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2018 Premier Kits are Shipping - Have you received yours?

Old Jan 22, 2018, 4:34 pm
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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.

Originally Posted by NikoGoutakolis
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
In the past, UA has used mystatus.united.com to report shipment status of the kits.

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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
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2018 Premier Kits are Shipping - Have you received yours?

Old Jan 28, 2018, 5:40 pm
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Got mine yesterday, as a 3MM 1K.
10 drink coupons. Glad they're still giving those out, even though we get a free drink and meal as a 1K.
Also my companion card was included. Normally this was sent separately. I suppose that's good although not sure if the drink coupons are meant for me of for my companion.
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Old Jan 28, 2018, 6:14 pm
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Originally Posted by ChiTownMuggle
I hope this is close enough not to be considered off-topic: Is it too soon to inquire about the gold luggage handle wrap? I think I heard Jan 23 would be the day to check in for that? Does anyone know or has any 1K/GS got theirs yet?
Is this your first time as 1K? They only send them out automatically after your first go-round. You can request them again, though I hope people don't abuse it (e.g. request another, sell one on eBay, etc.). I had one wearing out, asked for a replacement, and got one without issue.

My wife got hers about a month after her 1K card arrived last year, FWIW.
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Old Jan 28, 2018, 7:41 pm
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I got my 1K kit while I was gone on my latest trip. Opened it today, and was surprised and delighted with the acrylic coasters! What a nice touch ... and the colors match our decor.
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Old Jan 28, 2018, 9:54 pm
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I re-qualified for GS in early December.
Kit shipped on the 15th Jan and it will arrive in 4-6 weeks according to mystatus.

Are the GS kits delayed this year or am I just very unlucky?
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Old Jan 28, 2018, 10:13 pm
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
Got my 1K kit Upcountry Maui today
Re: the (teeny) luggage tags ... I thought (in years past) we also got a full size luggage tag (same size as the 1K card, but in portrait mode) in addition to the 2 small tags.

Maybe I'm hallucinating.
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Old Jan 28, 2018, 10:24 pm
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Originally Posted by malgudi
Re: the (teeny) luggage tags ... I thought (in years past) we also got a full size luggage tag (same size as the 1K card, but in portrait mode) in addition to the 2 small tags.

Maybe I'm hallucinating.
You’re right, but the 2015, ’16, ’17 and now ’18 kits have the smaller version.

Here’s what some of the kits looked like before that (from an internet search):




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Old Jan 29, 2018, 1:25 am
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Originally Posted by YumYumcake
I re-qualified for GS in early December.
Kit shipped on the 15th Jan and it will arrive in 4-6 weeks according to mystatus.

Are the GS kits delayed this year or am I just very unlucky?
I re qualified as a 1K in October and my kit was shipped 1/18 with delivery in 4-6 weeks. I don't understand why they can't deliver them before expiration, this happens in my case every year.
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 4:19 am
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Pre-merger MM here. Lifetime Gold. Living in France
No kit has arrived yet. I am bummed. I need my card.

Travelling long haul to Singapore next week with Swiss/LH.
No card. I hope I'll be able to access the lounges without my new card.

Anybody have the Mileage Less non-800 phone number? Thanks in advance.
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 4:23 am
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Originally Posted by CDG1
Pre-merger MM here. Lifetime Gold. Living in France
No kit has arrived yet. I am bummed. I need my card.

Travelling long haul to Singapore next week with Swiss/LH.
No card. I hope I'll be able to access the lounges without my new card.

Anybody have the Mileage Less non-800 phone number? Thanks in advance.
Haven't had issues with LX or LH asking for a card in at least two years now.
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 5:03 am
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Originally Posted by dinoscool3
Haven't had issues with LX or LH asking for a card in at least two years now.
Thank you. Sometimes they change the rules.
Happy to hear they are still checking status on our boarding passes.
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 5:14 am
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Originally Posted by dinoscool3
Haven't had issues with LX or LH asking for a card in at least two years now.
I find both still want to see my 1K card to access the Senator lounges vs Business lounges.
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 11:44 am
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As a 1MM 1K, I got both 1K cards for myself and my companion last year. I cannot seem to find my companion's 1K card in my packet this year. Are they going back to shipping it out separately? Thanks! (Edit to add: I was not searching the thread properly. It seems like my companion will receive a separate packet because she just qualified for 1MM herself this year).
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 12:14 pm
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Originally Posted by CDG1
Pre-merger MM here. Lifetime Gold. Living in France
No kit has arrived yet. I am bummed. I need my card.

Travelling long haul to Singapore next week with Swiss/LH.
No card. I hope I'll be able to access the lounges without my new card.

Anybody have the Mileage Less non-800 phone number? Thanks in advance.
If you have a smart phone, good idea to have the United App on it. You then have access to a "digital" card on your phone, which can be used for lounge entry and other uses.

Originally Posted by dinoscool3
Haven't had issues with LX or LH asking for a card in at least two years now.
Originally Posted by lotemblizej

I find both still want to see my 1K card to access the Senator lounges vs Business lounges.
It is variable. Most of the time, boarding pass only works. Some times, a card is required....as I personally encountered at MUC in Sept. 2017.
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 12:19 pm
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Smile Still don't have mine

I contacted 1Kvoice to let them know that even though I re-qualified for 1K in September 2017, I have yet to receive my new 2018 card and kit.

1KVoice responded that my 2018 Card and Kit were mailed on January 17.

Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jan 29, 2018 at 2:54 pm Reason: split post
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Old Jan 29, 2018, 3:07 pm
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Received my 1K kit today. Like the coasters.^
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