United Airlines
Transfer Partners
- Bilt Rewards
- Chase Ultimate Rewards
- Marriott (3:1 Transfer Ratio)
Partners
INFO
United is part of Star Alliance.
Details
Click on an airline to see their full list of partners.
The following is a list of airlines not part of Star Alliance. Here is a list of airlines in Star Alliance.
- Aer Lingus
- Air Dolomiti
- Airlink
- Azul
- Cape Air
- Discover Airlines
- Edelweiss
- Emirates
- Eurowings
- Fluydubai
- Hawaiian Airlines
- JSX
- Lufthansa City Airlines
- Olympic Air
- Virgin Australia
Premier Status
PQFs and PQPs
The summary:
- Earn enough PQPs (Premier qualifying points) or a combination of PQPs and PQFs (Premier qualifying flights) in order to gain status at United.
- Statuses last for one calendar year.
Earning PQPs
- 1 PQP per US dollar spent on United and United Express flights, including connecting bus routes, not including taxes and fees.
- 1 PQP per 5-6 award miles booked by partner airlines (see more information).
- 1 PQP per 100 MileagePlus miles redeemed on flights and seat upgrades.
- Spending on United-branded credit cards:
- United Explorer: 1 PQP per $20, max. 1,000 per year
- United Quest: 1 PQP per $20, max. 18,000 per year
- United Club: 1 PQP per $15, max. 28,000 per year
- United Business: 1 PQP per $20, max. 4,000 per year
- United Club Business: 1 PQP per $15, max. 28,000 per year
- First Hawaiian Bank United: 1 PQP per $20, max. 1,000 per year
- First HAwaiian Bank United World Elite Business: 1 PQP per $20, max. 1,000 per year
PQP Partners
- Earn 1 PQP every 5 award miles spent by a partner airline, with a maximum of 750 PQP for Economy and Premium Economy, and 1,500 PQP for First and Business Class
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air Dolomiti
- Air New Zealand
- All Nippon Airways
- Austrian airlines
- Avianca
- Azul
- Brussels Airlines
- Copa Airlines
- Discover Airlines
- Edelweiss
- Eurowings
- Lufthansa
- Lufthansa City Airlines
- Swiss
- Virgin Australia
- Earn 1 PQP every 6 award miles spent by all other partner airlines, with a maximum of 500 PQP for Economy and Premium Economy, and 1,000 PQP for First and Business Class
Earning PQFs
- 1 PQF per flight on United or partner airlines
- Basic Economy flights are not eligible
- Flights to Venezuela and Cuba are not eligible
Levels
Requirements
- Silver: 15 PQF + 5,000 PQP or 6,000 PQP
- Gold: 30 PQF + 10,000 PQP or 12,000 PQP
- Platinum: 45 PQF + 15,000 PQP or 18,000 PQP
- 1K: 60 PQF + 22,000 PQP or 28,000 PQP
Alternatively, fly on United flights for the following number of miles for lifetime status:
- Gold: 1,000,000 miles
- Platinum: 2,000,000 miles
- 1K: 3,000,000 miles
Benefits
| Silver | Gold | Platinum | 1K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free checked bags in Economy | 1 bag | 2 bags | 3 bags | 3 bags |
| Economy Plus | You + 1 | You + 1 | You + 8 | You + 8 |
| Boarding group | Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 1 | Priority pre-boarding |
| Free upgrades | Day of departure | 48 hours prior | 72 hours prior | 96 hours prior |
| Boosted points earned on flights | 7x | 8x | 9x | 11x |
| One-time PlusPoints granted | 0 | 0 | 40 | 280 |