A Quest for Lifetime United Global Services Status
United’s Million Miler program rewards members for extraordinary long-term loyalty to United. The Million Miler program grants lifetime Premier status to all qualifying members, even if they fly less in the future. Lifetime or BIS (butt-in-seat) miles are earned based on the flight distance of eligible United-operated flights. Here are the status benefits of the million miler program:
One million lifetime miles - Premier Gold
Two million lifetime miles - Premier Platinum
Three million lifetime miles - Premier 1K
Four million lifetime miles - United Global Services
Follow me as I race to four million lifetime miles on this ultimate mileage run. I’ve broken endurance records and have ping-ponged between London and Melbourne via the US on back-to-back-to-back long-haul flights.
Quick Stats
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Two million milestone in sight for June 2023. Three million sometime in 2024 and four million in 2025.
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254, 073 miles flown just for February and March. Most of these were on LHR-SFO-MEL-SFO-LHR back-to-back ping pongs.
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According to Flighty, I spent 89 days and 22 hours in an airplane to achieve this record.
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United has 38 tail numbers in its fleet. I’ve been on 31 of them.
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United has 22 777-300ER in its fleet. I’ve been on 19 of them. I have yet to be on NN2142U, N2332U, & N2748U