault. It's a mistake you'll have to live with. Once you fly, they will post the miles to the proper account which they did. Plus your tickets had your mileageplus # on them so you could have changed them at the airport. At this point even if you could get them pulled from your account, Aeroplan will look at your tickets and not see your aeroplan number on them.

Doc Savage

OP had the opportunity to switch the credit right up till boarding. Sorry, it is his fault for not looking at the number till after the flight.

Yi Xiong

Thanks for reminding me this, I never said that's their fault, it was my carelessness, but this mistake is not so serious and can not be fixed, they just need to do some manually set up, it doesn't hurt anybody.
There are forgiveness, kindness to make this world better, to give guilty people a chance to fix small mistake, let them feel warm and be appreciative in future.
I have learned my lesson no matter whether they give back my miles, and I will be more appreciate if they helped me.
Anyway, if I have chance to forgive people, I will, especially it won't hurt myself, maybe others not agree with this.

KenInEscazu

I'm sorry that you are suffering from this. It doesn't have to be an entire loss.

1. Just buy a magazine subscription, and iTunes song, or something equally small every 17 months. Activity every 18 months keeps your miles from expiring.
2. Consider getting a Chase credit card with the United branding. That works to keep the account posting new activity, thus no expiration.
3. Combine the two (MileagePlus shopping and a Chase card) and save the miles for a future trip that you value. UA flies to a whole lot of places, so 8000 miles is a good start to a special vacation later.
4. Need more miles to make your AeroPlan status? Two words: Mileage run. It's early September, so you have about 3 months to look for deals before the Christmas season starts to make flying cost prohibitive. I've had good MR opportunities come up as late as the first week in December some years.

If you figure out how to automatically log in in FireFox, Chrome or Safari, please share that with me. I have tried, and I can't make it happen on purpose. I would really like to know how to accidentally set that up!

Best of luck to you. May this be an opening door rather than a closing one. Two programs can be better than one in some cases, and this may just be one of those cases.

WineCountryUA

This is pretty standard in the industry -- it is very hard and usually unsuccessful to uncredit from one program and re-credit to another.

While you my try another or two agent (especially try MileagePlus Service Center, not Reservations) but generally the answer will be no.

LAX UA 1K

Do you still have your boarding passes? If so, my suggestion is to ask the MileagePlus service center to just delete your mileage credit for all the segments. You can then file a missing mileage request with Aeroplan for the credit. In your request tell them that UA deleted the mileage credit.

It is possible you will end up with no miles anywhere but if you can get UA to delete the credit you have a reasonable chance to get the credit from Aeroplan.

garykung

Your login has nothing with do with the whole case.

1. In your passenger information (for TSA), you are allowed to provide another FFP number. Even you have a UA number, it does not mean you have to stick with it.

2. Even you don't realize between the time you book and check-in for your mistake, your boarding pass will definitely have your account shown. If you have ever been a AC *G before, you will notice the issue.

Sorry to say - lesson learned and move on. The chance you can get it is really slim.

To be honest, it may be easier to tell AC that you made the mistake. They might able to override it for you.

Flyinace2000

Alright everyone, I think he gets that he screwed up.

OP: Call up the MP service desk explain the mix up and ask the to "release" the miles and then call up your prefered FF programe to request a credit. There is a Star Alliance desk that might (probably) have to get involved. It is a PAIN in the ... to get done, but not impossible.

kettle1

Try all of the suggestions on the above posts. If the miles cannot transfer and you never plan to fly on UA, donate the miles to a charity, such as make a wish foundation. Don't let the miles expire.

I also use Firefox and have never had this problem.

Have a great Friday the 13th.

azepine00

Look at this as an opportunity to switch from pretty awful (and yet still detiriorating based on aeroplan forum posts) AC program to MP which is probably the best in frequent flyer world these days..