May 25, 2016, 6:43 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
promo link
Terms and Conditions
* 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 Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones.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.
<UA MP rules redacted>
* 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.
<redacted e-ticket verbiage>
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]
May 25, 2016, 1:26 pm
#61
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Washington DC and Denver CO
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy Titanium/LT Gold
Posts: 379
1K, no e-mail, $6500 in PQDs / 69000 PQM so far this year with another $2000 booked:
$9000 -> 12,000mi
$9500 -> 17,000mi
$11000 -> 28,000mi
I'm a solid maybe on the first two between now and 11/30 since my average year is right around $16,000 PQDs - but for 17,000 lousy RDMs who cares??? Who comes up with these numbers?
My wife, Silver, barely any spend this year and one flight booked for July:
$1000 -> 10,000mi
$1500 -> 15,000mi
$3000 -> 25,000mi
For her, it might make sense...
But neither of us got the email (I never seem to. Ever. Other than the offers to buy RDMs at ridicustupid prices) and the terms say offer valid for original recipients of the email only.. Hmm.
$9000 -> 12,000mi
$9500 -> 17,000mi
$11000 -> 28,000mi
I'm a solid maybe on the first two between now and 11/30 since my average year is right around $16,000 PQDs - but for 17,000 lousy RDMs who cares??? Who comes up with these numbers?
My wife, Silver, barely any spend this year and one flight booked for July:
$1000 -> 10,000mi
$1500 -> 15,000mi
$3000 -> 25,000mi
For her, it might make sense...
But neither of us got the email (I never seem to. Ever. Other than the offers to buy RDMs at ridicustupid prices) and the terms say offer valid for original recipients of the email only.. Hmm.
May 25, 2016, 1:28 pm
#62
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: UA GS, UA 2MM, HH LT Diamond, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 1,794
May 25, 2016, 1:29 pm
#63
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Jersey Shore/YYZ
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 12,521
May 25, 2016, 1:29 pm
#64
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Washington DC and Denver CO
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy Titanium/LT Gold
Posts: 379
May 25, 2016, 1:30 pm
#65
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: DYKWIA, But I'm a "Diamond Guest" UA 1K/2MM
Posts: 2,250
My offer was similar to other GS offers,
Milestone 1: spend $16,500 and earn 43,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $18,500 total and earn 64,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $25,000 total and earn 106,000 more award miles
But my son, who was Gold last year but GM this year, got:
Milestone 1: spend $1,500 and earn 18,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $2,500 total and earn 27,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $5,000 total and earn 45,000 more award miles
at $.019/mile, that comes out to a ~35% discount at the $5000 level. That's enough to make me cancel a few award tickets I got for him and rebook.
Milestone 1: spend $16,500 and earn 43,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $18,500 total and earn 64,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $25,000 total and earn 106,000 more award miles
But my son, who was Gold last year but GM this year, got:
Milestone 1: spend $1,500 and earn 18,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $2,500 total and earn 27,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $5,000 total and earn 45,000 more award miles
at $.019/mile, that comes out to a ~35% discount at the $5000 level. That's enough to make me cancel a few award tickets I got for him and rebook.
May 25, 2016, 1:33 pm
#66
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Orange County, CA
Programs: United GS, MM, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 598
I wish I had gotten your offer!!
May 25, 2016, 1:36 pm
#67
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: EWR
Programs: United 1K/1MM, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 288
Mins is spend:
12.5 K to earn 34 K miles
15k to earn 50K
19K to earn 83K
12.5 K to earn 34 K miles
15k to earn 50K
19K to earn 83K
Last edited by goalie; May 25, 2016 at 1:48 pm Reason: clean up after post move to this thread
May 25, 2016, 1:40 pm
#68
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Washington DC
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, Marriott PP (LT Pt)
Posts: 236
I have no email but was able to register; however, my MM companion was not eligible despite their flying Star Alliance a fair bit and United a handful of times a year. Though they'd be Silver or Gold without my match. Anyway, my offer:
These are your spending milestones:
Milestone 1: spend $11,500 and earn 28,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $12,500 total and earn 42,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $17,000 total and earn 70,000 more award miles
Additionally, I've compiled all the data up to and including helvetic. The cpm rates are all over the map -- as low as 5 cpm and up to 20 cpm. You can check out the numbers and a simple graph here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...2k59Gp2aH3mZU/
These are your spending milestones:
Milestone 1: spend $11,500 and earn 28,000 bonus award miles
Milestone 2: spend $12,500 total and earn 42,000 more award miles
Milestone 3: spend $17,000 total and earn 70,000 more award miles
Additionally, I've compiled all the data up to and including helvetic. The cpm rates are all over the map -- as low as 5 cpm and up to 20 cpm. You can check out the numbers and a simple graph here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...2k59Gp2aH3mZU/
May 25, 2016, 1:41 pm
#69
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: 28,877
I got a rock 
but goalie-sis rec'd
$3,500/15,000 RDM
$,4000/22,000 RDM
$6,500/36,000 RDM
but goalie-sis rec'd$3,500/15,000 RDM
$,4000/22,000 RDM
$6,500/36,000 RDM
May 25, 2016, 1:42 pm
#70
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Platinum, Avis President's Circle
Posts: 408
Gold here with about $18K in 2015 PQD, $7K PQD and another $6K booked. I received this offer via email:
$8,500 --> 20,000
$9,500 --> 30,000
$12,500 --> 49,000
$8,500 --> 20,000
$9,500 --> 30,000
$12,500 --> 49,000
Last edited by rflor; May 25, 2016 at 1:44 pm Reason: Updated PQD
May 25, 2016, 1:44 pm
#71
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SFO South Bay
Programs: UA 2MM
Posts: 3,052
My son got this one.
May 25, 2016, 1:45 pm
#72
Join Date: May 2008
Location: New Jersey
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, Hyatt Lifetime Glob, Marriott Titanium/Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,272
Didn't get the email but followed the link in OP's post and this is my offer:
$38K = 56,000 miles
$43K = +83,000 miles
$47.5K = +138,00 miles
Total potential = 277,000 miles. I might hit some of this. Too bad previous bookings don't count...
$38K = 56,000 miles
$43K = +83,000 miles
$47.5K = +138,00 miles
Total potential = 277,000 miles. I might hit some of this. Too bad previous bookings don't count...
May 25, 2016, 1:51 pm
#73
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: EWR
Programs: United 1K/1MM, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 288
Mine:
$12.5k= 34k miles
$15k = 50k miles
$19k = 83k miles
I'm 1k with 65k PQM and $8500 PQD thus far this year.
$12.5k= 34k miles
$15k = 50k miles
$19k = 83k miles
I'm 1k with 65k PQM and $8500 PQD thus far this year.
May 25, 2016, 1:52 pm
#74
Join Date: May 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Tit
Posts: 264
No email but link worked.
$3.5k = 22,000 mi
$4.5k = 31,000 mi
$8.5k = 54,000 mi
$3.5k = 22,000 mi
$4.5k = 31,000 mi
$8.5k = 54,000 mi
May 25, 2016, 1:53 pm
#75
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: SEA
Programs: UA Plat, AS MVP, HH Gold, MR Gold
Posts: 1,848
No email, but entering my number turned up:
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
This probably will affect my buying, as I have mostly been flying partners and crediting to MP (I'm at 37K PQM on 450 PQD) and I think I can hit the third tier by November. Better MP earnings has been a significant factor in my giving money to LH, NH, BR instead of UA.
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
This probably will affect my buying, as I have mostly been flying partners and crediting to MP (I'm at 37K PQM on 450 PQD) and I think I can hit the third tier by November. Better MP earnings has been a significant factor in my giving money to LH, NH, BR instead of UA.
