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Old May 25, 2016, 6:43 pm
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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 Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones.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]

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Old May 25, 2016, 12:08 pm
  #31  
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Originally Posted by xavierkuai
Got this "targeted" promo this morning. From the T&C, it seems like this is part of the same "status upgrade" promo. Will be re-qualified for 1K next year after summer, I sure won't fall for UA's trap.

Milestone 1: spend $1,500 and earn 10,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $2,000 total and earn 15,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $3,500 total and earn 25,000 more award miles
Start flying toward your spending milestones.
To be eligible, flights must be purchased after registration and flown before November 30, 2016.
Yeah, my milestone 1 was to spend an additional $10,000 (!) with United...after already spending $12,000 with them so far this year.

No way in hell that is going to happen. You only get rewarded by United when you stop giving them money. That is readily apparent.

The best part? They have termed it a "loyalty promotion"...after demonstrating that loyalty means NOTHING to United. Idiots.
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:08 pm
  #32  
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
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Programs: UA GS, Lifetime 4 MM, BA Gold, , Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite, Marriott Ambassador Elite
Posts: 476
MIlestone 1: spend $13,000 and earn 32,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $15,000 total and earn 47,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $19,500 total and earn 79,000 more award miles

To be eligible, flights must be purchased after registration and flown before November 30, 2016.

not that tempting.
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:10 pm
  #33  
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: UA 1k, US Airways Silver, SPG PLT, Marriot Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 536
Milestone 1: spend $9,500 and earn 17,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $10,000 total and earn 25,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $12,500 total and earn 42,000 more award miles

PQD around $15k last year
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:16 pm
  #34  
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: DFW
Programs: UA peon (+decades 1K), AA Exec Plt
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$12,500
Earn
42,000

$15,000
Total
Earn
62,000

$20,500
Total
Earn
104,000

Yet another show of appreciation to its higher value flyers.

Does anyone at United really think that a 5% discount is going to change my airline spending habits? United really doesn't want the dollars I spend on other airlines. The reasons I fly other airlines will not be changed with a 5% coupon.

A 25% coupon on the other hand might.
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:18 pm
  #35  
 
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Originally Posted by goodeats21
Yeah, my milestone 1 was to spend an additional $10,000 (!) with United...after already spending $12,000 with them so far this year.

No way in hell that is going to happen. You only get rewarded by United when you stop giving them money. That is readily apparent.

The best part? They have termed it a "loyalty promotion"...after demonstrating that loyalty means NOTHING to United. Idiots.
Bingo. I am at $10k PQD YTD and just dropped another $10k. Zero chance that they'll give me anything until I decide to bolt. They truly misunderstand the concept of loyalty altogether.
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:20 pm
  #36  
 
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Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, AA 2.1MM, EK, BA, SQ, CX, Marriot LT, Accor P
Posts: 6,322
Originally Posted by wxguy
Just for grins I clicked the link and entered my number.
$28,500 => 38K
$31,500 => 57K
$34,500 => 95K

Whoa.
Mine started at $40k for 81k miles and topped out at $50k for a total of 406k miles! lol - not going to happen - I've already spent 70k....
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:23 pm
  #37  
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Mine:

30,500 for $30,500
53,000 for $32,500
88,000 for $35,000

Thanks.
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:27 pm
  #38  
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
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These are your personalized spending milestones:

$2,000 Total - Earn 11,000 bonus award miles
$2,500 Total - Earn 16,000 more bonus award miles
$4,000 Total - Earn 26,000 more bonus award miles

Fly your way to 53,000 bonus miles.
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:27 pm
  #39  
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: FLL
Programs: UA 1K, B6 Mosaic
Posts: 824
$17,500 => 26K
$19,000 => 39K
$22,500 => 65K

Sure wish they would count tickets already purchased. I have several Intl J flights already booked in July that would certainly help towards these "goals".
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:28 pm
  #40  
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: CLE
Programs: United, Hilton, Marriott, Hertz, National
Posts: 189
My offer:

Milestone 1: spend $3,000 and earn 28,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $5,000 total and earn 42,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $8,500 total and earn 69,000 more award miles
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:30 pm
  #41  
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: United Premier 1K 1MM; AA Plat Pro; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Platinum; Avis President's Club
Posts: 2,529
Just registered. It's asking me for total spend of

$15,000 - 25,000 RDM
$16,500 - 38,000 RDM
$20,000 - 62,000 RDM
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:33 pm
  #42  
 
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Originally Posted by AAExPlat
Bingo. I am at $10k PQD YTD and just dropped another $10k. Zero chance that they'll give me anything until I decide to bolt. They truly misunderstand the concept of loyalty altogether.
No offer for me either. You'd think after my emails and a call that there'd be a check mark in the "Throw this guy a bone" column in their database. Apparently not though.

UPDATE: No email offer received but the link to the promo was valid for me.
  • Milestone 1: spend $15,000 and earn 18,000 bonus award miles
  • Milestone 2: spend $16,000 total and earn 27,000 more award miles
  • Milestone 3: spend $18,000 total and earn 45,000 more award miles

Last edited by limey1K; May 25, 2016 at 1:18 pm Reason: Additional data
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:33 pm
  #43  
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No email, but entered my MP #.

$7,500 => 15k
$8,000 => 22k
$10,000 => 36k

Reachable for me. Yay!

If I ticketed stuff today, but before registration, does that count? About 4K in flights ticketed today, so I'd like them to count if possible,
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:36 pm
  #44  
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: TX
Programs: UA 1K
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Originally Posted by nevansm

If I ticketed stuff today, but before registration, does that count? About 4K in flights ticketed today, so I'd like them to count if possible,
If you ticketed them today I would cancel within 24 hours and rebook now, to be safe.
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Old May 25, 2016, 12:37 pm
  #45  
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Morris County, NJ
Programs: UA 1K/*G, Avis Pres, Marriott Plat
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Milestone 1: spend $10,500 and earn 25,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $12,000 total and earn 38,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $15,000 total and earn 63,000 more award miles

I'll probably get there... having that kind of year.
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