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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 Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones.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 Jun 9, 2016, 3:42 pm
  #481  
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: IAH
Programs: UA GS; Marriott Titanium
Posts: 200
$9,000 = 38,000
$11,000 = 57,000
$16,500 = 94,000
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 3:07 am
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: New Jersey
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, Hyatt Lifetime Glob, Marriott Titanium/Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,272
Forgive me if this has been covered or if a silly question, but does travel have to be completed by November 30th, or do tickets just need to be purchased by then? The latter, obviously, makes it easier to hit the milestones. Thank you.
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Old Jun 10, 2016, 3:14 am
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Wales, UK
Programs: UA 1k
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Originally Posted by CopperSteve
Forgive me if this has been covered or if a silly question, but does travel have to be completed by November 30th, or do tickets just need to be purchased by then? The latter, obviously, makes it easier to hit the milestones. Thank you.
Travel must be completed by that date.
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 8:08 am
  #484  
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: New Jersey
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, Hyatt Lifetime Glob, Marriott Titanium/Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,272
Originally Posted by Richym99
Travel must be completed by that date.
That's what I was afraid of, but it makes sense. Thank you for clarifying.
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 9:37 am
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NY / NJ
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Ambassador & LTT, National Executive Elite
Posts: 33
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1K for past 3 years
~ $23k spend in previous years
$12k in spend so far this year

Promotion
  • Milestone 1: spend $14,500 and earn 17,000 bonus award miles
  • Milestone 2: spend $15,000 total and earn 25,000 more award miles
  • Milestone 3: spend $16,500 total and earn 42,000 more award miles

Seems to be on the aggressive side of the promotions I have seen others receiving, even taking my historical spend into consideration. Probably won't hit any of those milestones unless I have some unexpected international business travel.

Has anyone tried requesting a change to their targeted promotion with any success?
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 1:56 pm
  #486  
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 363
The offer is that I'm not eligible

So my "exclusive offer" email came and when I enter my number, it says I'm not eligible. Why did they even bother? Just to tick me off?
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 3:14 pm
  #487  
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: California
Programs: AA EXP, lowly UA 1K; Hyatt Diamond, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold; National EC, Hertz PC
Posts: 2,215
Originally Posted by smartinez
So my "exclusive offer" email came and when I enter my number, it says I'm not eligible. Why did they even bother? Just to tick me off?
Same just happened to me. Got the Mileage Plus summary email and at the top was a big banner link to earn up to 40k miles. Click the link thinking I finally got targeted but when i enter my MP number it says by invitation only. Oh well
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 3:54 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sarasota FL
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 404
My husband got the following offer which sounds insane!
$3,000 = 59,000 miles
$6,000 = 88,000
$15,000 = 146,000

I am trying to find out if he must fly on UA metal. His overseas trips are usually on LH.
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 4:02 pm
  #489  
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: UA 1K 1.45MM, Marriott+SPG Plat, Clear, Nexus, Global Entry and MEX Viajero Confiable
Posts: 1,777
Originally Posted by mary_228
My husband got the following offer which sounds insane!
$3,000 = 59,000 miles
$6,000 = 88,000
$15,000 = 146,000

I am trying to find out if he must fly on UA metal. His overseas trips are usually on LH.
Yes.. only UA/UX metal
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 4:24 pm
  #490  
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
Just got the email today.

Oh well I already bought all the tickets I was planning to buy this year to achieve Gold status.

Guess it's not retroactive.
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Old Jun 11, 2016, 4:59 pm
  #491  
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 315
Originally Posted by adambadam
Same just happened to me. Got the Mileage Plus summary email and at the top was a big banner link to earn up to 40k miles. Click the link thinking I finally got targeted but when i enter my MP number it says by invitation only. Oh well
Same here - I was excited to see the email with the invitation, and then when I entered my number - sorry not eligible. So why send it to us if we can't do it..........
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Old Jun 12, 2016, 2:55 am
  #492  
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SNA
Programs: UA Platinum
Posts: 1,536
If a reservation was booked before the promo period starts but is changed (and therefore reticketed) after the promo period starts, does it count?
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Old Jun 12, 2016, 4:57 am
  #493  
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Wales, UK
Programs: UA 1k
Posts: 693
Originally Posted by UnitedF1RST
If a reservation was booked before the promo period starts but is changed (and therefore reticketed) after the promo period starts, does it count?
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.

I'm presuming that this would cover your scenario.
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Old Jun 12, 2016, 6:08 am
  #494  
 
Join Date: May 2014
Programs: UA 1K, AA Gold, DL Silver
Posts: 410
FareLock

I just registered today and have two reservations under FareLock. Will they count for this, or should I forget the FareLocks and make two new reservations? Technically the tickets haven't been purchased...
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Old Jun 12, 2016, 6:42 am
  #495  
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Wales, UK
Programs: UA 1k
Posts: 693
Originally Posted by nycflyer222
I just registered today and have two reservations under FareLock. Will they count for this, or should I forget the FareLocks and make two new reservations? Technically the tickets haven't been purchased...
Technically you're right that they haven't been purchased. If the fare is still available at the fare locked rate though, I would purchase with a new PNR, just so there cannot be any issue as to when the ticket was purchased. Any seats you've already chosen will be released as soon as you cancel the farelock.
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