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The Offer
- United is offering a discount of 10% if you are aged 18 to 22 and book through the United app. Valid on flights booked through December 31st, 2019 for flights within U.S., Canada and Mexico
The Fine Print
- MileagePlus members who are 18 to 22 years old at the time of booking are eligible for this discount. They also need to have a date of birth listed on their MileagePlus account.
- This discounted is available for United Economy® or Basic Economy purchases.
- All discount fares are available for purchase through December 31, 2019, regardless of flight date.
- This discount doesn’t apply to taxes, fees or surcharges, including passenger facility charges, international departure tax, customs users/immigration fees, agricultural tax or airport security charges. It is the responsibility of the passenger to pay such amounts at time of ticketing. In addition, the discount doesn’t apply to checked baggage or other fees.
Our Verdict
Don’t forget to see if you’re eligible for the United MilesPlay promotion as well.
Hat tip to Dans Deals
This is a blatant attempt to increase United app usage among the financially destitute college crowd. Not the worst idea.
“Tinder recently agreed to settle a $23 million class-action age discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed last April in California, alleged Tinder charged people over 30 years old twice the amount for its subscription services.”
I’m not sure if it is actually illegal to discriminate against customers for age like it is for employers, but it was enough for Tinder to settle.
They should just use “for students currently enrolled in an accredited university”
That is how you do age discrimination properly lol. Lots of places in EU seems to be free for 25-35? EU citizens or something like that.
Does this apply to award bookings or revenue flights only?
This is age discrimination.
It is age discrimination, but I think age discrimination is only illegal when dealing with employment.
Even then, it’s only illegal to discriminate people over 40, and only if you’re favoring a younger person over an older person. For instance, it’s perfectly legal to hire someone who is 60 instead of someone who is 45 because of age, but illegal to hire someone who is 45 instead of 60 because of age.
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm
https://www.aarp.org/work/employee-rights/info-02-2009/age_discrimination_fact_sheet.html
Discrimination isn’t always bad (although the word is starting to have a negative connotation). For instance, it’s acceptable to discriminate based on job history or education – if you only want applicants with previous experience or a master’s degree, that’s fine.
it doesn’t discriminate. you were aged 18-22 once.
Yup. The federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) only covers employment relationships and even then only protects individuals aged 40 and over.
Do you think senior discounts are age discrimination too?