Jan 22, 2018, 4:34 pm
Last edit by: PTahCha
Let's use this thread to report actually delivery of the packets and comments about the kit contents.
Please no "nothing yet" posts (at least until we get to mid-January (15 Jan 2017 is be more specific) when that mean there is an issue.
In the past, UA has used mystatus.united.com to report shipment status of the kits.
Past years
Have you received you 2017 Premier Kit-Post when you qualified and have received it
Receipt of 2016 MileagePlus Elite Card/Packets
Receipt of 2015 MileagePlus Elite Card/Packets
Receipt of 2014 MileagePlus Elite Card/Packets
Please no "nothing yet" posts (at least until we get to mid-January (15 Jan 2017 is be more specific) when that mean there is an issue.
If everything goes to plan, this is what you are supposed to get this year:
Global Services: Card, Luggage Tags, Drink Chits, Coasters, Global Service Perk, Luggage Wrap (request)
Premier 1K: Card, Luggage Tags, Drink Chits, Coasters, Luggage Wrap (request)
Premier Platinum: Card, Luggage Tags, Drink Chits
Premier Gold: Card (request), Luggage Tag
Premier Silver: Card (request), Luggage Tag
Global Services: Card, Luggage Tags, Drink Chits, Coasters, Global Service Perk, Luggage Wrap (request)
Premier 1K: Card, Luggage Tags, Drink Chits, Coasters, Luggage Wrap (request)
Premier Platinum: Card, Luggage Tags, Drink Chits
Premier Gold: Card (request), Luggage Tag
Premier Silver: Card (request), Luggage Tag
Past years
Have you received you 2017 Premier Kit-Post when you qualified and have received it
Receipt of 2016 MileagePlus Elite Card/Packets
Receipt of 2015 MileagePlus Elite Card/Packets
Receipt of 2014 MileagePlus Elite Card/Packets
2018 Premier Kits are Shipping - Have you received yours?
Jan 25, 2018, 6:29 pm
#316
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
I just logged on mystatus.united.com. It took eight days to arrive at home. 
Shipped!
Your Premier 1K membership materials were shipped on January 17th 2018. They should arrive in 4–6 weeks.
Shipped!Your Premier 1K membership materials were shipped on January 17th 2018. They should arrive in 4–6 weeks.
Jan 25, 2018, 7:57 pm
#317
Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Francisco
Programs: United Premier Platinum, Alaska MVP Gold 75K , Expedia +Gold
Posts: 39
Jan 25, 2018, 8:01 pm
#318
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: UA Plat MM, CM Plat, Amex Plat, Hertz CP, Hyatt Globalist, SPG Gold, Vons Club
Posts: 6,852
I just tried to login to the my status page and I'm getting an error? Has anyone else experienced that today? I wanted to see if I went from pending to shipped
UPDATE: I was able to login and my status went from pending to shipped on January 22nd. Nice to see that they're taking care of the backlog. Safe travels!
UPDATE: I was able to login and my status went from pending to shipped on January 22nd. Nice to see that they're taking care of the backlog. Safe travels!
Last edited by Flying Machine; Jan 25, 2018 at 9:43 pm
Jan 25, 2018, 9:44 pm
#319
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 169
No Kit Yet
MM, GS for many years, 250K PQMs and $40k+ PQDs 2017 - site indicates I’ll be 1k this year rather than GS, so I’ve responded by booking the bulk of my paid first and intl biz flying elsewhere. UA makes their decisions, I make mine - and mine will be to just earn more MM elsewhere. Oh, and no kit yet, nor any mailing status on the mystatus page. Consider me confused about UAs priorities, while freed to sample other carriers.
Jan 25, 2018, 11:21 pm
#320
Moderator: Mileage Run, United Airlines; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: The City/Honolulu
Programs: UA 3MM; Hyatt Glob*****; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,473
Requalified May 19, 2017. Kit shipped January 18. Received today.
Jan 26, 2018, 1:11 am
#321
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.997MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,861
Jan 26, 2018, 7:04 am
#322
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Wayne, NJ USA
Programs: UA Million Miler, Lifetime United Club member
Posts: 2,175
Huh
So the site says:
Your Premier Platinum membership materials were shipped on January 22nd 2018. They should arrive in 4–6 weeks.
Is this coming by carrier pigeon?
Your Premier Platinum membership materials were shipped on January 22nd 2018. They should arrive in 4–6 weeks.
Is this coming by carrier pigeon?
Jan 26, 2018, 7:17 am
#323
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: WAS
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Gold, IHG Silver, Hilton Silver, Hertz PC, National Exec Elite, Avis PC
Posts: 1,298
Wife's Gold and my Silver shipped on 1/22. Also 4-6 wks. I can't remember how long they took last year from the shipped date, but I don't think there is any place in the US where, by any shipping method, it could take that long. Will be curious to see if any cards or luggage tags are inside.
Jan 26, 2018, 9:42 am
#324
Join Date: Jul 2015
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 154
If they put the Premier Kits on a ship in Chicago, and routed that ship through the Great Lakes, and up the St. Lawrence Seaway past Québec, and then through the Panama Canal for West-Coast deliveries...one might find a delivery estimate of 4-6 weeks rather rapid.
Jan 26, 2018, 9:47 am
#325
Join Date: May 2008
Location: New Jersey
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, Hyatt Lifetime Glob, Marriott Titanium/Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,272
My GS MM kit arrived yesterday, Jan 25. I am EWR-based and living in NJ.
The box was heavier than normal, so I knew something different was inside. The coaster set is a nice touch.
The box was heavier than normal, so I knew something different was inside. The coaster set is a nice touch.
Jan 26, 2018, 9:51 am
#326
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 687
I’m pretty sure someone walks with the Premier Kits across the country. Dragging them, ripping them open, and slowly delivering them.
Jan 26, 2018, 10:06 am
#327
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: MFR
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,885
Re qualified end of November, got my 1K kit a few days ago.
I don't understand why everyone loves the coasters. Will you really put something with a company logo on your coffee table? Mine went straight into the "Someday-I'll-sell-this-junk-on-Ebay-Crate"
But the fancy cardboard box and all those adverts went straight into the trash. What a waste -- made me a bit sick really. I wish we could opt out.
I don't understand why everyone loves the coasters. Will you really put something with a company logo on your coffee table? Mine went straight into the "Someday-I'll-sell-this-junk-on-Ebay-Crate"
But the fancy cardboard box and all those adverts went straight into the trash. What a waste -- made me a bit sick really. I wish we could opt out.
Jan 26, 2018, 10:43 am
#328
Join Date: May 2001
Location: RDU
Programs: UA Plat 2MM, Delta Gold, Hilton Gold, Marriott cardboard
Posts: 1,699
Mine came in two days before leaving for HKG. This'll get me in the SQ lounge on the return. Between my usual stop with SQ and the new AMEX club, I may not enter the UC at all.
Jan 26, 2018, 11:00 am
#329
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DCA, IAD (not BWI if I can help it)
Programs: UA 1MM 1K, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Explorist, status-free on AA, AS, B6, DL, WN, Amtrak, etc.
Posts: 1,481
Mine shipped on the 22nd (a month and two days after I requalified), per the status page, and arrived today. I'll admit that I like the coasters: Yeah, they're kind of dorky, but that won't stop me from keeping them as a reminder that travel isn't always a pain.
Jan 26, 2018, 1:47 pm
#330
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.997MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,861
Expect it within a week or less.
Hopefully you mean the recycle bin