View Poll Results: What was your end of year 2020 UA (only) BIS miles number?
1 Million or more UA BIS miles
3
2.07%
500 thousand or more but less than1 Million UA BIS miles
5
3.45%
250 thousand or more but less than 500 thousand UA BIS miles
2
1.38%
150 thousand or more but less than 250 thousand UA BIS miles
6
4.14%
100 thousand or more but less than 150 thousand UA BIS miles
8
5.52%
75 thousand or more but less than 100 thousand UA BIS miles
5
3.45%
50 thousand or more but less than 75 thousand UA BIS miles
16
11.03%
25 thousand or more but less than 50 thousand UA BIS miles
29
20.00%
10 thousand or more but less than 25 thousand UA BIS miles
29
20.00%
less than 10 thousand UA BIS miles
42
28.97%
Voters: 145. You may not vote on this poll
End of 2020 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
Dec 29, 2020, 2:47 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Posts: 76
End of 2020 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
Rankings Listed: End of 2020 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
United BIS Rankings* Up to Post #82 - (Please Post Your Numbers in This Thread - See Information Below)
United BIS Rankings* Up to Post #82 - Final List
Rank --- Name ---- UA BIS Miles ---- Star Alliance Miles ( Optional)
You reached the Moon! One small step.. >225K miles "
1 ICN1K 414,137
2 ua1flyer 354,149
3 dkc715 242,757
Quadruple Earth Looper!! >100K miles
4 Guate87 220,727 Almost made it to the moon!
5 FlyngSvyr 197,696
6 mikeyf 145,575
7 tcdtcd 122,454
8 Kmxu 122,411
Double Earth Looper! >50K
9 Dublin_rfk 89,364
10 iluv2fly 70,062
11 UA_Flyer 69,793 --- 108,805
12 iflyabunch 66,886
13 laughinlab2001 65,100
14 Artuero 63,154
15 Fitstylist5 61,864
16 stumblebum 61,597
17 BldgEnergySaver 58,423 --- 65,708
18 JNelson113 55,000
19 eng3 50,110
Circumnavigator >25K miles
20 bloodyeyeballs 46,028
21 LIH 40,545
22 jasonp622 39,602
23 BDFlyer15 39,074
24 Repooc17 37,874 --- 59,336
25 st530 36,650
26 leoo 34,940 85,863
27 United747 34,899 --- 35,307
28 MysteryTour 29,490
29 junglematt 29,342
30 toddt 27,840
31 npei 26,500
32 ContinentalFan 26,324
33 fivevsone 26,000
34 CIT85 25,891
35 nexus7556 25,839 --- 41,767
Polar Explorer >12,500 miles
36 wxguy 24,723 Almost made it around the globe!
37 narvik 22,221 36,917
38 MCLC 22,000
39 JetBunny 20,116 --- 26,023
40 DELee 19,868
41 8MiHi 18,446
42 JWWI 18,070
43 physioprof 18,000
44 SPN Lifer 17,500
45 cyberjet 16,528
46 EWRSNA 15,833
47 PsiFighter37 14,000
48 FriendlySkies 13,959
49 trmbn65 13,000 --- 32,000
50 cmk10 12,856
Short Flight Hopper > 500 Miles
51 ISTFlyer 11,367 --- 26,140
52 Kacee 7,812
53 wt_fresca 7,689
54 artvandalay 7,576
55 kevflyer 6,500
56 zappa42m 5,746
Stay At Home Commanders = 0 miles
57 uastarflyer 0
58 sexykitten7 0
59 Nikongirl 0
60 mahasamatman 0
61 halls120 0
Are you a Double Earth Looper or a Polar Explorer?
Information on This Thread: As I have done for a few years now, I thought it would be fun, even in this crazy pandemic year, to put up and rank the numbers for United BIS (Butt In Seat) or "actual" flight miles*. Beginning this year, United no longer has any loyalty measures remotely related to miles flown. Their PQP (Premier Qualifying Points) measure is all about fare dollars and class and their PQF (Premier Qualifying Flights) just keeps track of the number of United flight segments, the same as the old PQS (Premier Qualifying Segments). However, as noted below you, can still determine your flight miles flown.
So again, this thread is strictly for ranking United BIS miles for 2020 which ranks your real flight miles* on United planes. If you also want to list your Star Alliance BIS that is fine as well for fun. If you want to comment on your flying or lack thereof this last year, that is not a problem. I know for me, my last flight for the year was on March 17th coming back on one of the last flights to leave Cape Town, South Africa. Please list your BIS flight miles at the top of the thread so I can rank them.
Of course, this year’s numbers will be likely much reduced from past years, probably less than 25% of previous years for many of us, so I have accordingly reduced my grouping milestones. I would think it is highly unlikely anyone was able to get to the moon and back this year or even just to the moon! Perhaps you were still able to loop the earth or perhaps make it from the North to South Pole?
If you want to rank your Lifetime United BIS miles you can do that at the United Lifetime Flight Miles "BIS" Ranking for the end of 2020 that can be found here: United Lifetime Flight Miles BIS Ranking for the End of 2020
The previous year’s United BIS rankings can be found at:
End of 2019 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
End of 2018 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
End of 2017 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
End of 2016 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
After we have a reasonable number of United BIS entries I will provide a ranked list that is divided into levels of flight distance accomplishments (How many times have you circled the globe or a pole to pole flight?).
The best and easiest way to get your United BIS miles number is to take your United Lifetime flight Miles for the end of 2020 (or what you expect it to be) and subtract from it your United Lifetime flight Miles from the end of 2019. This one year difference in Lifetime Flight Miles is your United BIS for 2020.
If for some reason you didn’t record your end of year 2019 lifetime number last year (Doesn’t everyone?), then you can still calculate a close approximation of you United BIS by adding up the flight miles from each flight. Since most of us probably don’t have too many flights this year it shouldn’t take that long to do. There are many flight mile calculators on the web. One that I find easy to use is this one: WebFlyer Mileage Calculator. Just enter the two cities (or airport codes) for the departing and arriving locations and it will give you the flight segment miles.
Finally, if you don’t have your 2019 lifetime miles, are mathematically challenged, or don’t have all day to calculate your BIS, please feel free to approximate your BIS. Just put a “~” in front of the number to designate an approximation and I will also be happy to rank it.
Let the posting begin…
(*Note that the United Lifetime flight miles are a bit of an approximation to your actual flight miles since United rounds up all small flights less than 500 miles to 500 miles even. Thus, United slightly overestimates your mileage depending at least on the number of short flights you have taken. United also does not keep track of or give lifetime mileage credit for any award flights. To keep this simple, let’s just use United’s definition of flight miles.)
United BIS Rankings* Up to Post #82 - (Please Post Your Numbers in This Thread - See Information Below)
United BIS Rankings* Up to Post #82 - Final List
Rank --- Name ---- UA BIS Miles ---- Star Alliance Miles ( Optional)
You reached the Moon! One small step.. >225K miles "
1 ICN1K 414,137
2 ua1flyer 354,149
3 dkc715 242,757
Quadruple Earth Looper!! >100K miles
4 Guate87 220,727 Almost made it to the moon!
5 FlyngSvyr 197,696
6 mikeyf 145,575
7 tcdtcd 122,454
8 Kmxu 122,411
Double Earth Looper! >50K
9 Dublin_rfk 89,364
10 iluv2fly 70,062
11 UA_Flyer 69,793 --- 108,805
12 iflyabunch 66,886
13 laughinlab2001 65,100
14 Artuero 63,154
15 Fitstylist5 61,864
16 stumblebum 61,597
17 BldgEnergySaver 58,423 --- 65,708
18 JNelson113 55,000
19 eng3 50,110
Circumnavigator >25K miles
20 bloodyeyeballs 46,028
21 LIH 40,545
22 jasonp622 39,602
23 BDFlyer15 39,074
24 Repooc17 37,874 --- 59,336
25 st530 36,650
26 leoo 34,940 85,863
27 United747 34,899 --- 35,307
28 MysteryTour 29,490
29 junglematt 29,342
30 toddt 27,840
31 npei 26,500
32 ContinentalFan 26,324
33 fivevsone 26,000
34 CIT85 25,891
35 nexus7556 25,839 --- 41,767
Polar Explorer >12,500 miles
36 wxguy 24,723 Almost made it around the globe!
37 narvik 22,221 36,917
38 MCLC 22,000
39 JetBunny 20,116 --- 26,023
40 DELee 19,868
41 8MiHi 18,446
42 JWWI 18,070
43 physioprof 18,000
44 SPN Lifer 17,500
45 cyberjet 16,528
46 EWRSNA 15,833
47 PsiFighter37 14,000
48 FriendlySkies 13,959
49 trmbn65 13,000 --- 32,000
50 cmk10 12,856
Short Flight Hopper > 500 Miles
51 ISTFlyer 11,367 --- 26,140
52 Kacee 7,812
53 wt_fresca 7,689
54 artvandalay 7,576
55 kevflyer 6,500
56 zappa42m 5,746
Stay At Home Commanders = 0 miles
57 uastarflyer 0
58 sexykitten7 0
59 Nikongirl 0
60 mahasamatman 0
61 halls120 0
Are you a Double Earth Looper or a Polar Explorer?
Information on This Thread: As I have done for a few years now, I thought it would be fun, even in this crazy pandemic year, to put up and rank the numbers for United BIS (Butt In Seat) or "actual" flight miles*. Beginning this year, United no longer has any loyalty measures remotely related to miles flown. Their PQP (Premier Qualifying Points) measure is all about fare dollars and class and their PQF (Premier Qualifying Flights) just keeps track of the number of United flight segments, the same as the old PQS (Premier Qualifying Segments). However, as noted below you, can still determine your flight miles flown.
So again, this thread is strictly for ranking United BIS miles for 2020 which ranks your real flight miles* on United planes. If you also want to list your Star Alliance BIS that is fine as well for fun. If you want to comment on your flying or lack thereof this last year, that is not a problem. I know for me, my last flight for the year was on March 17th coming back on one of the last flights to leave Cape Town, South Africa. Please list your BIS flight miles at the top of the thread so I can rank them.
Of course, this year’s numbers will be likely much reduced from past years, probably less than 25% of previous years for many of us, so I have accordingly reduced my grouping milestones. I would think it is highly unlikely anyone was able to get to the moon and back this year or even just to the moon! Perhaps you were still able to loop the earth or perhaps make it from the North to South Pole?
If you want to rank your Lifetime United BIS miles you can do that at the United Lifetime Flight Miles "BIS" Ranking for the end of 2020 that can be found here: United Lifetime Flight Miles BIS Ranking for the End of 2020
The previous year’s United BIS rankings can be found at:
End of 2019 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
End of 2018 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
End of 2017 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
End of 2016 United BIS Rankings or How Much Did You Really Fly Last Year on United?
After we have a reasonable number of United BIS entries I will provide a ranked list that is divided into levels of flight distance accomplishments (How many times have you circled the globe or a pole to pole flight?).
The best and easiest way to get your United BIS miles number is to take your United Lifetime flight Miles for the end of 2020 (or what you expect it to be) and subtract from it your United Lifetime flight Miles from the end of 2019. This one year difference in Lifetime Flight Miles is your United BIS for 2020.
If for some reason you didn’t record your end of year 2019 lifetime number last year (Doesn’t everyone?), then you can still calculate a close approximation of you United BIS by adding up the flight miles from each flight. Since most of us probably don’t have too many flights this year it shouldn’t take that long to do. There are many flight mile calculators on the web. One that I find easy to use is this one: WebFlyer Mileage Calculator. Just enter the two cities (or airport codes) for the departing and arriving locations and it will give you the flight segment miles.
Finally, if you don’t have your 2019 lifetime miles, are mathematically challenged, or don’t have all day to calculate your BIS, please feel free to approximate your BIS. Just put a “~” in front of the number to designate an approximation and I will also be happy to rank it.
Let the posting begin…
(*Note that the United Lifetime flight miles are a bit of an approximation to your actual flight miles since United rounds up all small flights less than 500 miles to 500 miles even. Thus, United slightly overestimates your mileage depending at least on the number of short flights you have taken. United also does not keep track of or give lifetime mileage credit for any award flights. To keep this simple, let’s just use United’s definition of flight miles.)
Last edited by BldgEnergySaver; Jan 23, 2021 at 11:12 pm Reason: Added Rankings List with 61 Entries
Dec 29, 2020, 3:04 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM
Posts: 6,362
BIS on UA 22,221
an additional BIS of 14,696 on *A (SAS & CA)
an additional BIS of 24,990 on non *A (CX)
TOTAL of 61,907
* Added more flights from January 2020 that I forgot about. Hard to believe that was THIS YEAR!!??
Last edited by narvik; Dec 29, 2020 at 3:58 pm Reason: added more BIS on UA flights
Dec 29, 2020, 3:31 pm
#6
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,470
7812 BIS. My lowest total by at least 50,000 miles since the merger. Only reason it's that high is UA has offered the best pandemic schedule SFO-PHX.
Dec 29, 2020, 4:06 pm
#7
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: IAH
Programs: UA1K, AS Gold 75K, HH Diamond, MR Titanium LT Gold, IHG Platinum, HZ PC, CLEAR
Posts: 341
BIS miles on United metal for 2020
220,727
"The total miles you've flown this year is 220,727 miles."
Coleen M. United Chat just sent me that number.
143 United flights this year.
I am writing this from Punta Cana, D.R.
This does not include my other *A (SQ,BR...) or non *A(VJ,HKE...)
"The total miles you've flown this year is 220,727 miles."
Coleen M. United Chat just sent me that number.
143 United flights this year.
I am writing this from Punta Cana, D.R.
This does not include my other *A (SQ,BR...) or non *A(VJ,HKE...)
Last edited by Guate87; Dec 29, 2020 at 7:24 pm
Dec 29, 2020, 5:35 pm
#10
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: TOA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott LTPP/Platinum Premier, Hyatt Lame-ist, UA !K
Posts: 20,061
Subtracting my self reported 2019 lifetime BIS from my own calculated 2020 lifetime BIS total, I get: 20,280 19,868 BIS.
However, using UA's YOY data, they have me at: 19,868 BIS for 2020.Huh?
Whatever. Fixed - bad data for IAH-BWI flight. Went with gcmap.com's value and UA's and my totals now match.
David
However, using UA's YOY data, they have me at: 19,868 BIS for 2020.
David
Last edited by DELee; Dec 29, 2020 at 5:46 pm Reason: data error
Dec 29, 2020, 7:17 pm
#14
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Wait. Only 12 respondents so far and there are 1 who voted in the thread's poll who flew over 250K, 2 people who are indicating that they flew over 500K and 1 who flew over 1MM:
And with 12 respondents, 25 votes in the poll? Huh?
David
And with 12 respondents, 25 votes in the poll? Huh?
David
Dec 29, 2020, 7:20 pm
#15
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,515
I just saw the poll. I placed a vote for 25K-50K on my UA flights this year (2020).