{"id":374,"date":"2012-03-16T23:05:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T03:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/?p=374"},"modified":"2013-04-23T13:54:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T17:54:40","slug":"united-suspends-participation-in-star-alliance-upgrade-award-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/03\/16\/united-suspends-participation-in-star-alliance-upgrade-award-program\/","title":{"rendered":"United Suspends Participation In Star Alliance Upgrade Award Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Airlines has suspended their participation in the Star Alliance Upgrade Awards program while they work through their merger with Continental Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>I spent several hours on the phone with US Airways last week trying to figure out why I couldn&#8217;t book a Star Alliance Upgrade on a United Fight. \u00a0After contacting US Airways Dividend Miles Chairman Liaison, I got the following response via email:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/03\/USAir.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-375\" src=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/03\/USAir-1024x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/USAir-1024x201.png 1024w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/USAir-300x59.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/USAir-624x122.png 624w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/USAir.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0confirmed with United customer service that this was in fact the case and their website has also been updated to reflect the same message: while they integrate their systems, Star Alliance Awards will be\u00a0unavailable. \u00a0I hope this doesn&#8217;t last long!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/03\/United1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-377\" src=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/03\/United1-1024x241.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/United1-1024x241.png 1024w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/United1-300x70.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/United1-624x147.png 624w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2012\/03\/United1.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Airlines has suspended their participation in the Star Alliance Upgrade Awards program while they work through their merger with Continental Airlines. 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