Jan 3, 2014, 6:04 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
MM roll call thread: UA Million Miler/Multi-Million Miler Roll Call Thread
UA offers a way to earn status based on accumulative (lifetime) flight.
You can earn (the old fashioned way, same thresholds) higher status, but with MMers status, you will never fall below the MMer status level.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I get a "permanent / lifetime" card?
No, you get an annual card, as everyone else does. It will have an MM insignia. A permanent card would not make sense because you may earn a higher status than your MMer status.
Do I need to do anything to maintain MMer status? Recent flights? 4 segments? some PQMs or PQDs
No, you need to do nothing.
Will 2MM flyers receive 2 RPUs annually?
Yes: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21007782-post85.html :
Will 3MM flyers receive 6 GPUs annually?
Yes. See above.
Since a 3MM flyer is also a 2MM flyer, will 3MM flyers also receive 2 RPUs annually?
According to an email exchange on 1/15/2014 with 1Kvoice as a 3MM LT 1K one should see 6 GPUs and 2 RPUs by end of January if one didn't fly the miles last year. Those xPUs in fact deposited 1/16/2014.
Pre-merger United 1MM flyers were promised two Confirmed Regional upgrades per year. Were they grandfathered into two RPUs per year?
No. And a class action suit claiming this was a breach of contract with pre-merger MM members was denied by a court, so this issue appears to be closed. For more: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...judgmt-ua.html
Pre-merger United 2MM flyers were promised a Red Carpet Club lounge membership for life. Will they be grandfathered into a lifetime United Club membership?
Yes, but they need to call the MileagePlus service center.
I was close to 2MM status before January 1, 2012, and was on a pace to reach 2MM BIS before January 1, 2013. Should I have received a lifetime membership?
Some have. Call the MileagePlus service center.
2 and 3 Million Miler Gift
Changed to RDM bonus in 2020
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to fly 4 segments annually on UA/UX metal to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to fly the 4 segments and credit to them to M+.
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to earn PQDs to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to earn the required PQDs for that status. Your Million Mile and Beyond status do not give you a jump start on PQDs, PQMs, or PQSes toward a higher elite status.
Million Mile Program FAQs
Terms and conditions for MileagePlus Million Miler companion benefit
FT thread: Million Miler companion benefit
Frequently Made Points (2012)
UA offers a way to earn status based on accumulative (lifetime) flight.
Lifetime Premier status
The Million Miler program grants lifetime Premier status to all qualifying members, even if they fly less in the future. Lifetime miles are earned based on the flight distance of United- and United Express®-operated flights. Basic Economy tickets do not earn lifetime flight miles.
(How are "lifetime miles" calculated for MileagePlus?)
Here are the status benefits of the Million Miler program:
The Million Miler program grants lifetime Premier status to all qualifying members, even if they fly less in the future. Lifetime miles are earned based on the flight distance of United- and United Express®-operated flights. Basic Economy tickets do not earn lifetime flight miles.
(How are "lifetime miles" calculated for MileagePlus?)
Here are the status benefits of the Million Miler program:
You can earn (the old fashioned way, same thresholds) higher status, but with MMers status, you will never fall below the MMer status level.
Annual companion Premier status
As a Million Miler, you may invite your spouse or significant other to share your current Premier status. This membership is nontransferable and will automatically renew each year unless you let us know otherwise.
See companion eligibility terms and conditions at the bottom of this page for more details.
To select or review your companion or to change your companion for the next calendar year, visit united.com/MMcompanion.
As a Million Miler, you may invite your spouse or significant other to share your current Premier status. This membership is nontransferable and will automatically renew each year unless you let us know otherwise.
See companion eligibility terms and conditions at the bottom of this page for more details.
To select or review your companion or to change your companion for the next calendar year, visit united.com/MMcompanion.
Do I get a "permanent / lifetime" card?
No, you get an annual card, as everyone else does. It will have an MM insignia. A permanent card would not make sense because you may earn a higher status than your MMer status.
Do I need to do anything to maintain MMer status? Recent flights? 4 segments? some PQMs or PQDs
No, you need to do nothing.
Will 2MM flyers receive 2 RPUs annually?
Yes: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21007782-post85.html :
Yes. See above.
Since a 3MM flyer is also a 2MM flyer, will 3MM flyers also receive 2 RPUs annually?
According to an email exchange on 1/15/2014 with 1Kvoice as a 3MM LT 1K one should see 6 GPUs and 2 RPUs by end of January if one didn't fly the miles last year. Those xPUs in fact deposited 1/16/2014.
Pre-merger United 1MM flyers were promised two Confirmed Regional upgrades per year. Were they grandfathered into two RPUs per year?
No. And a class action suit claiming this was a breach of contract with pre-merger MM members was denied by a court, so this issue appears to be closed. For more: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...judgmt-ua.html
Pre-merger United 2MM flyers were promised a Red Carpet Club lounge membership for life. Will they be grandfathered into a lifetime United Club membership?
Yes, but they need to call the MileagePlus service center.
I was close to 2MM status before January 1, 2012, and was on a pace to reach 2MM BIS before January 1, 2013. Should I have received a lifetime membership?
Some have. Call the MileagePlus service center.
2 and 3 Million Miler Gift
Changed to RDM bonus in 2020
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to fly 4 segments annually on UA/UX metal to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to fly the 4 segments and credit to them to M+.
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to earn PQDs to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to earn the required PQDs for that status. Your Million Mile and Beyond status do not give you a jump start on PQDs, PQMs, or PQSes toward a higher elite status.
Million Mile Program FAQs
Terms and conditions for MileagePlus Million Miler companion benefit
FT thread: Million Miler companion benefit
Frequently Made Points (2012)
- Many lifetime CO elites made gains with the new program:
- Lifetime silvers become lifetime golds
- Infinite elites became lifetime 1Ks
- Many lifetime UA elites made gains with the new program:
- The one-time adjustment to recalculate lifetime miles to be equal to lifetime PQM boosted most lifetime totals, and many people were elevated to the first or next tier of the MM program.
- The companion program benefited most elites.
- The addition of lifetime platinum to existing 2MMer grandfathered lifetime United Club membership was a benefit for all pre-existing 2MMers.
- The replacement of lifetime United Club with platinum was a benefit for those people between 1MM and 2MM lifetime miles who valued a higher upgrade priority.
- For people at or aiming toward 4MM, the introduction of lifetime GS at 4MM
- Leather luggage tags
- Many lifetime CO elites had losses with the new program:
- Moving forward, PQMs do not count toward lifetime status.
- Many lifetime UA elites had losses with the new program:
- For 1MM and 2MM elites, the loss of 100% RDM bonus (reduced to 50% and 75% respectively)
- For 1MM elites, the loss of two annual CR-1s (nka RPUs)
- For people over 1MM but not "close enough" to 2MM, the loss of the opportunity to get lifetime United Club membership.
- The loss of one-time gifts of extra SWUs (nka GPUs)
- The inflation of membership numbers negating the significance of flying an actual one million BIS miles on UA metal, i.e. "Million Mile Flyers"
MileagePlus Million Mile (and Beyond) Flyer Benefits
Jan 16, 2014, 11:00 am
#31
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: PHX
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Well-worn topic that comes up regularly.
Try this extensive thread from some years back.
Try this extensive thread from some years back.
I'm in Gen Y and most the travelers I know are very aware of their benefits, even non flyertalkers. blows my mind that someone could be flying for that duration and not understand the benefits nor care. If something became routine for me, I'd try and see what can make things the most efficient/convenient for me. The insight here helped me understand a bit more
Jan 16, 2014, 11:05 am
#32
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, AA, DL
Posts: 7,418
I took a trip a few months ago with a supervisor who's million miler. Asked if I had gotten bonus miles from our trip - I said, sure, bonus RDMs always happen with elite status. He seemed surprised.
Jan 16, 2014, 11:18 am
#33
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
Programs: UA Silver, AA Platinum, AS & DL GM Marriott TE, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,582
Sat next to a 2mm (1K) ROC-IAD a few years ago who was 100% clueless about why he was in F on a CRJ-700; this was just after CPU's started.
"I keep booking cheap coach tickets, going to the airport, and being given a new boarding pass"
"I keep booking cheap coach tickets, going to the airport, and being given a new boarding pass"
Jan 16, 2014, 11:20 am
#34
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sacramento
Programs: UA 2MM/GS; SPG Lifetime Plat; MHC Lifetime; Tar Heel forever; and I "Dig the Pig" at Piggly Wiggly
Posts: 12,152
I have a co-worker who is 1K but knows nothing about the programs.
I tried to get him into FT, but his account was blocked because someone here thought we were one in the same, so he got really turned off by that.
Basically, I can't interest him in our addiction.
I tried to get him into FT, but his account was blocked because someone here thought we were one in the same, so he got really turned off by that.
Basically, I can't interest him in our addiction.
Jan 16, 2014, 11:44 am
#35
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Programs: UA 1K 3 Million/ex-many year GS, AA PLT/2 Mil, AS MVPG, HH Dia, Starwood Life Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,401
I just had an email exchange yesterday with 1K voice asking them about when upgrades would appear for me as a LT 1K who didn't fly the miles last year to get them (actually flew less than 50k PQM). Answer was that I should see 6 GPUs and 2 RPUs by end of month. So this would appear to answer the open question above about LT 1Ks getting RPUs for also being LT Plats as a yes. Note though that it isn't quite treating you as though you flew 100K miles since in that case one would get 6GPUs and *4* RPUs. Guess you can't have everything. I have updated the wiki tentatively but will await actually seeing the instruments before I think the question is fully closed.
ETA: The instruments actually deposited 1/16/2014 confirming the email. I updated the wiki to say this.
ETA: The instruments actually deposited 1/16/2014 confirming the email. I updated the wiki to say this.
Last edited by pdx1M; Jan 16, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Jan 17, 2014, 12:20 pm
#36
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Always on the move
Programs: Something lifetime here and there
Posts: 1,867
I was a LT 1K when the conversion happened and this is what happened for me:
1) got my 6 GPU's
2) got my 2 RPU's
IIRC, I got my GPU's and RPU's mid month (Jan).
Why this continues to be a unresolved question in the thread, I have no idea as I have first hand experience with this.
Curious to see if I get my 2 RPU's as a MMer someday...I guess that one is up to the Judge....
YMMV....
1) got my 6 GPU's
2) got my 2 RPU's
IIRC, I got my GPU's and RPU's mid month (Jan).
Why this continues to be a unresolved question in the thread, I have no idea as I have first hand experience with this.
Curious to see if I get my 2 RPU's as a MMer someday...I guess that one is up to the Judge....
YMMV....
Jan 17, 2014, 2:00 pm
#38
Moderator: Mileage Run, United Airlines; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: The City/Honolulu
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Jan 17, 2014, 2:08 pm
#39
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Programs: UA 1K 3 Million/ex-many year GS, AA PLT/2 Mil, AS MVPG, HH Dia, Starwood Life Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,401
These are the xPUs that you get if you fail to fly enough to earn them. So as a 2MM flyer if you fly 75K in a year you get 2 RPUs and if you fly 2K miles in a year (or 0 even) you get 2 RPUs. Odd but true. Same for 1Ks vs 3MM LT 1Ks. Once you are a 3MMer you get nothing "extra" until you have flown 100K (an extra 2 RPUs for crossing 100K).
Jan 17, 2014, 3:11 pm
#40
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: PDX
Programs: UA Global Services / Million Miler, Marriott Ambassador / Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 594
Of all the changes I am supposed to like, this perhaps boggles my mind the most. Not really a change so much as a policy that makes zero sense. I would really like to hear UA's justification for how this is set up. Odd but true could be the understatement of the year.
Last edited by u2vox; Jan 17, 2014 at 5:52 pm
Jan 17, 2014, 6:13 pm
#44
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SBA
Programs: UA & AA 1 million miler
Posts: 1,134
Jan 17, 2014, 6:36 pm
#45
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Alameda, CA, USA
Posts: 799
Since a 3MM flyer is also a 2MM flyer, will 3MM flyers also receive 2 RPUs annually?
According to an email exchange on 1/15/2014 with 1Kvoice as a 3MM LT 1K one should see 6 GPUs and 2 RPUs by end of January if one didn't fly the miles last year. Those xPUs in fact deposited 1/16/2014.
I am a 3 Million Miler and I haven't received 2 RPU's yet. Today, I called the 1K Mileage Plus line and inquired about the 2 RPU's?
I was told that as a 3 Million Miler, I am NOT entitled to receive them annually!
According to an email exchange on 1/15/2014 with 1Kvoice as a 3MM LT 1K one should see 6 GPUs and 2 RPUs by end of January if one didn't fly the miles last year. Those xPUs in fact deposited 1/16/2014.
I am a 3 Million Miler and I haven't received 2 RPU's yet. Today, I called the 1K Mileage Plus line and inquired about the 2 RPU's?
I was told that as a 3 Million Miler, I am NOT entitled to receive them annually!