PROMOTION [targeted] - Extra RDMs for additional spend [May 25-Nov 30, 2016]
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#781
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 17,975
Congratulations on reaching your final milestone
You've earned
38,000
bonus
award miles
All's well that ends well.


#782
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,447
My milestones were $40k, $45k and $50k to earn 50k/75k/125k bonus RDM's.
I am going to hit the $40k in a week or so and then a Thanksgiving ski trip in Europe will pull me over the $45k mark, so I should get 125k extra miles. Got lucky as my flight home from Switzerland is on November 29th.
I have barely been using GPU and CPU this year, and together with my husband who will hit 1K I think we have 15 GPU's for us 2. Only time I ever use them is when I am on a D class fare or higher and can sneak into the shrinking Global First cabins. Great perk as the privacy in GF seats is a nice way to travel, although I guess Polaris will still retain a bit of that privacy if not such a large space.
I really only bought one $2k ticket to go see a play my sister is putting on to make sure i get past the $45K spend - don't really need extra miles!
I am going to hit the $40k in a week or so and then a Thanksgiving ski trip in Europe will pull me over the $45k mark, so I should get 125k extra miles. Got lucky as my flight home from Switzerland is on November 29th.
I have barely been using GPU and CPU this year, and together with my husband who will hit 1K I think we have 15 GPU's for us 2. Only time I ever use them is when I am on a D class fare or higher and can sneak into the shrinking Global First cabins. Great perk as the privacy in GF seats is a nice way to travel, although I guess Polaris will still retain a bit of that privacy if not such a large space.
I really only bought one $2k ticket to go see a play my sister is putting on to make sure i get past the $45K spend - don't really need extra miles!

#783
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: CLE (mostly)
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Mlife Gold, Hilton Gold, Hertz Pres Circle, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 725
Does E+ purchase count toward PQD for this promotion purpose?

#784
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 6
Also, does anyone know if accelerator miles count as spend for this promotion?

#785
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Between DCA and IAD
Programs: UA 1K MM; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 60,119
No, they will not AFAIK.

#786
Join Date: May 2005
Programs: UAL Gold
Posts: 330

Hi-
I tried to do a bunch of keyword searches to see if this has been addressed and didn't find anything, but am unable to read all 53 pages of this thread!
Would a United ticket purchased through my company's travel site count? Is there a way to know from the ticket number? I had just bought a ticket IAD-LAX through the corporate site an hour ago (was just told last night to stop using my personal United Visa) when I remembered this promotion and checked my status and saw that I'm pretty close to my third threshold.
If that corporate site-purchased ticket doesn't count, I can still cancel it without penalty since it's only been an hour, and just purchase one last work ticket on my personal card. But if it does count, all good and I can sit tight.
Thank you!
I tried to do a bunch of keyword searches to see if this has been addressed and didn't find anything, but am unable to read all 53 pages of this thread!
Would a United ticket purchased through my company's travel site count? Is there a way to know from the ticket number? I had just bought a ticket IAD-LAX through the corporate site an hour ago (was just told last night to stop using my personal United Visa) when I remembered this promotion and checked my status and saw that I'm pretty close to my third threshold.
If that corporate site-purchased ticket doesn't count, I can still cancel it without penalty since it's only been an hour, and just purchase one last work ticket on my personal card. But if it does count, all good and I can sit tight.
Thank you!

#787
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Newport Beach / San Francisco / Seattle
Programs: UA 1K, AS MVP Gold 75K, Amex Centurion, Marriott Ambassador Elite, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 231
I hit milestone 2 after arriving in PVG a few days ago and the bonus (27,000 miles) posted ~36 hours later. My P ticket home from PVG put me over milestone 3 and the promo site now shows that I've reached my final milestone
Now to wait for my remaining 26,000 miles to post ^


#788
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G; Marriott Bonvoy Gold; ALL Gold; Hertz PC
Posts: 8,117
My wife hit her first 2 milestones - they posted within a few days of being achieved. Pretty quick!

#789
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 11,346
Hi-
I tried to do a bunch of keyword searches to see if this has been addressed and didn't find anything, but am unable to read all 53 pages of this thread!
Would a United ticket purchased through my company's travel site count? Is there a way to know from the ticket number? I had just bought a ticket IAD-LAX through the corporate site an hour ago (was just told last night to stop using my personal United Visa) when I remembered this promotion and checked my status and saw that I'm pretty close to my third threshold.
If that corporate site-purchased ticket doesn't count, I can still cancel it without penalty since it's only been an hour, and just purchase one last work ticket on my personal card. But if it does count, all good and I can sit tight.
Thank you!
I tried to do a bunch of keyword searches to see if this has been addressed and didn't find anything, but am unable to read all 53 pages of this thread!
Would a United ticket purchased through my company's travel site count? Is there a way to know from the ticket number? I had just bought a ticket IAD-LAX through the corporate site an hour ago (was just told last night to stop using my personal United Visa) when I remembered this promotion and checked my status and saw that I'm pretty close to my third threshold.
If that corporate site-purchased ticket doesn't count, I can still cancel it without penalty since it's only been an hour, and just purchase one last work ticket on my personal card. But if it does count, all good and I can sit tight.
Thank you!

#790
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton ♦ , Hyatt Carbonado, Wyndham ♦, Marriott PE, "Stinking Bum" elsewhere.
Posts: 3,596
PQD Not Posting Correctly
My PQD have all posted correctly to my account, but the, "Check your milestone progress page", shows an incorrect amount for my qualifying total. The first two milestones have been reached and I only need around 800 PQD by 11/30 to get the last one. But, if they don't correct the PQDs, I am not going to make it.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Has anyone else experienced this?

#791
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SYD
Programs: UA GS, BA Gold, Marriott Ambassador/LT Plat, IHG Gold, National Exec Elite, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,392
I'm assuming the answer is no, but is there any way to manufacture spend for this promo?
I'm $170 short of a 50k miles bonus with no travel before Nov 30.
I'm $170 short of a 50k miles bonus with no travel before Nov 30.

#792
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LIM
Programs: United Premier Silver (Former Premier 1K), Hilton Gold, Bonvoy Silver, AmEx Plat
Posts: 552

#793
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K, Marriot, Hilton
Posts: 743
3rd milestone posted, thanks united

#794
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1K 1MM ★G | DL Silver | Marriott LTT | Hilton ♦ | Hertz PC | Global Entry TSA Pre
Posts: 2,796

#795
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 3
Hi. Sorry to make my first post a question rather than information, but here goes. I will try to make up for that going forward. I looked for this above, but could not find an answer:
After expected travel, I will be about $400 short of my 2nd milestone. ($11K milestone, for 70K miles). I am holding a $300 United e-certificate - for compensation from an earlier flight - that will expire soon.
If I buy, say, a $500 pqd ticket, using my $300 e-certificate as partial payment, will this count as $500 for this promotion, or only as $200? That is, will only the cash payment count for the promotion, or will the e-certificate payment count as well?
The United customer service agent told me only the cash will count, but it was not clear she really understood my question. Anyone with any experience/observations on this? Thanks in advance.
After expected travel, I will be about $400 short of my 2nd milestone. ($11K milestone, for 70K miles). I am holding a $300 United e-certificate - for compensation from an earlier flight - that will expire soon.
If I buy, say, a $500 pqd ticket, using my $300 e-certificate as partial payment, will this count as $500 for this promotion, or only as $200? That is, will only the cash payment count for the promotion, or will the e-certificate payment count as well?
The United customer service agent told me only the cash will count, but it was not clear she really understood my question. Anyone with any experience/observations on this? Thanks in advance.
