2020 bookings are not showing actual mileage
Oct 17, 2019, 11:30 am
#1
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2020 bookings are not showing actual mileage
I noticed that reservations for 2020 only show PQF and PQP. That's great for status qualification but I wonder if they will add actual mileage back in for those of use hunting down various levels of MM.
Oct 17, 2019, 11:54 am
#2
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United credit rarely deviates from standard mileage between airports on MileCalc :: The Ultimate Mileage Calculator for Frequent Flyers or http://www.gcmap.com
Oct 17, 2019, 12:01 pm
#3
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United credit rarely deviates from standard mileage between airports on MileCalc :: The Ultimate Mileage Calculator for Frequent Flyers or http://www.gcmap.com
Sure would be useful to see in the booking tool when comparing flight options.
Oct 17, 2019, 2:32 pm
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United credit rarely deviates from standard mileage between airports on MileCalc :: The Ultimate Mileage Calculator for Frequent Flyers or http://www.gcmap.com
But it differs only by a mile or so, having done the data analysis. Which nobody cares about unless they are trying to do something silly like hit 1,000,00 miles exactly where the distance to the mile matters..... I will not admit to having any proof of such shenanigans, but a DEN-BOI-LAX-SFO-PDX-SFO mileage run may or may not have happened recently....
Oct 17, 2019, 2:33 pm
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Oct 17, 2019, 4:12 pm
#7
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It's more than rarely that it differs.
But it differs only by a mile or so, having done the data analysis. Which nobody cares about unless they are trying to do something silly like hit 1,000,00 miles exactly where the distance to the mile matters..... I will not admit to having any proof of such shenanigans, but a DEN-BOI-LAX-SFO-PDX-SFO mileage run may or may not have happened recently....
But it differs only by a mile or so, having done the data analysis. Which nobody cares about unless they are trying to do something silly like hit 1,000,00 miles exactly where the distance to the mile matters..... I will not admit to having any proof of such shenanigans, but a DEN-BOI-LAX-SFO-PDX-SFO mileage run may or may not have happened recently....
Oct 17, 2019, 5:59 pm
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It's more than rarely that it differs.
But it differs only by a mile or so, having done the data analysis. Which nobody cares about unless they are trying to do something silly like hit 1,000,00 miles exactly where the distance to the mile matters..... I will not admit to having any proof of such shenanigans, but a DEN-BOI-LAX-SFO-PDX-SFO mileage run may or may not have happened recently....
But it differs only by a mile or so, having done the data analysis. Which nobody cares about unless they are trying to do something silly like hit 1,000,00 miles exactly where the distance to the mile matters..... I will not admit to having any proof of such shenanigans, but a DEN-BOI-LAX-SFO-PDX-SFO mileage run may or may not have happened recently....
Oct 17, 2019, 7:33 pm
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United credit rarely deviates from standard mileage between airports on MileCalc :: The Ultimate Mileage Calculator for Frequent Flyers or http://www.gcmap.com
Oct 17, 2019, 8:00 pm
#10
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If you're interested in finding out the BIS milage per UA, I put together a spreadsheet last year painstaking calculating it (by ticketing checking the UA booking site when it used to display BIS). You can find this spreadsheet under the tab called United PQM. Note: the list of routes is accurate as of July 2018.
Hope that helps.
Safe Travels,
James
Hope that helps.
Safe Travels,
James
Oct 17, 2019, 8:19 pm
#11
fomerly known as LandingGear (not Landing Gear)
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If you're interested in finding out the BIS milage per UA, I put together a spreadsheet last year painstaking calculating it (by ticketing checking the UA booking site when it used to display BIS). You can find this spreadsheet under the tab called United PQM. Note: the list of routes is accurate as of July 2018.
Hope that helps.
Safe Travels,
James
Hope that helps.
Safe Travels,
James
Oct 18, 2019, 12:13 am
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The Star Alliance website has a section on its site for flight schedules (not prices) which gives the mileage for a flight when you expand the "flight details" link.
Oct 18, 2019, 4:56 am
#14
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Will 500 mile minimum persist in 2020?
As I understand matters, today for purposes of the lifetime miles count towards MM status, each segment’s “actual miles” is floored at 500. I’m curious whether that convention will continue in 2020 and beyond, with the program changes. Has United addressed that nuance yet?
Oct 18, 2019, 7:42 am
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You would think they would be, but they are not.