2015 MileagePlus Change - Elimination of Global Entry Payment for Plat/1K/GS
 

Did anyone else notice this "enhancement"? Small little footnote at the bottom of this page:

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...r/default.aspx

"As of February 1, 2015, MileagePlus will no longer provide a payment code which can be used as the form of payment for the $100 Global Entry application fee. Eligible members may continue to request a payment code until January 31, 2015."

:rolleyes:

Not a great surprise and I would guess that few will miss it for the next 7 or 8 years.

Gold members also lose a checked bag domestically.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...mier-gold.html

Were you thinking GE is good for 10 (rather than 5) years?

Yeah, mine's 5 years. Well, they seem to round up to your birthday. so I got it for about 5.9 years. It's a little surprising they would cut that. of all the plat/1k/gs's, how many actually know about that benefit and use it? It can't be THAT much savings compared to some of the other cuts they've been making

I wonder what they are taking away next? 1k statement credit? maybe rpu/gpus (but they've effectively already done that by cutting R availability)
I guess they are really trying to cut the ranks of 1K and plat by making it harder to get and making the benefits closer to gold.

Just in time for my renewal!

I give them credit for at least marking the downgrades so we can identify them, rather than just sneaking them in. Hopefully they've turned a corner and will start being more honest about changes going forward.

Can someone explain the Global Entry change? I haven't used it as I had just gotten it before the program started. Does this mean they're not paying for it any more or they're changing how its reimbursed?

This year will be my first year hitting plat, and I anticipate that in the next 2 weeks. Will I still be able to request the payment code since I will have qualified in 2014? Thanks in advance...

ETA: It seems like it wouldn't be an issue renewing for someone who already has it, but I just want to confirm I will be ok getting it as a first time user.

They are n:o longer going to be paying for it.

Thanks. I was hoping that wasn't the case of course. This benefit is worth more to me than all of the F meals I refuse to eat combined. Doing business with UA just increased by $20/year so I hope they spend at least $1 of that on something good for customers rather than continually taking away.

Wonder how early I can renew mine - I think it expires Oct 2015. But I have to renew my passport first. Crap. Time to get moving on that.

It has been a couple of years, but I seem to remember that if you get a new passport you have to renew GE anyways.

likewise - I'm going to hit plat in 3 weeks and was planning on applying for that immediately. seems like it should work? but with UA IT who knows...

Yes. When you get your new passport (with a new passport number), just walk into any GE office. The GE folks will then type your new numbers/info into their system. No GE appointment is necessary to do this.

And no payment.

You can usually do it online now.