On December 7, 2010, United Airlines is raising the price to join or renew membership in the Red Carpet Club. Pricing depends on your Mileage Plus status, and the cash prices are going up $50 per year across the board. The rate for general members is increasing from $425 to $475 annually, with prices for…
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United postpones one change announced earlier in the week
United backpedaled a bit on their Mileage Plus program update from Tuesday this week and issued the following revision to the Confirmed Regional Upgrade (CR1) program: Frankly, I’m surprised United caved in so fast. As I mentioned in Tuesday’s post, we nearly had them eliminated when Unlimited Domestic Upgrades (UDU) began, and they promptly retracted…
“I’m a lawyer and I’m going to sue United Airlines!”
This week an appellate court judge upheld an order to dismiss a civil lawsuit brought against United Airlines for expiring a customer’s Mileage Plus miles for non-activity. Noticing that the guy who sued United was himself a lawyer, I read on and had a whole scenario playing out in my head on how it likely…
The wilting tulips of United Airlines
Last month on one of my mileage runs through Chicago O’Hare, I noticed something very saddening. The majority of the tulips were missing from the various United Airlines backdrops throughout the F-concourse of terminal two. Granted, the E & F concourses are the non-mainline ‘United Express’ operated gates, but still… I felt like something very…
United Airlines announces updates for the 2011/2012 Mileage Plus program
Today, United Airlines announced updates to the Mileage Plus program for 2011 and 2012. Just about every blogger has already posted their thoughts, and here are mine: Update: EQM and EQS earned in both Mileage Plus and OnePass count toward 2012 status. This is non-news in my opinion, and has always been silently expected. They’re…