jet

Hi all,

It has been a long time since I visited with you; my travels have been curtailed a bit (now Premier Exec only after a five year 1K run). Things look like they will be ramping up again, though, and I continue to find everyone's advice valuable.

My current question pertains to the marketing partnership with USAir. I know that as a 1P I earn both flight miles and the 100% bonus for being 1P even when traveling on a USAir flight operated by USAir. What I have not been able to find out is whether I receive the Elite Qualifying Miles bonus for flying full-fare (Y or B). According to United's website, I receive 150% credit (ie. a 50% bonus) on EQM's flying on United in Y or B. According to USAir's website, Dividend Miles members also receive the same bonus when flying on USAir in Y or B.

So the big question is: as a United Mileage Plus member flying on USAir in Y or B, do I get the 150% EQM credit?

Thanks for your help in advance, and my apologies if this has been discussed before: I didn't find anything on this in a quick search.

Jet

nerd

Yes, you will get a 50% EQM bonus for flying in Y/B on US (I've had 4/4 such segments post correctly so far this year). There is a page on ual.com with an EQM table on it that includes US, though I remember it being kind of hard to find.

Here's a press release with details on the F/C/Y/B EQM bonuses on US and LH:

http://www.united.com/press/detail/0...1565-1,00.html

germansoks

can someone tell me whether this is still true?

I found a great one way B fare on US from europe to the states that I would like to book. The transatlantic flight would have a US flight number but is operated by LH. If anybody knows whether those flights would yield 150% EQM please let me know.

germansoks

nobody flying US B-fares on LH metal that can help me out here?

to make it even more challenging I have yet another question. Since it is a LH operated flight across the atlantic is there any way to upgrade that one using 15K UA miles?

qasr

It still holds true for US flights, but since you are taking a LH metal flight, the LH metal earnings apply.

Either way you will get 150% EQM. Can you share the fare you got?

patchan8984

Do EQM from USAir flights (on UA metal) count towards the 10,000 mile per quarter for 4 500-milers?

Thanks

patchan8984

*BUMP*

Please help

starflyer

1Ks get 2 CR1s for 10,000 United miles flown in a quarter, but I've never heard of 4 500-milers for 10,000 miles flown per quarter. Is that a special promotion, or something new for Premier Executives or Premiers that started this year?

DCBob

No. Code share flights do NOT qualify. By the way, it is NOT per "quarter." You get four 500 mile e-upgrades each time you travel 10,000 miles in the same calendar YEAR. So if you fly 30,000 miles during 2006, you will get 12 500-mile e-upgrades. The clock is reset on January 1 with no rollover of uncredited miles.

germansoks

You are right on the "per quarter" issue for 500s, they are given out for every 10k BIS on UA flights. You are wrong however on the codeshare issue. Codeshare flights from *A memebers on UA metal will count towards the 500 mile e-UG count whereas UA codeshares on any other *A metal do not count. in other words any flight number as long as it is on UA metal earns miles towards 500s but any UA flight number NOT on UA metal does not.