Topic summary
Mileage Plus
Extracted from the Wikipedia article MileagePlus.
History
Frequent flier programs were introduced in 1979 by Texas International Airlines. Two years later, American Airlines launched their AAdvantage program, and United's Mileage Plus was launched one week later. On June 29, 2011, United officially changed the name of the program from Mileage Plus to MileagePlus.