March 30th, 2018 RUPA Members: Enhanced mobile web experience for united.com Starting March 29 we’re introducing a new mobile version of united.com. The new mobile site will offer our customers and employees a smoother and more efficient experience when navigating our website via their smart phones. The new mobile site features a refreshed home page and enhanced flows, offering the following improvements: Optimized smartphone design consistent with other digital channels Supports bookings from the U.S. and Japanese points of sale, with Japanese as a translation option In addition to viewing reservations, users can create and change revenue flights as well as MileagePlus award bookings FareLock is available, allowing customers to hold a new revenue or award booking for ticketing at a later time Ability to...
March 24th, 2017 RUPA Members: From CONU! Changes regarding employee access to the United Polaris lounge! The response from customers, the media and employees toward United Polaris since its December debut has been nothing short of overwhelming. As many of you have seen firsthand, we truly have set the standard for business class travel, not only with our inflight amenities, but with the on-the-ground product as well. Our United Polaris lounge at ORD, the first of nine such lounges, has become so popular that customers are spending more time there than we predicted -- which is great testament to how we are exceeding our customers' expectations. Because of that, however, we’ve experienced overcrowding, particularly during peak times, and we need your help: We invite employees traveling...
March 23rd, 2017 From: RUPA President Cort de Peyster RUPA Members: Our long standing stalwart Secretary Treasurer, Capt. Leon Scarbrough, has decided to retire after a decade at the helm of RUPA finances and membership data base. Leon and I go back a half century as new hire classmates on the DC-6. He has not only been a close friend over the subsequent decades, but has been an invaluable asset to RUPA. Without Leon and our other invaluable stalwart, Capt. Cleve Spring, RUPA would not be the fine organization it is today. To say Leon will be sorely missed as our Secretary/Treasurer is a gross understatement. We wish Leon and his lovely wife, Vicki ,all the best in his retirement from the duties at RUPA....
March 6th, 2017 RUPA Members: Company travel news that may interest you! "We're expanding our relationship with ID90 Travel to give you more great discounts on hotels, cruises, resorts and rental cars when you travel for leisure. It's easy to book and save as much as 60 percent off. Simply click on the ID90 Travel banner in employeeRES when you make your space-available travel plans (You may have already noticed it on the left nav under "My ePass Balances"). You can see what discounts are available at your destination or search for exclusive rates at more than 380,000 destinations worldwide. Additionally, when you make a space-available reservation in employeeRES, you will receive an automatic email from ID90 Travel with the best discounts available at your...
March 16th, 2016 RUPA Members: This is Kirk Moore's travel updates for March! I suggest you make a copy of this eblast and keep it with your travel papers - who could remember all these details! RetireeAssociation of FlightAttendants Pass Travel UPDATE March 15, 2016 In this issue: 1) Having trouble adding your 2016 Enrolled Friends? 2) Employee Buddies can fly Intl unaccompanied this summer 3) Hot tip: 20% off onboard Econ+ upgrade 4) Fly standby on Other Airlines with ZED tickets 5) Recent news from United 1) Trouble adding your 2016 Enrolled Friends? (Many thanks to Kathy Torgison, RUAEA Pass Travel Expert, for this information!) Go to FlyingTogether>Travel>click on the blue box that says “Update pass riders and buddies”. If you already enrolled your EFs for...
