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* For this promotion, only dollars spent on the "fare" on eligible flights operated by United and United Express will qualify toward meeting spending milestones. Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones. Dollars spent on tickets purchased for flights operated by a Star Alliance member airline or a MileagePlus partner airline with tickets issued by United (ticket number starting with "016") will not qualify for this offer. The "fare" is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges. For tickets purchased in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we will convert the purchase to U.S. dollars using an industry-standard exchange rate. Please note that the price displayed when purchasing a ticket on united.com includes up to a 7.5% U.S. Federal Transportation Tax on the base amount of the fare on itineraries wholly within the United States. This tax also applies to certain itineraries between the United States and Canada or Mexico. The U.S. Federal Transportation tax will not count toward meeting any spending milestone.
** For this promotion, bonus award miles will be awarded for each spending milestone that has been met, subject to the terms and conditions. Milestone bonuses may be earned only once. Partial bonuses will not be awarded for members who don't reach a certain milestone. All calculations made in connection with this offer will be made by United MileagePlus® in its discretion and considered final.
Only original recipients of this email invitation can register and participate in this promotion.
Registration is required by November 15, 2016. Only tickets purchased and ticketed after registration and within the ticketing dates will qualify.
Ticketing and dates: May 25, 2016, through November 30, 2016.
Dollars earned toward this promotion will count as Premier® qualifying dollars toward MileagePlus Premier status qualification, but do not guarantee status. All other qualification requirements must be met for the applicable Premier® status.
This offer is not combinable with other non-combinable offers.
Bonus award miles will post to your account six to eight weeks after the promotion ends on November 30, 2016. Bonus will be calculated using the originally ticketed fares and/or fare classes, as applicable, and subsequent changes to any fares and/or fare classes as a result of itinerary changes, complimentary or paid upgrades, purchase of travel products (including but not limited to United ClubSM, Premier Access®, Award Accelerator®, Premier AcceleratorSM), irregular operations or otherwise will not be considered.
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If you received complimentary Premier status:
Your complimentary status is one level higher than the MileagePlus membership status reflected in your MileagePlus account on May 7, 2016. Your status will be not be increased to any other level in connection with this offer. If flights taken prior to May 7, 2016, are credited to your account after May 7, 2016, and result in you meeting the qualification requirements for a higher Premier status, your status will not be complimentarily upgraded again. Qualifying for a higher status level than the complimentary status awarded in connection with this offer requires meeting the published qualification thresholds for Premier status.
The complimentary status is valid through January 31, 2017.
A Premier membership card and kit will be not issued for the complimentary status period. Your new benefits will be reflected in your Mileage Plus account once you log in and you may enjoy Premier benefits on United- or United Express-operated flights by providing your account number when making reservations or at check-in.
During the complimentary status period, you may not have access to all reciprocal Premier benefits with United's partner airlines, including access to Star Alliance lounges.
Members will not receive Regional Premier Upgrades as part of this offer unless the published qualification thresholds for Premier Platinum status have been earned in the current year.
Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
If you received an Economy Plus subscription:
The Economy Plus® subscription can be used only on flights operated by United and United Express in the 48 contiguous U.S. states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
The Economy Plus subscription is complimentary, and will not result in the subscriber earning Premier qualifying dollars. The subscription is neither changeable nor transferable.
The Economy Plus subscription is valid through January 31, 2017, and can be used to request an Economy Plus seat at no cost on flights between May 10, 2016, and January 31, 2017. Any flights taken after January 31, 2017, will not qualify under the Economy Plus subscription.
Economy Plus seats on qualifying flights can be selected on united.com at booking, after booking before check-in, during check-in or at a check-in kiosk in the airport. Economy Plus seat assignments are not guaranteed.
The subscriber's MileagePlus number must be included in the reservation in order to receive the subscription benefits.
Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
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* For this promotion, only dollars spent on the "fare" on eligible flights operated by United and United Express will qualify toward meeting spending milestones. Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones. Dollars spent on tickets purchased for flights operated by a Star Alliance member airline or a MileagePlus partner airline with tickets issued by United (ticket number starting with "016") will not qualify for this offer. The "fare" is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges. For tickets purchased in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we will convert the purchase to U.S. dollars using an industry-standard exchange rate. Please note that the price displayed when purchasing a ticket on united.com includes up to a 7.5% U.S. Federal Transportation Tax on the base amount of the fare on itineraries wholly within the United States. This tax also applies to certain itineraries between the United States and Canada or Mexico. The U.S. Federal Transportation tax will not count toward meeting any spending milestone.
** For this promotion, bonus award miles will be awarded for each spending milestone that has been met, subject to the terms and conditions. Milestone bonuses may be earned only once. Partial bonuses will not be awarded for members who don't reach a certain milestone. All calculations made in connection with this offer will be made by United MileagePlus® in its discretion and considered final.
Only original recipients of this email invitation can register and participate in this promotion.
Registration is required by November 15, 2016. Only tickets purchased and ticketed after registration and within the ticketing dates will qualify.
Ticketing and dates: May 25, 2016, through November 30, 2016.
Dollars earned toward this promotion will count as Premier® qualifying dollars toward MileagePlus Premier status qualification, but do not guarantee status. All other qualification requirements must be met for the applicable Premier® status.
This offer is not combinable with other non-combinable offers.
Bonus award miles will post to your account six to eight weeks after the promotion ends on November 30, 2016. Bonus will be calculated using the originally ticketed fares and/or fare classes, as applicable, and subsequent changes to any fares and/or fare classes as a result of itinerary changes, complimentary or paid upgrades, purchase of travel products (including but not limited to United ClubSM, Premier Access®, Award Accelerator®, Premier AcceleratorSM), irregular operations or otherwise will not be considered.
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If you received complimentary Premier status:
Your complimentary status is one level higher than the MileagePlus membership status reflected in your MileagePlus account on May 7, 2016. Your status will be not be increased to any other level in connection with this offer. If flights taken prior to May 7, 2016, are credited to your account after May 7, 2016, and result in you meeting the qualification requirements for a higher Premier status, your status will not be complimentarily upgraded again. Qualifying for a higher status level than the complimentary status awarded in connection with this offer requires meeting the published qualification thresholds for Premier status.
The complimentary status is valid through January 31, 2017.
A Premier membership card and kit will be not issued for the complimentary status period. Your new benefits will be reflected in your Mileage Plus account once you log in and you may enjoy Premier benefits on United- or United Express-operated flights by providing your account number when making reservations or at check-in.
During the complimentary status period, you may not have access to all reciprocal Premier benefits with United's partner airlines, including access to Star Alliance lounges.
Members will not receive Regional Premier Upgrades as part of this offer unless the published qualification thresholds for Premier Platinum status have been earned in the current year.
Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
If you received an Economy Plus subscription:
The Economy Plus® subscription can be used only on flights operated by United and United Express in the 48 contiguous U.S. states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).
The Economy Plus subscription is complimentary, and will not result in the subscriber earning Premier qualifying dollars. The subscription is neither changeable nor transferable.
The Economy Plus subscription is valid through January 31, 2017, and can be used to request an Economy Plus seat at no cost on flights between May 10, 2016, and January 31, 2017. Any flights taken after January 31, 2017, will not qualify under the Economy Plus subscription.
Economy Plus seats on qualifying flights can be selected on united.com at booking, after booking before check-in, during check-in or at a check-in kiosk in the airport. Economy Plus seat assignments are not guaranteed.
The subscriber's MileagePlus number must be included in the reservation in order to receive the subscription benefits.
Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
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PROMOTION [targeted] - Extra RDMs for additional spend [May 25-Nov 30, 2016]
#376
Suspended
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: CA, FL, and China.
Programs: UA1K (no longer serviced!), Bonvoy P, Hyatt G
Posts: 704
I got $10,000 spend 125,000 total miles
My coworker got $12,000 spend for 234k miles. I'm upset.
We will both easily get that.
My coworker got $12,000 spend for 234k miles. I'm upset.
We will both easily get that.
#377
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: MPlus,OW,Hotels.com
Posts: 130
Not sure if that means a thing or is similar to other peoples situation
#378
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Global
Programs: United 1K, Qatar Gold, Etihad Gold, Hilton Diamond, InterCon RA, PC Plat, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,454
$500 - 10k miles
$1,500 - 15k miles
$2,500 - 25k miles
$1,500 - 15k miles
$2,500 - 25k miles
#379
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Guadalajara MX,
Programs: VB, UA, AM
Posts: 163
The dollar levels are probably related to recent spend levels -- may go back a year or 2. So encouraging people to get back to where they had been at least? So those who were going to meet previous levels (and had not advance purchased) see easy targets, those who have wandered might see an incentive. Those with high past spends see much higher targets.
A little disappointing for me because I had just booked some transpac travel two weeks ago worth ~$5000---so it will not qualify for promotion.
Milestone 1: spend $4,500 and earn 13,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,000 total and earn 19,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $7,000 total and earn 31,000 more award miles
#380
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ord,ewr
Programs: Lifetime UA GS 22 million,AA 1m ,Hilton Li fetime diamond,marriott lifetime platinum hyatt diamond
Posts: 1,000
#381
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DAY
Programs: UA 1K 1MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Amex MR; Chase UR; Hertz PC; Global Entry
Posts: 10,159
Agreed! My promotion milestones are in line with what I have spent on United flights the past 2-3 years. Although I am far ahead on PQMs for the year, I am a bit behind on PQDs. And my colleague's promotion milestones are also a shade of what he has spent in recent years.
A little disappointing for me because I had just booked some transpac travel two weeks ago worth ~$5000---so it will not qualify for promotion.
Milestone 1: spend $4,500 and earn 13,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,000 total and earn 19,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $7,000 total and earn 31,000 more award miles
A little disappointing for me because I had just booked some transpac travel two weeks ago worth ~$5000---so it will not qualify for promotion.
Milestone 1: spend $4,500 and earn 13,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,000 total and earn 19,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $7,000 total and earn 31,000 more award miles
So, it artificially raised my milestones and ensured I will not get any reward for keeping loyal to United.
#382
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,461
One of my major frustrations with this "promotion" is that is all predicated on timing. My PQD is going to be much higher this year, but I purchased a bunch of it before this was announced.
So, it artificially raised my milestones and ensured I will not get any reward for keeping loyal to United.
So, it artificially raised my milestones and ensured I will not get any reward for keeping loyal to United.
A straight-up untargeted 2x RDM promotion would have been much better. And wouldn't have further pissed-off a bunch of UA elites.
#383
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: New York, NY
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 130
They're setting the bar high for little reward
I've booked and spent $5K before the promotion started. I'm not sure if I will even hit any of my promotion levels during the promo period. The reward is way too little for me to go out of my way for additional spend on UA. I've seen some posts starting with $500 or $1,000 - that I would have done without thinking!
Here are mine:
Milestone 1: spend $3,000 and earn 11,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $3,500 total and earn 17,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $5,000 total and earn 28,000 more award miles
Here are mine:
Milestone 1: spend $3,000 and earn 11,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $3,500 total and earn 17,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $5,000 total and earn 28,000 more award miles
#384
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Guadalajara MX,
Programs: VB, UA, AM
Posts: 163
One of my major frustrations with this "promotion" is that is all predicated on timing. My PQD is going to be much higher this year, but I purchased a bunch of it before this was announced.
So, it artificially raised my milestones and ensured I will not get any reward for keeping loyal to United.
So, it artificially raised my milestones and ensured I will not get any reward for keeping loyal to United.
But even if additional spend is met for promotion, the mileage reward is meager . Slight.
#385
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: SJC
Programs: UA 1MM
Posts: 262
I got:
Milestone 1: spend $2,500 and earn 10,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $3,000 total and earn 15,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $4,500 total and earn 25,000 more award miles
It's unlikely I'll even hit the first milestone.
Milestone 1: spend $2,500 and earn 10,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $3,000 total and earn 15,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $4,500 total and earn 25,000 more award miles
It's unlikely I'll even hit the first milestone.
#386
Join Date: May 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 721
These are your spending milestones:
Milestone 1: spend $5,000 and earn 12,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,500 total and earn 18,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $7,000 total and earn 30,000 more award miles
Pretty meager payoff for the spend required. And, of course, I just booked a TPAC trip two days before.
Milestone 1: spend $5,000 and earn 12,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,500 total and earn 18,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $7,000 total and earn 30,000 more award miles
Pretty meager payoff for the spend required. And, of course, I just booked a TPAC trip two days before.
#387
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1k
Posts: 312
e-mail
Does anyone know if for those of us who didn't get the e-mail but the website works and let's us sign up, if we will be eligible for this?
#388
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,461
If you're not eligible, the promotion web page will tell you when you try to log-in. If you got a promotion, you're eligible. You should also get a confirming e-mail after registering.
#389
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: BOS/BDL
Programs: MileagePlus Club, Amex Platinum, AAdvantage, SkyMiles
Posts: 232
#390
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: BOS/BDL
Programs: MileagePlus Club, Amex Platinum, AAdvantage, SkyMiles
Posts: 232
But maybe she (and others) actually DID get the offer, but SPAM filters or chance diverted the email.
*So far I have only seen others that said they didn't get the email, but got an offer when they followed the link. If anyone didn't get the email, and tried putting their MP number in at the link and got a failure, it would be helpful to report it. OTOH, it only takes a few seconds to try it, so my advice is to follow the link and put your MP number in.