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Say hello to our redesigned United app.

With our everchanging environment and the need more than ever to empower our customers with more ability to self-serve and stay informed, we've worked to enhance our United app to deliver information more consistently, timelier and easier than before for all users – all while keeping many of the same features you know and love.

The app is your all-in-one travel partner
- Our redesigned app will now deliver information you need more consistently than ever before with improved navigation for a more seamless experience. The design updates also serve as a complement to our enhanced accessibility support for screen readers.
- During your trip, our app home screen gives you quick access to important details by opening to the most useful and relevant information, for all users whether you're signed in or not. When it's time to travel, check in for your flights on the home screen and view real-time updates. See what amenities are on your flights and your position on the upgrade and standby lists. While at the airport, explore interactive airport maps to find a United Club location near you and stay up to date on your flight status through our push notifications delivered directly to your inbox.

Manage your MileagePlus® account
- Enroll in MileagePlus and check out our newly envisioned "My account" experience. You can also earn miles with MileagePlus programs and use these miles to book award travel on the app, too.

Search for flights and book travel
- Look for flights across our global network. When you find one that's right, book it on the app using money, award miles or even your electronic travel certificates.

Easily manage your reservations on the app
- View and change your seat assignments, or enhance your trips by adding Economy Plus® seating, Premier Access®, United Club℠ passes, travel bundles and more. You can also change, cancel or rebook your flights right on the app, all through the "My trips" section.

Continue using the app in the air
- With United Private Screening on select flights, watch TV shows and movies on your own device. Plus, track the status of your checked bags and see which gate you'll arrive to once you land.

Travel-Ready Center
- Use our Travel-Ready Center to navigate everything needed for travel. Learn about COVID-19 travel requirements and upload the necessary test results, vaccine documentation, and destination entry forms. It even integrates with Apple Health, allowing you to seamlessly provide your proof of vaccination.

Have questions?
- Message our contact center directly through the Contact Us section in the app.

What's New

Nov 17, 2021

Version 4.1.35

The mobile app keeps getting better! Improvements in this release include more optimization and a smoother experience when messaging our Contact Center for help.

Ratings and Reviews

My experience w United

I flew in from EWR to GDL and the my one suitcase WAS NOT PUT ON THE PLANE from Houston to GDL. I was told that I am to wait for my luggage and that it would arrive sometime the next day. When I tried to phone United and gain information where is my suitcase and when it will arrive, I was transferred to a company in India and the horrible experience continued. Hours of waiting to speak to a person, lies over lies and promises to attend to my issue that were not meant to be kept. At that point I lost my trust and asked to leave the suitcase in the airport and I will pick it up by myself. I was promised that my suitcase will wait for me in the airport. The next day I drive an hour to the airport to find out that my luggage is on the United truck and the driver is in front of my rented accommodation, with no one to receive my suitcase. The company in India promised I will be able to get my suitcase in the airport and they lied again. At this point me and my suitcase were in limbo.

I am a long time United/Continental customer and I was VERY DISAPPOINTED with the way this was handled. It costed me TWO days of my precious vacation.

Rivka Soloway

App Devs - Hope you read

I dislike leaving a "review" when I really need to submit a product complaint, but United leaves me no other obvious choice to submit feedback about the app. Overall, it's a great app. But now that you must put in your card information into the app in order to make purchases on board, there's a problem. I am NOT going to verify my card every time I check in for a flight. That's just stupid. I do it once, and that should be it. I take at least two flights a week on United. So at least twice a week I'm being asked to verify a card that I verified less than 4 days ago. You may say that "we need to verify the card is still in your possession" or some other reason. Sorry. But that's your problem. If you require us to use the app instead of presenting a card, then there are certain risks you accept. Sure. Some guy that flys once a year? Make him verify the card. Your Platinums? Stop hassling us. It's easier for me to skip on board purchases than to have to go through a verification every time I check in. Especially since I have to click all the extra boxes now because some people are too stupid to know to not fly if they have Covid and that they have to wear a mask. I hate the dumbing down of America to its lowest common denominator. So ease up on the card verification or go back to taking cards in flight.

Disorganized, confusing and not convenient

This app is not only not user-friendly but it's counterintuitive. Why do we have to search all over the app just to check in for our flight why do we have to type in our last name when we're already signed into the app and why do we have to search everywhere to pull up our boarding pass, why do we have to click link after link in order to access the flight information - no one appreciates you rearranging everything every couple of months. This app is one of the worst flight apps I am a frequent flyer and this is by far the worst of all airline apps. How would you like it if somebody snuck into your room and rearranged everything and then you can't find anything- well that's exactly how it is every time I open this app and you've updated it. You still haven't found an easy solution - there's only three things we need from this app one, east check-in and easy access to a boarding pass. Two, easy access to the boarding times and to see flight information, standby information etc. And three, the information on where to go for our gate. Currently, the boarding pass doesn't even have the gate information and there's too many links and too many options. it's unclear, unorganized and confusing. Whoever you hired to create this app was obviously an amateur.

App Privacy

The developer, United Airlines, indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

Identifiers
Usage Data

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Purchases
Financial Info
Location
Contact Info
User Content
Search History
Identifiers
Usage Data
Sensitive Info
Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Information

Seller

United Air Lines

Size

461.1 MB

Category

Travel

Compatibility

iPhone: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

iPad: Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.

iPod touch: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

Mac: Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip.

Age Rating

Location

This app may use your location even when it isn't open, which can decrease battery life.

Copyright

Price

Free

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Supports

Wallet

Get all of your passes, tickets, cards, and more in one place.
Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.