lincolnjkc

I would not pay to extend the life of PP which I have too many of and am pessimistic about clearing anyway, I would however "pay" to force inventory open (on a recent trip I would have gladly done 200pp per person, possibly more, to book a ticket with confirmed seats (as a bonus UA would have gotten a revenue booking out of me rather than using MP miles) or to use PP on a MP ticket, possibly even a cash copay for either scenerio... I have maybe 1-2 RT per year where I'd really like to use PP (otherwise I'm already booked up front or it's a short enough flight why bother) otherwise they're of nearly 0 value to me and in a way the growing balance is a little irritatingly mocking.

RobOnLI

PP earned are valid for 13 months PLUS any additional time between when they were awarded and December 31 of the same year.

-RM

Lux Flyer

I think it is unlikely they would do that. The extensions were very much related to the pandemic which reared its head 3-4 months after PlusPoints were initially rolled out and reduced opportunities to use the PPs during the first 2 years of PlusPoints existing. So while it feels like they have been with you forever, they were never intended to be around this long when they developed the program, and is in part contributing to the difficulty in using them since there is such a glut of them available. I can basically guarantee when they came up with the idea of PlusPoints and began modeling the cost of them, the amount that would exist based on existing spend habits/planned changes to MP qualifications, and the ability/ease of use for upgrades/their willingness to release upgrade space, to decide how many to provide, when to expire them etc, it was considering the fact that qualifications would be higher and they would only exist to the end of a membership year. Extremely unlikely they planned for a pandemic and massive disruption to air travel.

Plus points (much like upgrade certs they replaced) were intended to expire at the end of the membership year they were earned during, which makes sense that the current ones being earned expire in Jan 2024 (end of 2023 membership year). If they keep making them last longer it is just going to drag out the amount of time a surplus exists and therefore drag out the amount of time it is hard to find anything available to use them towards. As it is, extending the points has already run into the scenario where you can no longer have status, but still have unexpired pluspoints to use.

Had to think about this. Technically true, but convoluted way to say it, since they become valid the moment they are awarded. Easier to just say end of the membership year they were earned for.

RobOnLI

And I was replying to someone who wants to make PPs valid "for 18 months vs the 12 months they're valid for now". The point of my reply is that they are not valid for 12 months but definitely 13 months (at a minimum) with many more months possible depending on when they are earned. Saying they're valid until the end of the membership year is also true, of course. And possibly even an easier way to say it. But that's not what the OP I replied to was asking

-RM

threecap

lol no way

but I would accept a gift in kind. No, I won’t hold my breath