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United Announces Enhancements to Pleasure Travel/NRSA Policy
United is enhancing its pleasure travel policy for United, United
Express and Mileage Plus travel-eligible employees, retirees and
travel-eligible family members.
Several changes will take effect Nov. 1, 2007:
* First, we will no longer assess service charges for U.S. domestic and
international flights in United Economy on United and Ted. We will
continue to waive service charges for travel in United Economy on United
Express. Applicable transportation taxes and fees will continue
to apply.
* Second, Performance Incentive service charge-waived flight
segments, which are provided when we meet our reliability and
customer goals, will have their usage period lengthen from one year to
two years. This will give employees more time to take advantage of the
awards. Any Performance Incentive segments that remain in your "bank"
as of Nov. 1, 2007, will expire two years after the date of
issuance. You can see how many segments you have by visiting
WebList and clicking "My Coupons."
* Employees who list themselves in United First or United Business using
Performance Incentive segments but who are ultimately seated in service
charge-waived United Economy will have their Performance Incentive
segments returned to their "bank" of unused segments.
* Next, we're simplifying the way pleasure travel service charges for
United First and United Business are calculated that, in many cases,
will reduce the cost. Premium cabin travel prices will
be based on a new zonal fee structure, matching the Zonal
Employee Discount (ZED) service charge structure currently used on some
interline carriers. ZED pricing is based on the mileage between a
point-to-point origin and destination.
* Premium cabin prices will be discounted 65 percent off ZED
fares for U.S. domestic travel and discounted 50 percent off ZED fares
for international travel.
* The cost for travel to Hawaii, which we've
traditionally priced separately from other U.S. domestic travel, will be
calculated in the same way as mainland domestic.
* To assist employees in determining cabin pricing, the
calculator on WebList will soon be updated so you can quickly
and easily see the new pricing.
* To make premium cabin pricing more consistent between mainline and
United Express, we will be introducing the discounted ZED
service charges for travel in the United First cabin on United Express.
* Finally, in the first quarter of 2008, United
employees, retirees and travel-eligible individuals will board
United Express flights based on company hire date or years and months of
service, according to United's travel policy. This will replace
the current boarding at BP-8C, same day, time of check-in policy.
* As always, United Express employees will board first on their own
carrier, before other non-revenue, space-available travelers. For
example, when the aircraft is operated by SkyWest, the boarding priority
would be the SkyWest traveler, the United traveler, and then other
United Express partner travelers.
* Separately, we are reviewing our companion travel policy and will keep
you posted if we make any changes to this travel privilege.
"We are pleased to introduce these enhancements to our travel policy,"
says Pete McDonald, executive vice president and chief operating
officer. "The changes are an acknowledgement of the value we place on
our employees and our commitment to improving the employee experience,
while making our travel policy more consistent across the company and
more competitive within the industry."
A letter that details these changes will be mailed to employees and
retirees in the near future.
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