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 26, 2018, 4:28 pm
#331
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 812
Wife's (Silver) kit arrived today.
Mine's (Plat) still pending.
We both re-qualified for our respective statuses on the same flight, so the different processing times are interesting.
Mine's (Plat) still pending.
We both re-qualified for our respective statuses on the same flight, so the different processing times are interesting.
Jan 26, 2018, 5:54 pm
#332
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
My Silver arrived today (luggage tag, no card). Spouse's Gold did not. Both shipped 22nd.
Jan 26, 2018, 6:29 pm
#333
Join Date: Jul 2015
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 154
And my Kit is apparently making its way through the Panama Canal.
Jan 26, 2018, 11:07 pm
#334
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 578
My kit was apparently shipped on the 18th but nothing has arrived yet. Reading the posts in this thread makes me doubt that it was actually shipped and that this is more of a "placeholder" date.
Anyway, I requested the physical card this week and was told that it should arrive in six weeks.
Anyway, I requested the physical card this week and was told that it should arrive in six weeks.
Jan 26, 2018, 11:17 pm
#335
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS after 40+ SFO/OAK
Programs: UA MM (recovering former 1K), Marriott Titanium Lifetime
Posts: 550
Received yesterday (25th) - website says shipped 19th, so just under a week to Bay Area.
Jan 26, 2018, 11:19 pm
#336
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,484
Mine arrived yesterday, same day they updated "mystatus" from "pending" to "shipped."
Jan 27, 2018, 12:01 am
#337
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: UA MM, SQ KrisFlyer, SPG/Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,231
My MM Premier Gold packet arrived today. No card inside. Luggage tag. Cheap sucks.
Jan 27, 2018, 12:08 am
#338
formerly 1984SW
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Programs: UA
Posts: 1,058
Jan 27, 2018, 7:54 am
#339
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 57
So I just got my first Premier Silver Kit. This is what was inside. On the back is a place for me to handwrite my name and address. Note that this tag is about 50% of the size of a normal luggage tag. A little dissappointed...
Jan 27, 2018, 8:35 am
#340
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: LAX
Posts: 50
Got my 1K kit yesterday (26 January), shipped on 19 January. Qualified in late September 2017.
Jan 27, 2018, 8:45 am
#341
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Cleveland, OH
Programs: UA-GS 1MM), Hertz Pres Circle, Starriott Titanium)
Posts: 1,966
Just got back from Mumbai and found my 2018 GS kit had arrived.
Jan 27, 2018, 9:33 am
#342
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: MFR
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,885
Of course.
But nobody else thinks this is wasteful?
With all the cost cutting going on, wouldn't the money they spend on the fancy-schmancy tri-fold boxes be better spent on something else? Plastic wine-flight holder-things?? Real Ice Cream dishes? Perhaps throw some overtime pay to the Polaris Lounge construction workers?
But nobody else thinks this is wasteful?
With all the cost cutting going on, wouldn't the money they spend on the fancy-schmancy tri-fold boxes be better spent on something else? Plastic wine-flight holder-things?? Real Ice Cream dishes? Perhaps throw some overtime pay to the Polaris Lounge construction workers?
Jan 27, 2018, 10:12 am
#343
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,484
Honestly, if there weren't a handful of lounges that still sometimes require a card, I'd be fine if they'd just dispense with the whole kit. It seems very wasteful.
Jan 27, 2018, 10:19 am
#344
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K; Marriott Platinum; Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,355
Perhaps United could put one year's worth of premier kit production costs into an IT upgrade so that our membership cards had electronic eligibility and expiry programmed into the system, like occurs at Costco. You don't see them re-issuing expensive cards each year, yet they manage to keep track of who has which eiigible membership over the years on the backside of their IT systems.
Jan 27, 2018, 10:54 am
#345
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: northeast coast of Florida
Programs: UA 1K - 2MM, Lifetime Hilton Diamond, Lifetime Marriott Platinum Elite, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 10,422
I qualified in early September and my kit just shipped on the 18th. 