Yes! United now gives 500 mile minimum on US Airways flights
I have to fly US Airways every once in a while. Going in and out of Charlotte (CLT), which I do every so often, forces one to do so. One of my peeves with US Airways (amongst several others), is that when earning miles on United, I would not earn a 500 minimum miles. Dulles (IAD) to Charlotte is 321 miles. United stopped giving the 500 minimum to even it’s Elites a few years ago and only awards the actual miles earned. Continental, on the other hand always gave the 500 mile minimum. So, ever since the United-Continental merger was announced, I started taking my US Airways miles on Continental. Once they allowed it, I started transferring miles to United. As a side note, before the merger, I would earn my US Airways miles on BMI. They award 600 minimum miles!
I took my first US Airways flight since the United-Continental merger finished last week. To my pleasant surprise, I got awarded 500 miles! Thankfully, the new merged United is following Continental’s minimum mile policy. Another point that proves that the new United is Continental under the covers – not that anyone is complaining about that.
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Good to hear. But, for the record, United always gave its elite level members a 500 minimum on all its UA routes. I know that it was also extended to partner LUFTHANSA for many years too since I flew LH multiple times in Europe on very short routes (FRA – MUC- and I always got the 500 mile minimum .
It sure is too bad they couldn’t have done this two weeks ago. I did not get a 500 miles minimum on a paid first class ticket for my vacation that started on the 17th….
Good news, wish they had that last year, would’ve gotten me an extra 1K EQMs.
Ntil they actually update the pulished earning chat (http://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/marketing/custcomm/promotions/Pages/AirlinePartnerDetails.aspx?ItemId=308) AND until things actally start posting based on what the chats say rather than whatever the systems jst decide to post that day I wouldn’t put too much faith in what you are seeing.
@Andrew, they did not give the minimum 500 on US Airways only. I too have received min 500 on other partner airlines
@Wandering Aramean, I hope you are not right and they keep the 500 mile min.
I’ve been flying LGA-DCA a few times since April, and while the miles initially post to my United MP account at 500, after a couple weeks they get revised down to the actual miles flown (214, I think). Has anyone else experienced this?
@EJB I would like to know if others are seeing this. I have three US Airways flights post merger. All three show 500 miles credited. I will let you know if it changes.
The minimum 500 miles policy for flights on US airways has been revoked …so its the actual miles that u get 🙁
I was getting 500 miles for a shorter flight of US Air in May, but that changed in June. I just talked with UA and they told me that what happened in May was due to system error, and UA doesn’t give 500 miles for a shorter US Air flight.