Have you heard? United Airlines just announced a major update to the MileagePlus program – PlusPoints! That’s right – it’s not every day an airline rolls out a whole new update to how top elite members get to use upgrades. Zach Honig from The Points Guy chats with Ed to share his analysis on all the pros and cons of the new program. Bye bye RPUs and GPUs and hello a whole new way to calculate all types of upgrades for any and all flight or seat option.
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United changes upgrades for the better with PlusPoints
Big United Airlines Change For Business Travelers: PlusPoints Changes How Upgrades Work
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[…] their MileagePlus program at the end of last year. We knew changes were coming. A few weeks earlier they announced PlusPoints, the “evolution” of Regional and Global Premier Upgrades (RPUs and GPUs). These […]
So do you think United will allow 1K, who re-qualify for 2020, to extend the PlusPoints they earned (previously GPU) that would otherwise expire Jan 2020? In other words you used to be able to extend two GPU to April if you had them left over, and presumably, if you thought you could book and use them prior to them expiring in April.
Lara, I don’t think they will allow that. But, I’ll be at United Media Day in a couple of weeks and I’ll ask.