United CleanPlus

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We remain passionate about connecting the world safely. United CleanPlus℠ is our commitment to delivering industry-leading* cleanliness, plus putting health and safety at the forefront of your experience. We’re teaming up with Clorox to redefine our cleaning and disinfection procedures, and over the coming months, we’ll roll out Clorox products across our U.S. airports, starting in select locations, to help support a healthy and safe environment throughout your travel journey.

We’re dedicated to bringing the United CleanPlus commitment to you in three distinct ways:

The first pillar of the United CleanPlus program is delivering industry-leading cleanliness. The second pillar is prioritizing your well-being. The third pillar is innovating for a healthier tomorrow. The first pillar of the United CleanPlus program is delivering industry-leading cleanliness. The second pillar is prioritizing your well-being. The third pillar is innovating for a healthier tomorrow. The first pillar of the United CleanPlus program is delivering industry-leading cleanliness. The second pillar is prioritizing your well-being. The third pillar is innovating for a healthier tomorrow.
 
The first pillar of the United CleanPlus program is delivering industry-leading cleanliness. The second pillar is prioritizing your well-being. The third pillar is innovating for a healthier tomorrow.
 
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We're working closely with the experts at Cleveland Clinic to advise us on enhancing our cleaning and disinfection protocols for the safety of our employees and customers. Visit Cleveland Clinic’s website to learn more about COVID-19.

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We're working closely with the experts at Cleveland Clinic to advise us on enhancing our cleaning and disinfection protocols for the safety of our employees and customers. Visit Cleveland Clinic’s website to learn more about COVID-19.

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See what we’re doing to make every step of the travel journey safer for you.

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Delivering industry-leading cleanliness

We’re leveraging the disinfecting expertise and suite of products from Clorox, the #1 trusted brand for powerful cleaning, to deliver an industry-leading standard of cleanliness. Together, we’re doing this by:

  • Disinfecting high-touch areas like arm rests, door handles, lavatories, seatback screens and seat belts.
  • Equipping employees with hand sanitizer and other supplies.
  • Providing hand sanitizer wipes as you board the aircraft.
  • Ensuring our aircraft cleaning standards meet, and in many cases exceed, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

Visit Clorox’s website to learn about disinfecting tips, products and more.

We’re also continuing to enhance and improve our cleaning processes by:

  • Using electrostatic spraying for enhanced cabin sanitation on aircraft at our hub airports. See how
  • Using state-of-the-art high-efficiency (HEPA) filters on all United aircraft to circulate air and remove up to 99.97% of airborne particles.
  • Reducing touchpoints by temporarily shutting down self-service kiosks, asking you to scan your boarding pass and encouraging you to use united.com or the United app.
  • Installing sneeze guards at key interaction points like baggage and check-in counters.
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Prioritizing your well-being

We’re adjusting certain parts of the travel experience to address your health and safety by:

  • Changing some things about onboard food and beverage service. Beginning May 22, we’ll introduce an “all-in-one” snack bag that includes a wrapped sanitizer wipe, 8.5-ounce bottled water, Stroopwafel and package of pretzels. This snack bag replaces the complimentary economy snack and beverage service on domestic flights scheduled for 2 hours and 20 minutes or more.
  • Boarding fewer customers at a time and boarding back to front by rows after pre-boarding.
  • Adjusting advance seat selection to avoid seating you next to other travelers, depending on aircraft configuration and cabin. For regularly scheduled flights that are expected to be fairly full, we’ll let you change your flight with no change fee or receive a travel credit for your trip. We'll do our best to contact you about 24 hours before your departure time so you can decide before you arrive at the airport.
  • Requiring all United travelers, flight attendants and employees on board to wear face coverings. Learn more
  • Minimizing contact between our agents and customers by creating a 6-foot rule at ticket counters.
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Innovating for a healthier tomorrow

We’re the only U.S. airline with a full-time, on-site medical director, who’s been providing guidance throughout the coronavirus outbreak. With their expertise, we’ll keep working to develop ways to create the safest travel journey in a rapidly changing world. Some examples include:

  • Rolling out touchless kiosks at select airports. Learn more
  • Developing tools to reduce the touchpoints throughout your travel experience.
  • Implementing temperature checks for employees at our hub airports.
  • Testing UV sanitation deployed by drones and hand-held wands, as well as an antimicrobial shield, for airport and aircraft surfaces.
  • Testing artificial intelligence that can assist with temperature screenings and crowd detection.

Keep checking in for more updates as we continue to analyze all aspects of the travel journey.

More information

Visit our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates page to find the information you need in once place, including how to change future travel, country-specific restrictions, important updates and more. You can also visit the United Hub to learn how we’re using our team, aircraft and route network to connect communities.

For more information about COVID-19, visit the CDC and World Health Organization websites.

What you can do

According to the CDC, National Safety Council and WHO:

  • Wash your hands often – and thoroughly – with soap and water for at least 20 seconds
  • Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol content as a secondary option
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others
  • If you’re in a private setting and don’t have your face cloth covering, remember to always cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing
  • Avoid touching your nose, mouth and eyes with unwashed hands
  • Avoid close contact with others, especially those that are at a higher risk of getting very sick
  • Continue to keep about 6 feet between yourself and others
  • Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces

Frequently asked questions

  • We remain passionate about connecting the world safely. United CleanPlus is our commitment to delivering industry-leading cleanliness, plus putting health and safety at the forefront of our entire customer experience.

  • There are three pillars, or commitments, that make up United CleanPlus: delivering industry-leading cleaning, prioritizing your well-being and innovating for a healthier tomorrow.

  • United CleanPlus is more than just our commitment to cleanliness — this program encompasses our efforts dedicated to the health and safety of our customers and employees.

    First, we deliver industry-leading cleanliness by demonstrating our continued efforts to enhance and improve our cleaning processes, such as state-of-the-art circulation systems and cabin sanitation. In addition, we’re prioritizing your well-being by addressing the overall safety and health of our customers and employees, such as practices adhering to CDC guidelines, reducing touchpoints and requiring face coverings. We’re also innovating for a healthier tomorrow by showing our progress and developments in creating the safest travel journey for all customers and employees in a rapidly changing world.

  • We’ve teamed up with the experts from Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to raise the bar in bringing you a safe and clean travel experience. We’ll seek input from our trusted partners on these new initiatives together to ensure we’re providing the best possible solutions.

  • We’re leveraging the cleaning and disinfecting expertise and suite of products from Clorox to continue our efforts to deliver an industry-leading standard of cleanliness.

  • As leaders in the cleaning and disinfection space for over 100 years, Clorox is working closely with us to institute an exemplary facilities cleaning program, redefine disinfection protocols and equip customers with amenities that support a healthy and safe environment throughout the travel journey.

  • Yes. As part of our partnership, we’ll be working closely with the experts at Clorox to identify and leverage their suite of products on surfaces throughout our travel journey where most effective.

  • We consulted with experts at Cleveland Clinic to provide guidance on the airline’s policies and procedures – from mandatory face coverings, to touchless kiosks, to social distancing – and ensure they meet or exceed industry standards. Medical experts from Cleveland Clinic will also advise on new technologies, training development and quality assurance programming.

*Among the four major U.S. airlines