UnitedAirlines
Offers Summer
Travel Tips for Customers
CHICAGO, May 25, 2006
- As Memorial Day kicks off the expectedly busy summer
travel season this weekend, United Airlines provides
customers tips to make their travel experiences
easier.
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TIP #1: ALLOW EXTRA TIME AT
THE AIRPORT.
Follow recommended guidelines for airport arrival
times: For travel within the United States,
UnitedAirlines typically recommends arriving 60
minutes before your flight if you are not checking
bags and 90 minutes before your flight if you are
checking bags. For international travel, United
typically recommends arriving two hours before your
flight. Customers traveling from United's largest
airports (such as Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Washington Dulles) should consider
arriving an additional 30 minutes earlier than these
recommended times.
Be at the gate and available for boarding on time. Reservations and seat assignments are subject to cancellation if you are not checked in with a boarding pass at least 30 minutes prior to departure time and available for boarding at the gate at least 20 minutes prior to scheduled departures between U.S. cities and Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. For other international flights, you must check in and obtain a boarding pass at least 45 minutes prior to departure time and be available for boarding at the gate at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled departures.
Tip #2: Be familiar with
security wait times, which vary by airport, time of
day and day of week.
Check united.com for pertinent security line
information such as peak times, peak days, peak and
off-peak line waits. Use frequent-flyer security
lines, United's priority security lines designated for
United First and full-fare United Business customers,
Pass Plus customers, 1K Mileage Plus, Premier
Executive and Star Alliance Gold members. These
priority lines are available at Chicago, Denver,
Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis,
Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle.
TIP #3: SAVE TIME AND AVOID
CHECK-IN LINES BY USING A SELF-SERVICE CHECK-IN
ALTERNATIVE.
Use EasyCheck-in OnlineSM and earn 500 Mileage Plus
bonus miles when checking in on united.com up to 24
hours prior to departure. EasyCheck-in enables
customers to print boarding passes, select seats,
confirm upgrades, request upgrades and add Mileage
Plus number.
Use EasyCheck-in kiosks at the airport to print
boarding passes, choose seat assignments, change
flights, fly standby, rebook travel during weather or
other irregularities, and request or redeem upgrades.
Take advantage of United's Check&Go curbside service,
which provides valet-like check-in capabilities for a
nominal fee -- now including the ability to receive a
boarding pass for U.S. domestic flights and proceed
directly to security.
Tip #4: Check the status of your flight before
leaving for the airport.
Check united.com or call 1-800-UNITED-1 for
up-to-the-minute information about a flight, including
departure and arrival times and gate information.
Sign up for United EasyUpdate, a complimentary service
that automatically notifies customers of flight
departures and arrivals, delays, cancellations and
seat upgrades by sending a message to a designated
home, office or mobile phone, e-mail, pager or fax.
Tip #5: Make sure carry-on
and checked baggage is within legal size and weight
limits.
Carry-on bags - U.S. federal regulations allow only
one carry-on bag and a small personal item such as a
briefcase, purse or laptop.
Checked baggage - United's free checked-bag allowance
includes two bags weighing no more than 50 pounds
each. For bags heavier than 50 pounds, there is a $25
fee per bag. Customers traveling internationally are
allowed two free checked bags weighing up to 70 pounds
per bag.
About United Airlines
UnitedAirlines (NASDAQ:
UAUA) operates more than 3,700* flights a day on
United, United Express and Ted to more than 210 U.S.
domestic and international destinations from its hubs
in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and
Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the
Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United
is one of the largest international carriers based in
the United States. United is also a founding member of
Star Alliance, which provides connections for our
customers to 842 destinations in 152 countries
worldwide. United's 57,000 employees reside in every
U.S. state and in many countries around the world.
News releases and other information about United can
be found at the company's Web site at
www.united.com .
*Based on the
flight schedule between May 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2006.
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