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United announces changes to 2015
MileagePlus program
Today United announced it is
making changes to the MileagePlus program in
2015. Members will earn award miles based on their ticket price rather than
distance flown.
United announces changes to
2015 MileagePlus program
- Starting
March 1, 2015, the award miles earned on most tickets for United and
United Express flights will be based on ticket price, that is, base
fare plus carrier-imposed surcharges and MileagePlus status, instead
of the distance traveled.
- Starting
in early 2015 all MileagePlus members will be offered opportunities to
use their award miles to purchase United Economy Plus seats, and to
purchase subscriptions for Economy Plus and checked-baggage.
- Members
will still earn Premier qualifying miles (PQM) based on the distance
flown and this change does not affect the qualification requirements
for 2015 Premier status.
- This
program update will apply to all MileagePlus members worldwide.
The award miles members earn
on most tickets for United and United Express flights will be based on
ticket price (base fare plus carrier-imposed surcharges). Members with
MileagePlus® Premier® status will earn even more miles.
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Member
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(at
the time of flight,
on or after March 1, 2015)
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The new earning structure
will apply to most tickets for travel
on United and United Express flights, and most United-issued tickets on airline partners with
ticket numbers beginning with "016." Members may earn up to
75,000 award miles per ticket.
Additional program details
MileagePlus members currently
earn award miles on United, United Express or United's airline partners
based on distance, fare class and MileagePlus Premier status. Some airline
partners will continue to offer miles based on distance, fare class and
MileagePlus Premier status, even after the MileagePlus program changes
March 1, 2105.
There are no changes to the
way members earn miles on a MileagePlus cobranded credit card: For example,
United MileagePlus Explorer cardmembers will earn two miles for each $1
spent on tickets purchased from United, in addition to the miles earned for
the flight.
- Miles
are earned based on MileagePlus status at time of departure, not time
of purchase.
- Tickets
operated by a Star Alliance™ or MileagePlus partner airline that are
not ticketed by United (ticket numbers that do not start with
"016") will continue to earn award miles based on distance
flown and the purchased fare class.
- Members
will continue to earn Premier® qualifying miles (PQM) based
on the distance of the flight. Premier members will continue to earn a
minimum of 500 PQM on United and United Express flights shorter than
500 miles.
- Award
miles are not earned for payment toward United travel products (such
as Economy Plus seating or upgrades) or fees (such as checked baggage
fees, MileagePlus Upgrade Award co-pays and change fees).
- Purchases
in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S.
dollars.
Specialty tickets
Specialty tickets that earn
award miles in the current program (including, but not limited to consolidator/bulk,
group, tour and other tickets where the fare paid is not disclosed on the
ticket) will earn award miles based on a percentage of the distance flown
and the purchased fare class as of March 1, 2015. Please refer to the chart
below for details.
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Eligible
fare classes
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Flight
operated by United and
United
Express
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J,
C, D, Z, P, F, A
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150%
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Y,
B, M
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100%
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E,
U, H, Q,V,W
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75%
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S,
T, L,K, G, N
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50%
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