jvoight34

I received miles both for my undergrad degree and my Ph.D. There was a small hassle the second time around (somehow, the paperwork got lost) and I had to resubmit, but after that it was taken care of.

JV

soitgoes

The recent grad may not qualify, because I think you need to sign up for CollegePlus before you graduate. Make sure the other signs up for CollegePlus now.

make sure you're signed up for CollegePlus before you graduate and send in the final transcript...I think you might be okay.

Oh, and here's another confirmation that multiple degrees at different times are eligible for the bonus miles:
I received 10K bonus miles for my Bachelor's degree, promptly re-enrolled in CollegePlus, and received my second 10K bonus miles for my Master's degree.

lin821

yes, this is what's supposed to be: 10K for each level of completed education. In your case, one bonus for undergraduate degree and another bonus for Master's.
I don't think associate degree counts. There were some detailed description in their original College Plus Program brochure. I recalled College Plus would also give you bonus miles (5K, maybe?) for doing community/volunteer work for certain number of hours (a couple of hundreds, maybe?) while in college, if the proof of completed work/hours from the agencies was sent. Not sure if they are still offering it. The current site (http://united.com/collegeplus) didn't do a good job describing the "program benefits."

BTW, they ask for the final transcript, not diploma.
Of course! Sign yourself up now and don't miss out your "last" chance! I think MD is at the doctoral degree/Ph.D. level and surely qualify for 10K bonus miles!

Justin Does...

Only bragging rights. If you continue on with higher education it looks like you worked really hard to complete the requirements of two degrees in the same time that most students complete one.

pilottim747

I've been waiting for these 10k miles for over four years. I'm excited to finally be able to take advantage of this offer after I graduate in May. Good work United for supporting students! ^

The graduation bonus and the College Plus Visa card seem to be the only program benefit at this time. I remember the bonus miles for volunteer work as well, but that was taken off the website probably 2-3 years ago.

I think United could develop this program more. You have got to think that college is a great time to capture potential customers. Many college grads will be business travelers soon and provide a lot of future revenues. Unfortunately, US airlines think too much in the short term.

DBCme

< BUMP >

Remind folks who are about to graduate College in the next few weeks to:
1) sign up for College Plus if you havn't already
2) Get your free 5000 miles from United once you send in your final transcripts

Axey

"I earned two college degrees and all I got was 10,000 lousy UA miles."

cepheid

Actually, it's 10K miles, not 5K.

shisochou

Go for it. I claimed the miles for my BA, and I intend to claim those again once I get my MA, my other MA, and my MBA.

nov11

I received two degrees (BA and BS) on different dates and I only received 10k miles.

However, I only send my transcript in after I receive my second degree though.

youreadyfreddie

When I graduated, I sent a copy of my transcripts to UA and received a response back that I needed to be a FF with a "student" designation not a regular FF.

chuckd

That's BS.

lin821

You guys are getting it all wrong. It seems our graduates can't read too well with their higher education.

There's no double dippings, not like HHonors program, let alone triple dippings.

The terms is 10K graduation bonus miles for each level of completed education. Meaning:
1. 10K bonus miles for bachelor's degree. It could be BS, BA, BSW...
2. Another 10k bonus for master's degree, such as MA, MS, MEd, MBA...
3. Another 10K bonus for doctoral degree, such as Ph.D, PsyD, Ed.D,...

You can send in as many final transcripts as you like. You cand earn as many college degree as you wish, 1 BA+ 2 BS or whatever. They are still the same level of bachelor's degree. So only 10K bonus can be earned.

Same rule applies to graduate degrees. Even you earn your MA, MEd, MPA, MBA, 10K bonus is the max you will get for your master's level of education. It doesn't matter how many master's degrees you get. It doesn't matter how far apart (or close) you get your multiple master's degrees. They are still the same level of master's education. For professional degrees, such as J.D., MD, they should be comparable with graduate degrees, I think.

I have to admit that the improved .bomb does not give out as much details like it used to be. The former College Plus website/links were much more developed and informative. I still have the nice College Plus booklet they sent me when I first enrolled. That's how I confirm with the "10K graduation bonus with each level of completed education offer."

Now they dropped the Charity/Volunteer work participation for 5K bonus offer and stripped down the descriptions for the College Plus program. Bad move, UA!! You should try to give us poor students more support and incentives, so we would stay loyal to you!

ucsf_med

Darn it! I didn't know I could have gotten another 10k upon getting my MD too, I had already gotten 10k for my undergrad and figured that was it. I'm telling my brother, at least he'll be able to get the second 10k in 4 years.

lin821

You can still get the graduation miles if you got your MD less than 12 months. They ask you to send your final transcript in within 12 months.