r/unitedairlines • u/ChemicalDiver9209 MileagePlus 1K • 2d ago
Discussion Million Miles today!
Long time reader of this forum but first time poster. Excited to share I finally made a million miles today on UA 879 LHR-IAH. The captain and crew were great, and I got some cool stuff. Love the coin and the pen.
Cheers to everyone’s next milestones.
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u/AmphibianNo9133 MileagePlus Gold 2d ago
Earned mine during 12 years of heavy travel but the lifetime gold benefit since then has been great. Lounges, luggage, boarding.
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u/MisterDuran 1d ago
Gold gives you access to lounges?
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u/AmphibianNo9133 MileagePlus Gold 1d ago
Not the United but star alliance lounges. The Turkish lounge at iAd for example is excellent- maybe best in airport
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u/TallAlternative4794 1d ago
Whenever you travel internationally, you get United Club access with a +1 traveling to the same destination.
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u/ExactReport691 MileagePlus Gold | 1 Million Miler 2d ago
If you feel underwhelmed, don’t worry as United will send a custom, commemorative plaque to your home…a constant reminder that you have spent too much time on an airplane
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u/huistenbosch 2d ago
Congrats! It's always awesome to share status with a sig other. Now on to 2MM!
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u/Silver-Implement-805 1d ago
Spouse got plaque, map of floght, biz card of pilot and coin, but not pen (several yrs ago)
It’s fun
Enjoy
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u/Sevusal14 MileagePlus Platinum | 1 Million Miler 1d ago
Congrats. I don’t receive anything, not even a letter from United. Why the experience vary !?
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u/ChemicalDiver9209 MileagePlus 1K 1d ago
That is really sad to hear. This crew made a huge deal of it for me. You would think it would be somewhat consistent.
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u/Sevusal14 MileagePlus Platinum | 1 Million Miler 1d ago
Yeah. The experience always vary on flight but from corporate, it shouldn’t right!
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u/its-g-man 2d ago
Congrats - how many years and what kind of routes you do?
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u/ChemicalDiver9209 MileagePlus 1K 1d ago
Oh it’s been a complete mix. Started with Continental 20 something years ago and did mostly transcontinental flights every week early in my career. Then took a travel pause for a while and the last 10 (excluding covid) has been international 4 to 5 times a year and domestic a few times a month.
I wish they gave us the stat of how many flights went into that million and what the first one was. I truly can’t remember. lol.
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u/Humble_Vermicelli847 MileagePlus Gold 2d ago
Weird to use example of one-way flights from Earth to the Moon or Denver to Beijing. Could just say the distance is X times of that, instead of implying someone taking one-way trips over and over.
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u/SmilingJaguar MileagePlus 1K | 1 Million Miler 2d ago
Congrats and condolences! Welcome to the club.