StuckinITH

No, United does not do it.

I saw too late that Kacee has already answered your question.

FlyingHighlander

it appears (to my untrained eye) that this is a huge plus to Delta. Must be nice for many frequent fliers to get a head start with qualifying miles each year.

Is there anything noteworthy in Mileageplus that is unique compared to other FF programs?

StuckinITH

I think for me it does not matter that United does not do it as I have a harder time meeting the $12,000 PQDs than the 100,000 PQMs to get to 1K. And next year, it will be even harder when we'll need $15,000.

Kacee

I don't think it matters much, if at all, to most of us. I've never heard anyone saying they were moving their business to DL for rollover miles. Better service? Yes. Rollover miles? Not so much.

StuckinITH

I need to quote myself as I did not look at the numbers in my spreadsheet before answering. I was below 11 cents/PQM until September and was expecting to be just under the $12,000 PQDs for the year (with the last one of my 5 International Long Hauls being only 7 cents/PQM). But, then, in the first part of October I had unexpected domestic travel that cost 20 cents/PQM and 25 cents/PQM (not my choice, that's the lowest price UA gave me) so I met the 100,000 PQMs and 12,000 PQDs at the same time.

However, my previous comment works for my wife's travel pattern. With all travel booked until the end of the year, she was going to finish at 100,300 PQMs and $10,600 PQDs. To get over the $12,000 hurdle, she had to do a GG BUYUP to a P fare in one direction for the last International Long Haul this year.

And my previous comment works for next year when the requirement will be $15,000 PQDs.

findark

The biggest issue is that DL doesn't roll over MQDs, so for the many of us who see the dollar requirement as the bigger hurdle, rolling over qualifying miles is useless.

I think the biggest difference in MP right now is the number of upgrade certificates (although they are capping regional certs at 4 starting next year). You can still earn more certificate upgrades than basically any other program. They can be a struggle to use, but if you are the kind of flyer who knows how to get through all your upgrade certs it's a pretty big advantage to UA. Also not strictly FFP related, but I also appreciate that UA has a lot more transparency than AA or DL (inventory published on-site including hidden inventory buckets, tail numbers and previous flight info in the app, FLIFO with commentary lines published to ExpertFlyer).

Kacee

This is a significant difference. We complain plenty about UA here, but the transparency compared to pretty much every other airline is awesome.

The other major difference these days is that DL's award prices are not only unpublished, they're in many instances off the charts insanely high - try 105k for a one way economy award to Europe within 90 days of departure (compared with 30k on UA).

JMBResona

Makes sense. Thanks.

lizzie

Apologies in advance if this question has been answered elsewhere: to access a United Lounge (at JFK) using a 1-time "Anniversary Pass," must I show a boarding pass for a United flight - or can I be traveling on another airline?
Thank you.

EmailKid

Moot question, UA has not flown to JFK in a couple or so years - maybe they kept the lounge for *A, but I really doubt it.

Kacee

There is no UA lounge at JFK.

But in general, to use the single entry pass (at airports with a United Club), you just need a same day boarding pass on any airline. Doesn't have to be UA.

fumje

Your question seems to be already answered, but may I ask, what is an anniversary pass? Does yours label itself specific to JFK?

Clay_C.

Do I understand correctly that I can cancel an award ticket and redeposit the miles for a fee of $100? I hold no status.

mahasamatman

$75 or $125 depending on how far in advance you cancel. See https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...ticketing.html

Clay_C.

Thank you! One more simple-ish question if you or someone else would indulge me: is there a full fare economy class fare on a TATL ticket that can be upgraded to business for 20000 miles? I have the impression that this is only good for standby.