United Airlines Temporarily Reduces the Amount of Miles Needed to Earn Mileage Plus® Award Travel on Some of its Shortest routes

CHICAGO, August 22, 2007 – United Airlines and Mileage Plus are proving that redeeming frequent flyer miles is short and sweet by offering its members more value for their loyalty.   United Airlines is temporarily reducing the amount of Mileage Plus miles needed to redeem award travel on some of its shortest flights.

For a limited time, certain United Economy® Saver award travel booked on united.com will be available for 15,000 redeemable miles instead of 25,000 miles *.  This award travel is for nonstop, roundtrip flights that are 700 miles or less each way on United, United Express or Ted flights.  Tickets must be booked on united.com by Dec. 12, 2007 for travel between Sept. 1, 2007 and Dec. 14, 2007.

Qualifying sample flights from United’s hub cities include:

• Chicago to Baltimore; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Atlanta; or Ottawa.
• Denver to Albuquerque N.M.; Dallas; Billings, MT; Las Vegas; or Oklahoma City.
• Los Angeles to Sacramento; Phoenix; Tucson; Palm Springs, Calif.; or San Francisco.
• San Francisco to Ontario; Palmdale, Calif.; Phoenix; San Diego; or Reno.
• Washington, D.C. (Dulles) to Atlanta; Jacksonville; St. Louis; Philadelphia; or Charleston S.C.

"United understands that our Mileage Plus members work hard to earn their frequent flyer miles and with this promotion less miles equal more awards," said Robert Sahadevan, United’s vice president of Mileage Plus.  "By reducing the amount of miles for short distance flights, traveling close to home has never been easier."

About United

United Airlines (NASDAQ:  UAUA) operates more than 3,600** 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 also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 855 destinations in 155 countries worldwide.  United's 55,000 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.

**Based on the flight schedule between Jan. 1, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2007.

About United Mileage Plus

United Mileage Plus, with nearly 48 million enrolled members, has been voted the best frequent flier program by readers of Business Traveler for the past 10 years (Nov.1996-Nov. 2005), by Travel Savvy magazine (Sept. 2004-Sept. 2005) and by Global Traveler (Nov. 2004-Nov. 2005).  It also received the 2005 Frost & Sullivan CEO Choice Award for Best Frequent Flyer Program.  Members earn miles by flying on United, Ted, United Express or Star Alliance airlines, or by purchasing products or services through the comprehensive network of more than 100 participating Mileage Plus partners at more than 10,000 locations worldwide.  For more information, a complete list of Mileage Plus partners, or to enroll, visit united.com.

Terms and Conditions

*15,000 miles for an Economy Saver Award.  Valid on nonstop flights within the 48 contiguous United States and between the U.S. and Canada with a length up to and including 700 air miles each way.  Valid on United, United Express and Ted flights only.  Roundtrip travel is required.  If you choose to use an award for one-way travel, no residual credit will be issued for unused segments.  No stopovers permitted.  Offer is valid from August 17, 2007 to December 12, 2007.  All travel must be completed by December 14, 2007.  All ticketing must be made through united.com.  Award space is not available on all routes, is subject to availability and capacity control restrictions apply, may not be available on all flights or travel dates within this period, and United makes no guarantees as to the availability of this promotion on any particular itinerary.  Travel on award tickets does not accrue miles.  Offer subject to change without notice.  Not combinable with other offers.  Charges are permitted on ticketed reservations through United Reservations and are subject to applicable service charges.  Standby permitted on ticketed travel dates on United flights.  No upgrades are permitted on award travel booking.  Cancellation with re-credit of miles is subject to re-credit fees.  After an award ticket is issued, a service charge may be imposed for each change requested by the member which necessitates the reissue of the ticket.  Changes to the date or flight time will not result in a service charge provided changes are made within the valid dates of this offer and the same cities are traveled.  If the ticket is exchanged for travel outside of the validity period, the mileage will be credited back into the member account for an applicable service charge.  The new ticket will be issued at the appropriate miles for the new award.  Award tickets may be subject to applicable departure taxes, federal inspection fees, passenger facility charges, and other government taxes and fees, including the September 11^th Security Fee, and the person utilizing the award is responsible for the payment of any such items that may apply.  Any valid unused award ticket or certificate may be returned to the Mileage Plus Service Center for a service charge. 

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