CHICAGO, March 8, 2006 – United today announced 15 new North American routes for customers in time for summer travel.  Seven of these new destinations will be served by United Express®' regional jet service, explus^SM, which offers the most premium seats of any regional jet carrier, including the amenities of United First® and the extra legroom of Economy Plus®.  Tickets go on sale this week.

The routes provide new or additional service to Vancouver, British Columbia; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Toronto, Ontario; St. George, Bermuda; Honolulu; Idaho Falls and Boise, Idaho; Bozeman, Missoula and Billings, Mont.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Redmond, Ore.; and Jackson Hole, Wyo.

"We’re pleased to offer even more destinations and air travel options for our customers -- just in time for summer vacation," said Kevin Knight, vice president-Resource Planning.  "With these new routes United continues to strengthen its global network and provide new service to meet customer demand."

The explus service offers complimentary premium snackboxes for United First customers on select flights, full-sized leather seats throughout, large overhead bins, spacious cabins, and, whenever possible, jet bridge access.  Beginning June 8, 2006, this service will be available between the following cities:

• Denver - Toronto, Ontario (daily)
• Denver - Cincinnati, Ohio (daily)
• Washington-Dulles - Cincinnati, Ohio (daily)
• Washington-Dulles - Halifax, Nova Scotia (daily)
• Chicago - Bozeman, Mont. (seasonal daily)
• Chicago - Missoula, Mont.* (seasonal weekend)
• Chicago - Billings, Mont.* (seasonal weekend)

Also, beginning June 8, 2006, United will expand its service between the following cities:

• Denver - Idaho Falls, Idaho (twice daily service on United Express)
• Denver - Redmond, Ore.* (seasonal weekend service on United Express)
• Chicago - Jackson Hole, Wyo. (seasonal daily service on United)
• Washington-Dulles - St. George, Bermuda (Tue., Thurs. and Sat. seasonal service on United)
• San Diego - Honolulu* (seasonal weekend service on United)
• Seattle - Honolulu* (seasonal weekend service on United)

In addition, beginning May 4, 2006, United will expand its service between the following cities:

• Los Angeles - Boise, Idaho (twice daily service on United Express)
• Washington-Dulles - Vancouver, British Columbia (daily service on United)

Customers will earn 1,000 bonus miles every time they purchase qualifying travel at united.com, which also offers the guaranteed lowest United fares.  Customers can also earn 500 bonus miles each time they check in for a United flight using EasyCheck-in Online** at united.com by June 30, 2006.  Both of these bonus mile offers enable customers to earn an additional 2,000 miles per flight.

All routes and frequencies are subject to change.

*Service begins June 10, 2006

About United

United Airlines (NASDAQ:  UAUA) operates more than 3,400 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C.  With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States.  United is also a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 790 destinations in 138 countries worldwide.  United's 57,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world.  News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.

**EasyCheck-In Online Terms and Conditions
EasyCheck-In Online Bonus Miles Terms and Conditions Promotional period valid November 15, 2005 through June 30, 2006.

United.com EasyCheck-In online requirements: Check in between 1 and 24 hours prior to your scheduled departure. Travel on a United, Ted or United Express flight. Travel within the U.S including Alaska, Hawaii, San Juan, Puerto Rico, or St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

EasyCheck-In Online restrictions: International (inbound and outbound); Certain flights with special service requests like wheelchair, unaccompanied minor, oxygen, firearm, etc.; Tickets with E-ticket mismatch; Tickets with Service charges due; Groups /passenger on a group ticket; IROP tickets.

Other Conditions: Combinable with other offers. Offer may be earned 10 times up to a maximum of 5,000 miles. No registration is required. Offer valid for travel on paid tickets only and cannot be earned for travel on award tickets. Valid on United, United Express and Ted flights. Bonus valid for checking in on united.com only. Must check in using Mileage Plus Number. Bonus not valid for check in outside of domestic united.com site. Bonus is in addition to paid flight miles and any applicable elite and class-of-service bonuses. Flights must be credited to the Mileage Plus account in order to qualify. 1,000 mile booking bonus offer:  E-Fares and award travel are not eligible for the 1,000 mile booking bonus offer.  Bonus miles will be awarded to the passenger booking the flight(s).  The passenger booking the flight shall be the united.com registered user logged into the Web site.  Mileage Plus membership number must be provided at the time of purchase in order to receive the bonus miles awarded in connection with this offer.  Round-trip travel required.  A roundtrip is defined as travel from an origin city to a destination city with return travel beginning in the outbound destination city back to the first origin city with all segments on United®, Ted®, or United Express®.  One-way and open-jaw itineraries do not qualify, nor do United-marketed code-share flights operated by other carriers.  Qualifying flights must be posted to the Mileage Plus account to qualify for this bonus.  Bonus miles do not count toward Elite status. Miles accrued, awards issued and bonus offers are subject to the rules of the United Mileage Plus Program. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the passenger. Offer valid for residents of US only. Offer subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.

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