August 24th, 2020 RUPA Members: Message from the Executive Committee Ruparians: I wanted to take this opportunity to say that the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors are concerned about your health and welfare based on the events that are happening in this country and the world. Hurricane Laura and Marco are currently impacting the Gulf Coast and surrounding states. Storms have impacted the Midwest and Iowa. There was unbelievable destruction to Iowa’s homes, farms and businesses. And now, fires have devastated the West to include California. Personally, my wife and I live in Northern California as does your Vice President, Don Wolfe. We live under the constant concern of a fire igniting in our backyard. We now have a continuous flow of ash...
August 3rd, 2020 RUPA Members: Options for RUPANEWS! Due to the evolving situation of the pandemic, the US Postal Service has been slow in the delivery of the mail. Would you like to receive the RUPANEWS by email? If so, please send an email to our Secretary-Treasurer at: [email protected] Enjoy the color edition. You may use this option as opposed to the hard copy edition. Selecting this option will save RUPA an enormous amount in production and postage costs. Further, you will receive a copy of the RUPANEWS much sooner. No action is required if you decide to receive the hard copy by mail. Thank you for your time in this matter. John Gorczyca President, RUPA Don Wolfe Vice President, RUPA John Rains Sec/Treas, RUPA...
June 26th, 2020 RUPA Members: Travel update from our Travel Guru! The restriction on NRSA travel that has prohibited standbys from being boarded when the load exceeds 70% will be lifted effective July 1st. From UAL via RUPA's Pat Palazzolo - [email protected] Reminder: check our website for additional travel information and for other important retiree information at: www.RUPA.org
June 3rd, 2020 RUPA Members: Travel update from our Travel Guru! Hello Fellow Aviators, The twice a year opportunity to change our Enrolled Friends is approaching. The deadline for making changes to our enrolled friends for the next travel period is midnight CST June 28, 2020. However, if you do nothing, no changes will be made to your Enrolled Friends selections. TIP: If you leave either or both of your Enrolled Friends selections empty, you can go back any time during the travel period and add an enrolled friend later, but after midnight CST on June 28, 2020 you cannot change an enrolled friend until the next travel period. If you would like to change your Enrolled Friend selections, please follow these steps: Log into...
October 28, 2019 RUPA Members: It has come to our attention that there may be some issues with the current UAL Benefits form that you need to check very carefully. The UAL Benefits form you have recently received may have a coding problem and or incorrect Medicare number(s). Bottom line: if anyone has been "given" 1502, Medicare Indemnity option versus the 1501 Medicare Advantage they're supposed to be getting, they must call the UAL Benefits center to give them their correct Medicare number(s), or they will be dis-enrolled as of June 2020. Contact ASAP the UAL Benefits Center (Your Benefits Resources) 800 651 1007 UAL is aware of the problem - take action and call and verify your information!
October 11, 2019 RUPA Members: Immediate Past President Bob Engelman took notes at the Aetna insurance presentation made at the RUPA Reunion in Dayton, Ohio last week. Lots of questions and answers remain! This is NOT an endorsement or recommendation! RUPA does not have an insurance guru so your own research is required. This eblast is very long, be patient. DO NOT CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, I don't have the answers and don't use the company's insurance plan. To start with, no one at RUPA has the expertise to assess a medical plan. That’s something so important that each member should do his or her own research. I’ll include below the notes I took at the presentation we got at Dayton,...
September 16, 2019 RUPA Members: Two Separate Items 1. Address correction for Captain Al Haynes Memorial October 5th. The family has advised that there is a correction to the address sent in their original notice. The correct address is 15711 152nd Ave SE, not 1571, Renton, WA 2. UAL Travel Information This message is being sent to all retiree organization leaders Good morning, I hope everyone had a great weekend! I wanted to share with you what is going in tonight’s United Daily. Feel free to post to your organizations newsletters and websites. As always, thank you for spreading the word! eRES: You asked, we updated We’ve made some changes in employeeRES that you might want to know about before booking your next trip. First...
June 24, 2019 RUPA Members: Update from UAL! This message is being sent to all retiree organization leaders Good morning and happy Monday! We’d really appreciate it if you could post this message from the Employee Travel Center in your next newsletter. Employee Travel team wishes you an epic summer School is out for summer, and the travel season is in full swing! That means busy airports, long lines and full flights. We all want a seamless travel experience as we make our way to family, friends and vacation destinations. Here is our summer travel checklist to help you have a smoother trip and at the same time help out your fellow employees who are working during this busy time. Our award-winning United app is...
June 12, 2019 RUPA Members: Timely Info From UAL This message is being sent to all retiree organization leaders Good morning, Our PeopleSoft system, where employee and pass rider information is managed, will be upgraded this weekend, between 4 p.m. June 14 and the afternoon of June 16. During that time, the Dependent Management System – which you use to add, change or delete pass riders – will not be available. This scheduled freeze of the tool will not impact existing approved pass riders or their travel in any way. You can check your existing approved pass riders through employeeRES > My Profile > Manage Profile > Traveler Profiles. If you need to add an enrolled friend or family member, you can do that through...
June 3, 2019 RUPA Members: Updates From UAL This message is being sent to all retiree organization leaders Good morning and happy Monday! I hope life is great and your summer is off to a wonderful start! I wanted to remind everyone that retirees can update their enrolled friends for the July – December 2019 travel period until 11:59 p.m. CT on June 28th . Please note, in the past we’ve had thousands of retiree emails that could not be delivered because of a bad email address, there is security in place to not accept emails from an unknown source or their mailbox is full. So we are going to try something new this time by putting a message on the top of the Retiree...
