Your unused PlusPoints are being extended to Jan 2023 (or July 2022)
Nov 3, 2021, 3:01 pm
#16
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Thanks - so hopefully by 11/15 we should get some update on the Jan ‘22 expiring Plus Points.
Basically I want to know if I should simoly flush them on humdrum 737 domestic flights over winter break or be able to wait and try for more glamorous options next summer/fall…
Basically I want to know if I should simoly flush them on humdrum 737 domestic flights over winter break or be able to wait and try for more glamorous options next summer/fall…
Nov 3, 2021, 4:25 pm
#17
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Thanks - so hopefully by 11/15 we should get some update on the Jan ‘22 expiring Plus Points.
Basically I want to know if I should simoly flush them on humdrum 737 domestic flights over winter break or be able to wait and try for more glamorous options next summer/fall…
Basically I want to know if I should simoly flush them on humdrum 737 domestic flights over winter break or be able to wait and try for more glamorous options next summer/fall…
Nov 3, 2021, 5:49 pm
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Nov 3, 2021, 6:12 pm
#19
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There is a 41.584% chance United extends PlusPoints
Nov 3, 2021, 9:40 pm
#20
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I don't think they will. Business is picking up, and you should apply them. I'm burning them at the moment.
Nov 3, 2021, 10:20 pm
#21
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I agree. If you've got a way to use them, do it. Business is really picking-up for all airlines and I don't see any reason for UA to extend them. All of my airline travel is already booked through January and I will have over 500 pts expire worthless then that, in spite of my best efforts, I have been unable to use.
Nov 3, 2021, 10:41 pm
#22
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Apparently, UA is still deciding:
Right now, we’re in the point in time where international markets are just starting to open up. So we’ve got about two or three good months of international traffic. We want to see what the environment looks like, and we’ll make a decision
Oct 23rd article
Originally Posted by https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-airlines-mileageplus-exec-explains-how-2021-went-and-what-to-expect-in-2022
Right now, we’re in the point in time where international markets are just starting to open up. So we’ve got about two or three good months of international traffic. We want to see what the environment looks like, and we’ll make a decision
Nov 3, 2021, 10:54 pm
#23
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If history continues (minus covid extensions), hoping for at least 80 points extended to April 2022 for renewed 1Ks.
Nov 4, 2021, 7:54 am
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Given that this topic is always highly speculative (until UA actually does something, that is!), I'll add blatant fantasty to the thread and say I wish UA would let us burn PP on award tickets this year. As a one-time perk, to be clear. I've got a lot of PP (240?) sitting around set to expire, but I've already requalified for 1K and don't have any business travel. I'm planning to burn miles for any random travel between now and the end of the year. Being able to apply PP to award tickets instead of just letting them expire would be nice!
(and... I get CPUs on award tickets anyway, so the PPs wouldn't make a big difference. But it'd make me feel like I was doing something with them!)
(and... I get CPUs on award tickets anyway, so the PPs wouldn't make a big difference. But it'd make me feel like I was doing something with them!)
Nov 4, 2021, 8:49 pm
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Given that this topic is always highly speculative (until UA actually does something, that is!), I'll add blatant fantasty to the thread and say I wish UA would let us burn PP on award tickets this year. As a one-time perk, to be clear. I've got a lot of PP (240?) sitting around set to expire, but I've already requalified for 1K and don't have any business travel. I'm planning to burn miles for any random travel between now and the end of the year. Being able to apply PP to award tickets instead of just letting them expire would be nice!
(and... I get CPUs on award tickets anyway, so the PPs wouldn't make a big difference. But it'd make me feel like I was doing something with them!)
(and... I get CPUs on award tickets anyway, so the PPs wouldn't make a big difference. But it'd make me feel like I was doing something with them!)
Nov 5, 2021, 10:25 am
#26
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I was wondering at what point points are 'used' so that they do not expire. If you 'spend' them on confirmed PZ>0 space for a flight after the expiration date, and they are deducted from your account, are they 'used'?
Certainly if you are waitlisted for a flight and they are not deducted for a confirmed upgrade before the date, then they are not 'used' in time.
Certainly if you are waitlisted for a flight and they are not deducted for a confirmed upgrade before the date, then they are not 'used' in time.
Nov 5, 2021, 10:33 am
#27
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Not sure this is the right thread, but here goes.
Where do July 2022 expiry pluspoints come from? I know two people with points showing that expiration (among other dates that do make sense to me). Neither have asked for or been given extensions, and they've both had them that way for months at least. They don't know how they got them.
Where do July 2022 expiry pluspoints come from? I know two people with points showing that expiration (among other dates that do make sense to me). Neither have asked for or been given extensions, and they've both had them that way for months at least. They don't know how they got them.
Nov 5, 2021, 10:47 am
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Nov 5, 2021, 10:53 am
#29
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My real question was...are the points consumed when they are deducted from your account or when the flight occurs?
Nov 5, 2021, 11:00 am
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