PV_Premier

nothing as usual here in SMF/RNO

75 segments last year, ~10 on US and the rest on UA or UAX

1K within spitting distance of 125k tier extra RPUs

only four PNRs on the books with UA for 2014 so far (average cpm 2.5) and will only fly 2 of the four

9 PNRs issued so far on DL

Mike Jacoubowsky

But does it show up if, instead of registering via the link, you go to the relevant page on ua.com that displays what offers you're eligible for? Looks like that page may have changed as it doesn't appear "personalized" as it has in the past.

playbbg

same here. I genuinely don't get United. I feel like they are rewarded lesser valued customers (ones who fly other metal or not as frequently) at the cost of their best customers (the ones that fly weekly or high value). all these RPUs out there will make it harder for me to get a CPC this year. That doesn't seem right.

I have been a 1K for 5 years now and cannot remember the last time I qualified for a promotion, yet the cost of redemption keeps going up. At least at Delta, their miles may not be worth much, but there are many bonuses to be had. same for AA with their qualification bonuses and double EQM offers.

Mike Jacoubowsky

Bolding mine.

2011 was an anomaly. UA had to be "prettied up" for sale/merger, so things were running relatively-smoothly, but we still had in place e-certs being passed out like candy on Halloween, a practice that kept us with UA during the dark years. We seem to forget just how unreliable UA was at one time. It was the norm that my flights out of SFO were delayed anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours for all manner of "mechanical" issues, sometimes little things that don't make an aircraft unsafe (allowable by regulations) but the pilots had had enough and weren't going to take anymore. We forget how much money United tried to save by deferring maintenance and not getting new planes.

United manipulated us then to keep us in their program. They're doing the same again, this time more-selectively. As if they actually have a functioning IT department now. Who knew. But of course, this is FT, so we'll forget about the bad things in the past, and not recognize that the marketing department, which we continuously bashed (for good reason), may be getting its act together.

Sucks for me. I don't fit into a box that United looks at and says hey, let's throw a bone or two at Mike Jacoubowsky so he'll stay with us. My flying is likely too consistent, too predictable.

IAH-OIL-TRASH

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

id_est

Nothing for me, either. I think I fly them too much to be worth the effort.

jclarke

lowly platinum in SFO/SMF. as usual, no love letter from UA.

edited to add - i had US segments credited to UA in 2013. Apparently not enough to make them think I might defect to AA/US.

ckjmglee

No RPU or miles, but I did get these three beauties from United yesterday:

• "Drive away with more miles in Chicago with Avis"

• "Check Economy Plus availability for your next flight" (Huh?)

• "Turn every purchase into miles"

Thanks United! (What is the smilie for sarcasm?)

transporter99

Well this only confirms up my decision to bail on UA. Not only do they continue to screw their FF's, but being a PHX based 1K who travels to South America often, the eminent departures of both US and TAM from Star Alliance leave me little choice. Their service out of PHX is actually on the decline with less flights and more RJ's. One would think the opposite with US leaving the alliance....their reply to my concern posted below. AA eagerly allowed a status match/challenge, which I will commence in July so as to get 18 months of status....C'est la vie.

jkburns1

I got just the 4 rpu's and I am a 1k via segment flyer. About 40% of those segments were on US and I've switched to US/AA at this point but did purchase 3 UA transcon's in 2014 so far.

cricketer

For all the angst this is causing, it seems fairly clear that this is targeted at folks who flew on US and is being done in the hope that defections to AA can be saved. Sucks for me as a BIS-1K, but it's a fairly rational move for UA. This is about influencing a change in behaviour, not rewarding existing patterns.

Whether it will actually have the intended effect is a different question...

exerda

Annoying; here I am failing GPU-supported u/gs on Saturdays on CLE-LAS, EWR-PHX, CLE-PHX, etc. And UA is handing out more RPUs and higher status like candy? Just freaking great.

RNE

The angst is very limited. What would you say is the fractional percent of people who received this e-mailed offer and are also active on FlyerTalk?

RNE, answer: 1/∞%

tom911

You haven't forgot AA comping 1Ks to EXPs going back to April, 2012, some 21 consecutive months now? If you're looking for an airline that's not trying to poach elites, AA might not be for you. There have been some vocal opponents on the AA forum about all the status matches at the 1K level (not me...I say "welcome aboard".) Having said that, I haven't found my elite perks any less than prior years at AA even with the 1K comps there. No impact at all and all my numbers there still look stellar.

Would you just be jumping into another fire, although one without a spending minimum?

Tom in Vienna, Austria

limey1K

Same here. GPU UG fail on a U fare DEN-IAH Sunday morning.