Oshkosh105

I feel similar from Singapore <> USA quarantine free. Only way to ticket via UA and get PQP is to book full fare SQ Y/J versus a fraction of the cost on SQ directly. (Not able to transit Japan without a 7 day quarantine). I think it would be goodwill to throw us a bone in SE Asia where UA hasn’t started up service yet. Lord knows we’re not taking away CPUs or redeeming PP while being based in a mostly-locked down nation.

Quibert

I continue to hold out hope that they will extend again, but I am beginning to doubt it will happen. I earned my 1k status flying to Asia and have been supporting them virtually for the last two years. The quarantine requirements make it a non starter for me with my company so it continues to be late night zoom meetings for me. I am hoping I will be able to get there again in 2022, but who knows. Either way extending my status would cost them next to nothing and would certainly ensure I stick with United when I am once again able to travel there.

cfischer

US-based? I would get the needed PQF to be honest ... they have been handing things out like candy with reduced requirements and promos.

kangarooflyer88

A very simple way for UA to tell who needs the extension is just to look at the member's MilagePlus activity. If they haven't booked or credited any flights to the account and did not make use of any of the benefits during the pandemic (e.g. lounge access, baggage, etc.), then it stands to reason they're still grounded and need a boost. However, once they start travelling again with UA/*A they could start the countdown once again. For instance, suppose I start travelling to North America and Europe in March 2022 as an Aussie who has been barred from travelling internationally due to travel restrictions, then UA could simply keep my status through March 2023, and I would have been March 2022 and Dec 2022 to earn the 75% of the PQP requirements necessary to retain my status for the 2023 travel season.

Right now the current scenario is making it real tough on me. QF has given me Gold through November 2022 thanks to a generous status match with my UA Premier Gold I earned, and so now I need to start to planning for next year when I travel internationally who do I book with? If my UA status expires at the end of January, I fail to see the point in travelling with them and other *A carriers given I'll have zero benefits and have to work my way from 0 all over again, whereas with QF I'll have benefits. OTOH if UA were to extend my status another year, I would easily book my travel with them since as a long time elite, I received significant benefit from their program including E+ seating, upgrades and SDCs, the latter of which turned out to be very helpful at trade shows in the US, where I may leave a day early or a day late depending on how things went, and being able to change it gratis was flexibility I haven't seen on other airlines.

-KangarooFlyer88

willliamjia

no, you can transit in NRT. I did this many times this year.

rankourabu

If you are in the US, I would put your chances of an extension at close to zero. There were more than enough opportunities to requalify.

Agree, in the case of Australians.
Disagree if the lack of flying is due to choice. Just because someone stopped flying for work, doesnt warrant an extension if they are in the US.

bryanwallace

based in japan-still 10days -2 weeks quarantine on return

kohswisscheese

You can transit in NRT. But will be subject to quarantine as there isn't a VTL to Japan yet and the NH flight to SIN is not a designated VTL flight.
There is no meaningful non-quarantine United option at this time.
Would support a further extension for Southeast Asia based Premiers.

exp

So Nov 30 is almost over, the end of the Fly to the Finish promo.

Are we going to get word on 2023 qualification requirements in the next couple of weeks?

HNLbasedFlyer

I suspect Omicron means they will wait as long as possible - they have no incentive to make an announcement - then walk it back if necessary.

milepig

Is the display in my record / app delayed? I (unexpectedly) got the "you've requalified for Premier Gold status through January 2023" email last week, but the card image is still showing as through 1/22. The email says I qualified through the "fly to the finish" offer.

emcampbe

card should update at some point. Probably just app hasn’t ‘seen’ the update (these things can take time to update all the systems).

one thing to try is to log out and back into the app - that typically will refresh things to the most current. If that doesn’t update, the card is probably not updated in the backend yet.

exp

Well countries have tightened or are considering tightening travel restrictions because of Omicron.

Guess that means UA and other airlines will wait to see what next year looks like, at least the first quarter before announcing status qualification terms. They have to see if Omicron is more transmissible and/or able to breakthrough much easier than Delta. They also have to see how Europe and North America makes it through the current winter wave, which is almost entirely Delta. Though we may know in a couple of weeks if Omicron starts to gain in infections relative to Delta.

Gosh darn it!

kangarooflyer88

I find it very interesting that the only airline that has kept a COVID safe policy when it comes to status qualification for 2022 in the US was Delta air ways. There's literally a variant of concern named for them and yet they did the right thing!


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-RooFlyer88

mgason

I am a many times 1k, Million Miler, loyal United customer. Prior to Covid I had earned 480 Plus Points.
I am an Australian and I recently received this response to a request for an extension of my hard earned Plus Points..."there will be no extension on the current PlusPoints. To be fair to members who have earned new PlusPoints this year, the expiration date on the PlusPoints is not being extended for anyone"

BUT as United is perfectly aware flying out of Australia has not been permitted since March 2020 without a special emergency permit for which I and almost no one was eligible.
Also United cancelled all of its flights from Melbourne, Victoria to the USA.
Travel between states in Australia has not been permitted. Even if I could have obtained an emergency permit to travel, I was not allowed to travel to Sydney NSW, the only place from which United provided limited flights.
The new rules are clearly very unfair to any of Australian customers. The special situation of Australian customers needs to be responded to.