How long for miles from United to be credited to DM Account?
Jun 10, 2005, 11:12 am
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How long for miles from United to be credited to DM Account?
I flew on United back on May 11th and had given them my DM number. I know the website says 6 weeks or whatever (and it makes no sense why it should take that long...), but what kind of experience have you guys had in the time it takes for miles flown on United to show up?
As an aside, why does it always seem like I have to make multiple tries to get US to credit for mileage I've earned beyond standard US actual miles flown?
The "Clear Skies Ahead" bonus thing took me ten emails trying to get two people's miles credited properly. I finally gave up on getting the second person's miles credited. I will say that my Sprint bonus miles did show up in a timely manner.
As an aside, why does it always seem like I have to make multiple tries to get US to credit for mileage I've earned beyond standard US actual miles flown?
The "Clear Skies Ahead" bonus thing took me ten emails trying to get two people's miles credited properly. I finally gave up on getting the second person's miles credited. I will say that my Sprint bonus miles did show up in a timely manner.
Jun 10, 2005, 11:39 am
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Originally Posted by toastmaster
I flew on United back on May 11th and had given them my DM number. I know the website says 6 weeks or whatever (and it makes no sense why it should take that long...), but what kind of experience have you guys had in the time it takes for miles flown on United to show up?
I flew UA last month on a US ticket with one leg on US and one leg on TED. My miles for both flights posted on the same day (3 days after I flew).
Jun 10, 2005, 12:44 pm
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In my experience if a UA flight doesn't post within 2-3 days it never will. Send in your BPs and a copy of the receipt to get credit.
Jun 10, 2005, 1:05 pm
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My UA ticketed flights typically post much sooner than my US ticketed ones. Just like phlwookie said, if it doesn't post in a couple of days, it probably won't. This usually happens to me when the DM number and US status doesn't print out on the BP (regardless of the agent's insistence that my number is in there.)
Jun 10, 2005, 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by phlwookie
In my experience if a UA flight doesn't post within 2-3 days it never will. Send in your BPs and a copy of the receipt to get credit.
Jun 10, 2005, 1:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Syracuse
Are you sure? It's a UA flight. All flight info should be in UA computer. It makes more sense to ask UA first.
Jun 10, 2005, 2:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Syracuse
Are you sure? It's a UA flight. All flight info should be in UA computer. It makes more sense to ask UA first.
Jun 10, 2005, 7:46 pm
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Some of you are talking about flying on a UA codeshare although you purchased a US ticket, right? That's what I'm doing tomorrow. I've checked in online--with UA! This seems completely ridiculous to me. If I buy a ticket on US, I'd prefer to deal solely with US. In my mind, I should not have to mail in my boarding pass to get DM credit when I made the reservation with US. They should fix that.
Jun 10, 2005, 7:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Syracuse
Are you sure? It's a UA flight. All flight info should be in UA computer. It makes more sense to ask UA first.
Jun 10, 2005, 7:52 pm
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Originally Posted by gregeckhart
Some of you are talking about flying on a UA codeshare although you purchased a US ticket, right? That's what I'm doing tomorrow. I've checked in online--with UA! This seems completely ridiculous to me. If I buy a ticket on US, I'd prefer to deal solely with US. In my mind, I should not have to mail in my boarding pass to get DM credit when I made the reservation with US. They should fix that.
In all likelihood, you won't have to mail in your BP to get credit for the UA-operated flight. I've found for my US codeshares (and my fiancee, who credits her UA flights to her US DM account, the opposite of me), they generally post in 1-3 days. Only twice have they failed to post and required the mail-in.