I’m saddened by the confirmation today that United Airlines will use OnePass numbers, but understand since Continental’s reservations system, SHARES, is winning out in the merger. I’ve had my 001## ### ### number emblazoned in my brain since 1988. It will live on, though, on my very sturdy bag tags United used to mail out to elites back in the late-80s and early-90s. Here’s the link with the information, as well as UA Insider’s information from MilePoint below:
I’m going to miss my MP # too. I enrolled in 1981, when numbers were only six digits long, and when they convereted to 11 digits, I got a number starting with 000
I also have a number starting 000 from when I enrolled as a young kid. If they are going to convert us all to 8 digit numbers why can’t I just drop the 000?!?!
Too many MP members… would exceed 999,999 so they have to go alpha-numeric
I don’t know. I am pretty please with this. It is a whole lot easier to memorize an 8 character string with two letters than an 11 digit number.
I’ll miss my MP # too – so well memorized after decades! Now I’ve got to imprint yet another number on my aging brain – ha!
Yep, another 000 RIP. I think my father is 0000
For those of you with retiring MP numbers, put them to good use as online passwords. Just add a character or two fore and aft and perhaps truncate a bit. I’m thinking of UA00009999bye format.
For most users, that would be a significant improvement.
Great suggestion… I’m already using some of my digits in passwords
Depressing but not as bad as the loss of the tulip.
Agreed.
At least with the UA format a smart agent may realize that OH this passenger has been around for a long time, the CO number means nothing, I have an old number from 91 thats WVxxxxxx and my new number JRxxxxx (didnt realize I had an old number when I had them add one)
time to BOOK AWAY from UA…get ready to have your CCs re-issued….