If your ticket was purchased directly from united.com, by calling the United Customer Contact Center (including a United specialty desk, such as United Groups, United Meetings or the Premier Priority Desk), from a United representative at the airport, or through a United ticket office, you'll earn miles based on the fare and your MileagePlus status. Please reference the Ticket number starts with 016 section below.
Otherwise, you should reference the Ticket number does not start with 016 section. You'll earn miles based on flight distance and the purchased fare class and/or fare class flown.
If you don't know how your ticket was purchased, in most cases your ticket number can be found on your confirmation email or receipt.
Ticket number starts with "016"
Ticket number starts with "016"| MileagePlus status | Award miles earned (based on fare ) |
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| Member | 5 × fare |
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| Premier® Silver | 7 × fare |
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| Premier Gold | 8 × fare |
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| Premier Platinum | 9 × fare |
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| Premier 1K® | 11 × fare |
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Ticket number does not start with "016"
For flights flown on or after March 1, 2018
Ticket number does not start with "016"| Class of service | Purchased Edelweiss fare class | Award mile earnings
(including fare class bonus) |
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| First | F, A | 200% |
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| Business | J, C, D | 200% |
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| Discount Business | Z | 150% |
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| Deep Discount Business | P | 100% |
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| Full-Fare Economy | Y, B | 150% |
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| Economy | M, U, H, G | 100% |
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| Discount Economy | Q, V, W | 75% |
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| Deep Discount Economy | S, T, E, L | 50% |
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| Deepest Discount Economy | K | 25% |
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| No Mileage Credit | I, N, O, R, X | 0% |
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For flights flown before March 1, 2018
Ticket number does not start with "016"| Class of service | Purchased Edelweiss fare class | Award mile earnings
(including fare class bonus) |
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| First | F, A | 200% |
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| Business | J, C, D | 200% |
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| Discount Business | Z | 150% |
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| Deep Discount Business | P | 100% |
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| Full-Fare Economy | Y, B | 150% |
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| Economy | M, U, H, G | 100% |
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| Discount Economy | Q, S, V, W | 75% |
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| Deep Discount Economy | E, K, L, T | 50% |
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| No Mileage Credit | I, N, O, R, X | 0% |
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Using miles
See our award chart to find out how many miles you'll need to fly one way or roundtrip, depending on class of service and region of travel, on any Star Alliance network airline. You can book award travel on Edelweiss Air through united.com. Service charges may apply for booking or changing award reservations, depending on ticketing, travel dates and MileagePlus status. Award tickets cannot be issued at the airport. Call 1-800-UNITED-1 (1-800-864-8331) to reach the United Customer Contact Center within the U.S. and Canada, or view more contact and language options.
MileagePlus Premier qualification
Earning Premier qualification credits is based on flight distance and purchased fare class (excluding any fare class bonus).
For flights flown on or after March 1, 2018
MileagePlus Premier qualification| Class of service | Purchased fare class | Premier qualifying miles | Premier qualifying segments |
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| First | F, A | 150% | 1.5 |
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| Business | J, C, D | 150% | 1.5 |
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| Discount Business | Z | 150% | 1.5 |
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| Deep Discount Business | P | 100% | 1 |
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| Full Fare Economy | Y, B | 150% | 1.5 |
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| Economy | M, U, H, G | 100% | 1 |
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| Discount Economy | Q, V, W | 100% | 1 |
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| Deep Discount Economy | S, T, E | 100% | 1 |
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| Deepest Discount Economy | L, K | 100% | 1 |
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| No Premier Credit | I, N, O, R, X | 0% | 0 |
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For flights flown before March 1, 2018
MileagePlus Premier qualification| Class of service | Purchased fare class | Premier qualifying miles | Premier qualifying segments |
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| First | F, A | 150% | 1.5 |
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| Business | J, C, D, Z | 150% | 1.5 |
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| Discount Business | P | 100% | 1 |
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| Full Fare Economy | Y, B | 150% | 1.5 |
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| Economy | Q, U, W, M, V, G, H, S, T, E | 100% | 1 |
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| No Premier Credit | I, K, L, N, O, R, X | 0% | 0 |
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Footnotes
1The fare is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges. For tickets purchased in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we will convert the purchase to U.S. dollars using an industry standard exchange rate and then calculate the number of miles you will earn. Please note that the price displayed when purchasing a ticket on united.com includes up to a 7.5% U.S. Federal Transportation Tax on the base amount of the fare on itineraries wholly within the United States. This tax also applies to certain itineraries between the United States and Canada or Mexico. You will not earn PQD or award miles for the full amount of the displayed price for these itineraries because the U.S. Federal Transportation tax is not eligible to earn PQD or miles. Fare classes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L M, P, Q, S, T, U, V, W, Y, and Z are eligible for accrual.
2The award miles accrued on codeshare flights are based on the operating carrier and their equivalent fare class. This could result in differences between the purchased booking class and the booking class flown, which determines the number of base and Premier qualifying miles and Premier qualifying segments earned.
3Ticket number starts with “016” and was purchased from United on united.com, through the United Customer Contact Center or at the airport, or from a travel agency or other travel website.
4Ticket number does not start with "016" and was purchased from an airline other than United or from a travel agency or other travel website.
5Flight distance is defined as the miles scheduled for a specific flight, as determined solely by United.
6All other fare classes do not accrue mileage. United and Edelweiss reserve the right to change the eligible fare classes at any time without notice. Unless otherwise noted, Premier qualifying miles are based on flight distance, class of service and purchased fare class. Mileage accrual is subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program and, as provided therein, mileage will be credited in accordance with the terms and conditions of the MileagePlus Program in effect at the time of travel, not at the time air travel is purchased, booked or reserved, and accordingly miles may not be awarded for some tickets or miles may be awarded in an amount fewer than shown. The award miles accrued on codeshare flights are based on the operating carrier and their equivalent fare class. This could result in differences between the purchased booking class and the booking class flown, which determines the number of base and Premier qualifying miles and Premier qualifying segments earned. MileagePlus award miles earned may vary depending on the Premier status of the customer.
7For more information on Premier qualification, including how to earn Premier qualifying dollars (PQD) on partner airlines, please see the Premier Status Qualification Requirements page.
8For Premier members who travel on eligible purchased fare classes on flights with a distance of less than 500 miles, 500 miles will be used as the flight distance for calculating the Premier qualifying miles earned, based on the percentages in the chart.
