Reviewed 2026-09-15. Policy findings use the official United sources below. No identity documents were submitted, no account was verified, no personal code was requested, and no reservation or fare quote was completed by this review.
| Official source | Position | Reading method | Review date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military benefits and discounts | United benefits; Active-Duty Military Leisure Discount; Additional discount details | English U.S. browser body read. Web-text retrieval returned a JavaScript shell, not policy content. | 2026-09-15 |
| Military Leisure Discount Verification FAQs | Eligibility; verification; documents; expiry; booking; flight eligibility; dependents | Each FAQ answer expanded and read in the selected browser. Initial navigation lost its execution context; retry and expansion supplied the evidence. Web retrieval did not provide the article. | 2026-09-15 |
| Military travel discounts | Process; FAQs; footnote terms | Full official web text read. Browser attempts did not provide a readable body; browser success is not claimed. | 2026-09-15 |
| Item | Official finding | Official source | Page section | Review date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program | Direct Active-Duty Military Leisure Discount. The government/military search interface and United Vacations package offer are separate routes. | Official United page | Active-Duty Military Leisure Discount | 2026-09-15 |
| Percentage | 5% of eligible published base fare. Government-imposed taxes and fees and carrier-imposed international surcharges are excluded. No ticket amount or invented savings result is provided. | Official United page | Additional discount details | 2026-09-15 |
| Channel price difference | United.com and the United App explicitly support the offer. Telephone/counter corresponding rate and matching-condition monetary channel difference: not confirmed in this review. Both channels supporting the offer does not prove equal total quotes. | Official United page | Active-Duty Military Leisure Discount introduction | 2026-09-15 |
| Eligibility | Active Duty U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force and Coast Guard. Holder must travel. Main page says up to nine passengers; FAQ separately says up to eight dependents on the same record with the holder. An unavailable status/branch choice makes the traveler ineligible for this offer. The broader general-benefits list is not substituted. | Official United page · Official United page | Additional discount details; eligibility, verification-form choices and dependents FAQ | 2026-09-15 |
| Stacking | Cannot combine with other travel discount certificates, discounted fares or United Vacations discounts. Special promotional fares and Basic Economy are ineligible. A specific points-redemption restriction is not confirmed in this review. | Official United page | Additional discount details | 2026-09-15 |
| Verification | Sign in to MileagePlus; My Account > Military Discount. If prompted: LES within 90 days or current orders issued within one year; names must match profile and document must show branch/current status. Redact unrelated sensitive information. Approval lasts one year, then reverify. Website booking uses Choose your program > Military Discount; app uses Book Flight > Military Discount. | Official United page | Verification, supporting documents, re-verification and using the discount FAQ | 2026-09-15 |
| Reference | Meaning | Official source and position | Review date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | Direct active-duty leisure discount on eligible published base fare; not a discount on the full tax-inclusive total. | Official United page — Leisure offer and Additional discount details | 2026-09-15 |
| Nine passengers | Main-page per-itinerary wording. Not replaced with the differently worded dependent statement. | Official United page — Additional discount details | 2026-09-15 |
| Eight dependents | FAQ wording requires same record and travel with the active-duty MileagePlus holder. Recorded separately from passenger wording. | Official United page — Can I book discounted flights for my dependents? | 2026-09-15 |
| 90 days | Recency condition for LES when supporting documents are requested. | Official United page — What document types are accepted? | 2026-09-15 |
| One year: document issuance | Current orders must have been issued within one year of the current date when requested for verification. | Official United page — What document types are accepted? | 2026-09-15 |
| One year: verification | Verification status lasts one year from approval, then requires re-verification. Not an offer expiry date. | Official United page — Will I have to re-verify? | 2026-09-15 |
| Seven days | Recently discharged category in the broader general-benefits list; not silently imported into the leisure offer. | Official United page — United benefits | 2026-09-15 |
| 3% | Package discount rate on the hotel portion only. | Official United page — Footnote terms | 2026-09-15 |
| US$150 | Package per-reservation cap, checked 2026-09-15. Not a ticket quote or direct airfare discount. | Official United page — Footnote terms | 2026-09-15 |
| US$1,000 | Package minimum spend, checked 2026-09-15. Not an airfare price used in an example. | Official United page — Footnote terms | 2026-09-15 |
| Three nights | Minimum package hotel stay. | Official United page — Footnote terms | 2026-09-15 |
| One-time use | Personal package-code use condition. No code was requested or supplied by this review. | Official United page — Process | 2026-09-15 |
| One year: package code | Booking and travel validity begins when the code is sent, as specified in the email. Not the verification-approval date. | Official United page — Footnote terms | 2026-09-15 |
| 2026-09-15 | Date of this review, recorded by the review. Not an offer start/end date or ticket-price observation. | Official United page; Official United page; Official United page | 2026-09-15 |
Calculation relationship, not an official quotation or live quote: eligible base-fare savings = eligible published base fare × 5%. Both the percentage and eligible base are defined in the official leisure terms. No actual base-fare input was collected, so no monetary result is given. The package percentage is applied to its hotel component and is not inserted into this airfare relationship.
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