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MileagePlus

Overview

MileagePlus (United). Award unit: MileagePlus award miles. Status metrics: PQP and PQF. Premier elites (2026-10-09 tier review): Premier Silver, Gold, Platinum, 1K.

How to use MileagePlus miles

  1. Keep the redeemable balance separate from any status measure listed on this page.
  2. Before a flight, check the operating airline, marketing airline, fare and booking class against the programme earning rules.
  3. Before moving points or booking an award, check current availability, taxes, fees and change conditions on the official site.
  4. Review the expiry rule and the programme terms for account-specific exceptions.

Read next:

Official source notes checked 2026-10-18.

Joining / eligibility

Verified from official Service Center + Blue Sky pages (WebFetch snapshots):

  • Is it free to sign up? → Yes. (MileagePlus Service Center FAQ)
  • Blue Sky page: “It’s free to join MileagePlus and TrueBlue.”
  • Account name must match government-issued ID (passport/driver’s license). Gender/DOB collected to follow TSA rules; DOB as on ID.
  • High-level how-to: complete enrollment on united.com (Join MileagePlus); Service Center is the help hub after join.
  • Retro credit: United/United Express operated flights within 6 months before enrollment may still get mile credit; older UA flights and partner flights before enrollment are not eligible (Service Center).

not verified: a single official “minimum age = N” sentence was not captured in this gap-patch (enroll-form page remained unreadable to curl/WebFetch). Do not invent an age number.

Sources: fetched 2026-10-18 01:53:28 Asia/Shanghai · https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/mileageplus/mileageplus-service-center.html; · fetched 2026-10-18 01:53:28 Asia/Shanghai · https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/mileageplus/jetblue.html.

Earning & using

Earn

  • Japan page: miles depend on status, co-brand card status, ticket type; 75,000 mile cap per United-issued ticket (UA/UAX); some unpublished/tour fares earn by distance × class.
Native tierNo qualifying card flight benefitConfirmed qualifying primary-card benefit
General member36
Premier Silver58
Premier Gold69
Premier Platinum710
Premier 1K912

2026 Premier qualification (tier review 2026-10-09): see prior profile/knowledge (PQF+PQP or PQP-only paths + ≥4 paid UA/UAX segments).

Sources: fetched 2026-10-18 01:53:28 Asia/Shanghai · https://japan.united.com/mpjapan.

Redeem

Verified high-level from Japan overview + Blue Sky:

  • Use miles for United / partner award flights; upgrades; Cash + Miles; Miles Pooling (leader invites up to 4; no fee to move miles into pool; one pool at a time); MileagePlus Exclusive experiences; Japan page also notes Rakuten Points conversion (1,000 miles → 400 Rakuten Points) and ANA domestic award use.
  • Blue Sky: earn/use miles on United or JetBlue; miles never expire (stated with TrueBlue on that page).
  • Award pricing: dynamic / search on united.com — no static chart copied.

Sources: fetched 2026-10-18 01:53:28 Asia/Shanghai · https://japan.united.com/mpjapan; · fetched 2026-10-18 01:53:28 Asia/Shanghai · https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/mileageplus/jetblue.html.

Core benefits

  • Free to join (Service Center / Blue Sky).
  • Miles never expire (Blue Sky; Japan overview).
  • Premier benefits; miles pooling; Starlink Wi‑Fi for members on select flights (Blue Sky).

Key limitations

  • Main united.com HTML still often THIN_SPA to automated curl — richer capture may still help.
  • Age minimum not verified in this patch.

Official sources

Gap-patch captures

Use a calculator

The mileage calculator compares programmes with checked rules. The status calculator shows a number only where a threshold has been checked. Neither one treats an unknown condition as zero. Come back to this page for the scope those numbers belong to.

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