[United] 유나이티드항공 2021년 티어연장 소식(United Airlines/COVID-19)

델타항공에 이어 유나이티드항공도 2021년 티어 연장소식을 발표했습니다. 항상 델타가 먼저 스타트를 끊으면 나머지 항공사(유나이티드, 아메리칸에어라인, 알래스카항공 등)이 따라갑니다. 

링크 : https://hub.united.com/united-mileageplus-premier-status-extension-2645643749.html

아래쪽에 한글로 요약을 했습니다.

The big news: If you have current 2020 Premier status, it will be extended to January 31, 2022. At a minimum, you will enjoy the same published status next year that you have today, up to and including Premier 1K®.

For the 2021 status year, United is reducing thresholds for Premier qualification by 50% for each status level, to make reaching an even higher tier easier. You'll still need a minimum of four flight segments on United or United Express®.

1K® and Platinum members, we're increasing your ability to upgrade by extending PlusPoints expiration dates by six months and expanding Skip Waitlist.

• This means a six-month extension of any PlusPoints set to expire on or before January 31, 2021.

• Last year we introduced Skip Waitlist on select flights as a benefit to 1K members, giving you more opportunities to confirm an upgrade request at the time of booking. This benefit will now be available for the rest of 2020 in a significantly expanded selection of long-haul international regions and will have expanded availability in 2021 as well.

We're extending all annual membership and subscription benefits by six months.

• We want to make sure your benefits are still there when you're ready to start flying again. That's why we're extending purchased United Club℠ memberships purchased directly from United and purchased subscriptions for Economy Plus®, United Wi-Fi℠ and checked bags by six months. You should see this reflected in your MileagePlus account soon.

All electronic travel certificates now have 24 months to be used.

• If your travel plans have been disrupted, and you have an electronic travel certificate from us for the value of your ticket, you now have two years from the date it was issued to book a new flight, as well as up to an additional 11 months to travel. This includes all currently valid and all new electronic travel certificates issued on or after April 1, 2020.

We have removed some redeposit fees for the rest of the year.

• We are currently waiving all award redeposit fees for travel through end of May 2020

• We are now also waiving all redeposit fees for award ticket cancellations made more than 30 days before departure for the remainder of 2020.

Finally, we'll be making it easier to earn status in 2021 for the 2022 program year.

1. 모든 프리미어 멤버의 2020년 등급을 2022년 1월 31일까지 1년 연장

2. 2021년에 더 높은 티어를 가지고 싶을 경우, 기존 티어충족 달성량의 50%만 채워도 2021년에 선정

즉, 기존에 1K를 달성하려면 52PQF+18,000PQP 혹은 24,000PQP였지만, 

2020년안에 26PQF+9,000PQP 혹은 12,000PQP만 달성하면 2021년에 1K로 승급합니다. 

실버,골드,플래티넘도 동일합니다. 

그러나 2020년에 항공을 탈 수 있을지 의문이라 달성하기는 힘들 것 같습니다.

 

3. Pluspoints의 유효기간 6개월 연장(업그레이드용 포인트, 플래티넘&1K전용)

 

4. 2022년 티어유지를 위한 2021년 티어달성 필요량을 좀 더 쉽게 조절할 예정이라고 합니다.(아직까지는 미발표된 상태입니다)

사실 2020년부터 유나이티드항공의 등급 개편으로 미국 외 거주자들의 혜택이 사라져서 더이상 티어 유지를 안하려고 마음먹었으나 우연히 티어 연장을 받았네요.

델타항공처럼 등급 베네핏을 유나이티드가 2021년에 그대로 제공할 지는 미지수 입니다.(플러스포인트)