I’m saddened by the confirmation today that United Airlines will use OnePass numbers, but understand since Continental’s reservations system, SHARES, is winning out in the merger. I’ve had my 001## ### ### number emblazoned in my brain since 1988. It will live on, though, on my very sturdy bag tags United used to mail out to elites back in the late-80s and early-90s. Here’s the link with the information, as well as UA Insider’s information from MilePoint below:
I’m going to miss my MP # too. I enrolled in 1981, when numbers were only six digits long, and when they convereted to 11 digits, I got a number starting with 000
I also have a number starting 000 from when I enrolled as a young kid. If they are going to convert us all to 8 digit numbers why can’t I just drop the 000?!?!
I don’t know. I am pretty please with this. It is a whole lot easier to memorize an 8 character string with two letters than an 11 digit number.
I’ll miss my MP # too – so well memorized after decades! Now I’ve got to imprint yet another number on my aging brain – ha!
Yep, another 000 RIP. I think my father is 0000
For those of you with retiring MP numbers, put them to good use as online passwords. Just add a character or two fore and aft and perhaps truncate a bit. I’m thinking of UA00009999bye format.
For most users, that would be a significant improvement.
Depressing but not as bad as the loss of the tulip.
At least with the UA format a smart agent may realize that OH this passenger has been around for a long time, the CO number means nothing, I have an old number from 91 thats WVxxxxxx and my new number JRxxxxx (didnt realize I had an old number when I had them add one)
Great suggestion… I’m already using some of my digits in passwords
Too many MP members… would exceed 999,999 so they have to go alpha-numeric
Agreed.
time to BOOK AWAY from UA…get ready to have your CCs re-issued….