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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 Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones.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]
#406
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,971
I am doing really well this year - already have 75K miles and over 10,000 PQD. My offer was:
Milestone 1: spend $4,500 and earn 20,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,500 total and earn 30,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $8,500 total and earn 50,000 more award miles
I actually wanted to slow down my travels - status is a lot more important to me than RDMs. So, I am not sure if I will go out of my way to achieve this.
Milestone 1: spend $4,500 and earn 20,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,500 total and earn 30,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $8,500 total and earn 50,000 more award miles
I actually wanted to slow down my travels - status is a lot more important to me than RDMs. So, I am not sure if I will go out of my way to achieve this.
#407
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
#408
Moderator: Smoking Lounge; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: Lifetime (for now) Gold MM, HH Gold, Giving Tootsie Pops to UA employees, & a retired hockey goalie
Posts: 28,878
#409
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PEK
Posts: 102
I got a really good offer
Milestone 1: spend $1,500 and earn 30,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $2,500 total and earn 40,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $3,500 total and earn 50,000 more award miles
Does this basically mean if I buy a single $4k J ticket to China I will get 120k bonus miles?
Milestone 1: spend $1,500 and earn 30,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $2,500 total and earn 40,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $3,500 total and earn 50,000 more award miles
Does this basically mean if I buy a single $4k J ticket to China I will get 120k bonus miles?
#410
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Maryland
Programs: United 1K ; Marriott Titanium (Lifetime)
Posts: 48
I am 1K with typical $20K annual spend.
Milestone 1: spend $16,500 and earn 39,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $18,500 total and earn 58,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $24,500 total and earn 97,000 more award miles
Milestone 1: spend $16,500 and earn 39,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $18,500 total and earn 58,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $24,500 total and earn 97,000 more award miles
#411
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SYD
Programs: UA GS, BA Gold, Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, IHG Gold, National Exec Elite, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,419
I got a really good offer
Milestone 1: spend $1,500 and earn 30,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $2,500 total and earn 40,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $3,500 total and earn 50,000 more award miles
Does this basically mean if I buy a single $4k J ticket to China I will get 120k bonus miles?
Milestone 1: spend $1,500 and earn 30,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $2,500 total and earn 40,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $3,500 total and earn 50,000 more award miles
Does this basically mean if I buy a single $4k J ticket to China I will get 120k bonus miles?
What was your annual spend last year?
#412
Join Date: May 2009
Location: PHL
Posts: 2,842
Silver, flown once this year with an A fare roundtrip recently purchased. Had about 34k PQM's and $3200 PQD last year
$4,500 > 16,000
$5,000 > 24,000
$7,500 > 39,000
Chances I hit any of these are slim to none. Though it is somewhat enticing when the difference between the first two milestones is $500.
$4,500 > 16,000
$5,000 > 24,000
$7,500 > 39,000
Chances I hit any of these are slim to none. Though it is somewhat enticing when the difference between the first two milestones is $500.
#413
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Hyatt Lifetime Globalist, SQ PPS Solitaire
Posts: 3,600
Became a MP member only in January and made it to 1K the week before this offer:
Tier 1: Spend 2,000 USD and get 31,000 miles (plus 22,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Cents x 53,000 miles = 952 USD]
Tier 2: Spend 4,000 USD and get another 47,000 miles (plus another 22,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Cents x 69,000 miles = 1240 USD]
Tier 3: Spend 8,000 USD and get another 77,000 miles (plus another 44,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Censt x 121,000 miles = 2178 USD]
Grand Total: Spend 8,000 USD and get 155,000 miles (plus 88,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Cents x 243,000 miles = 4374 USD]
Tier 1: Spend 2,000 USD and get 31,000 miles (plus 22,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Cents x 53,000 miles = 952 USD]
Tier 2: Spend 4,000 USD and get another 47,000 miles (plus another 22,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Cents x 69,000 miles = 1240 USD]
Tier 3: Spend 8,000 USD and get another 77,000 miles (plus another 44,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Censt x 121,000 miles = 2178 USD]
Grand Total: Spend 8,000 USD and get 155,000 miles (plus 88,000 miles for being 1K) [Cashback: 1.8 Cents x 243,000 miles = 4374 USD]
#414
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Tel Aviv
Programs: UA 1K, AZ CFP, O6 Diamond, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 32
International 1K, no email, after registering:
Milestone 1: spend $24,000 = 71,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $28,500 = 107,000 more bonus award miles
Milestone 3: spend $37,500 = 178,000 more bonus award miles
Ridiculous. An average ticket (TATL) for me is $4,500-$5,000 - there's no way I'm doing 5-8 of those in the remaining 6 months. In fact, I highly doubt I'll even hit the first milestone.
Already hit 1K this year, am thinking to switch over to other airlines for an additional status perhaps - $24K for 71K miles? Not sure how UA think that less than 3 miles per $ is an incentive for me.
Milestone 1: spend $24,000 = 71,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $28,500 = 107,000 more bonus award miles
Milestone 3: spend $37,500 = 178,000 more bonus award miles
Ridiculous. An average ticket (TATL) for me is $4,500-$5,000 - there's no way I'm doing 5-8 of those in the remaining 6 months. In fact, I highly doubt I'll even hit the first milestone.
Already hit 1K this year, am thinking to switch over to other airlines for an additional status perhaps - $24K for 71K miles? Not sure how UA think that less than 3 miles per $ is an incentive for me.
#415
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC, LON
Programs: *
Posts: 2,774
Ridiculous. An average ticket (TATL) for me is $4,500-$5,000 - there's no way I'm doing 5-8 of those in the remaining 6 months. In fact, I highly doubt I'll even hit the first milestone.
Already hit 1K this year, am thinking to switch over to other airlines for an additional status perhaps - $24K for 71K miles? Not sure how UA think that less than 3 miles per $ is an incentive for me.
#416
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 49
Anyone know if/how we can check our progress from now till Nov 30?
#417
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Programs: Hyatt LT Globalist, Marriot LT Titanium, UA 2.4MM, HH Gold, AS MVPG
Posts: 3,400
Try again to register!
Just wanted to let everyone know that when I tried to register initially it said I wasn't eligible. But today I was. Same with a friend of mine.
#418
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: ORD
Programs: UA GS
Posts: 659
Yikes, I received a pretty ridiculous offer as a GS:
These are your spending milestones:
Milestone 1: spend $19,500 and earn 30,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $21,500 total and earn 45,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $25,000 total and earn 74,000 more award miles
Milestone 1: spend $19,500 and earn 30,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $21,500 total and earn 45,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $25,000 total and earn 74,000 more award miles
#419
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SFO, SJC
Programs: UA MM /Gold ; AS MVP Gold; SWA A LIst and CP; HH Gold; Bonvoy Titanium; IHG Plat Elite
Posts: 588
2016 YTD PQM 7,878 miles
2016 YTD POS 11
2016 YTD PQD $2,117
no other trips booked on UA for remainder of 2016
My offer: (MM / premier gold status)
Spend $2k and earn 8,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $2.5k and earn 12,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $3.5k and earn 20,000 more bonus award miles
Mr Lainys - YTD no PQM, no POS, no PQD, no future trips planned or booked
His offer: (as designated MM Companion for 2016!)
Spend $500 and earn 8,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $1k and earn 12,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $2k and earn 20,000 more bonus award miles
Did not receive email. Kids (no status) did not qualify when I entered their FF#
2016 YTD POS 11
2016 YTD PQD $2,117
no other trips booked on UA for remainder of 2016
My offer: (MM / premier gold status)
Spend $2k and earn 8,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $2.5k and earn 12,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $3.5k and earn 20,000 more bonus award miles
Mr Lainys - YTD no PQM, no POS, no PQD, no future trips planned or booked
His offer: (as designated MM Companion for 2016!)
Spend $500 and earn 8,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $1k and earn 12,000 more bonus award miles
Spend $2k and earn 20,000 more bonus award miles
Did not receive email. Kids (no status) did not qualify when I entered their FF#
#420
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: ATL
Programs: UA:MM 1K HH:Diamond IHG:Plat Marriott:Plat
Posts: 652
The T&Cs are a bit vague. They do not talk about flight dates. Does this mean if I ticket by Nov 30 for a flight in Dec it would count?