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Membership Overview
The
BidPlus Millennium program is presented to you as a
subscription service. In order to access and benefit from the
features and service, you must be an active member.
Subscription to the membership is accomplished on our web
site directly through the program. Please be sure to
establish a connection before
you begin the process.
Security And Privacy
Establishing A Membership Pricing Plans Customer Support
Security and
Privacy (top)
We have taken every necessary precaution and
invested quite a bit to protect your privacy and ensure
your security. The connection that you establish for the purpose
of registration is a secure connection using the latest SSL technology.
And the data that is transmitted is encypted for your protection.
So even if someone were able to intercept it, which is highly
unlikely, they would still not be able to read it. Additionally, once your
registration is complete, we do not keep your credit card
information on file or in a database anywhere. Because of the
changes to our activation process, the only time your billing information is
required is at the time of your registration. Other then that,
we have no reason to keep it. Recent reports of credit card numbers
stolen online had to do with hackers accessing a database and helping
themselves to the information. Since we do not maintain a database
of credit cards, there is nothing to steal.
Additionally, the web page that we use to process your
registration can only be accessed through the BidPlus Millennium
software. Any attempts to access that page from a different program
will be rejected.
And
you can rest assured that we have no intention of using your
personal information for any purpose other then to establish your
membership with BidPlus. Your personal information is never made
public, sold, traded, given away, or otherwise used for any purpose
of distributed marketing of any kind. We absolutely respect your
privacy, and we fully intend to keep your private information
private.
Establishing A
Membership (top)
The
BidPlus Millennium membership is based on your UAL company file
number. In order to use the program, each user must have their own
membership, and create their own Profile. To begin the membership
process, please click on the Profiles menu at the top, and then
choose 'Create/Update User Profile'. From there, simply follow the
on screen instructions.
Pricing
Plans (top)
The BidPlus Millennium
service is a closed ended supscription membership. This
means that you purchase credit for a certain amount of time. You
are able to purchase additional credit at any time. And just like
a magazine subscription, what you pay for is yours. There are
no refunds of any kind. We do not keep track of how often
you are using the program. Your credit time is yours to do as
you wish. This also means that once your credit has run out, the
program is automatically deactivated. There are no automatic charges.
We do not keep your billing information on file and we do not
initiate any charges from here. The only way a charge is placed
is when you enter your credit car number and submit the charge.
The pricing plan consists of a 6 month subscription for
$50 ($8.33/month - a $10 savings over 6 months), or a $10/month
subscription for month to month service.
There is no additional
activation or reactivation fee. You can come and go as you please.
The program will automatically notify you when you get inside
of 30 days of your expiration. You can also install and activate
BidPlus on as many additional computers as you like with no additional
charges. As long as you use the same Profile (which is based on
your file number), then you will incur no new charges.
For those of you that
are just not sure if the program is for you, there are some FREE
items to consider to help you make up your mind. First, there
is a Bidding Tutorial and a fully operational sample bid package
included that you are welcome to play with all you like for free.
(Click Help/Bidding Tutorial) All of the features that the program
is known for are working and available for you to try including
vacation bidding, EOM legalities, holiday pay calculation, and
position bidding.
Additionally, there is a comprehensive Knowledge Base
overstuffed with detailed information and color graphics describing every single
aspect of the program. It is available through the Internet
Mode, which is fully operational.
But wait!
There's more! The
BidPlus Millennium Browser is available to you at all times, whether or
not you are a member. You are able to start surfing the
web, accessing news and sports, downloading music, making
travel plans, reviewing movies, ...whatever, immediately after
installing the program. And it's free! This is also how you access
the Knowledge Base. As you can see, there is quite a bit to check
out before you decide to spend any
money.
Customer
Support (top)
There have also been some changes made
to our customer support policy. As mentioned above, there is a tremendous amount
of help available to you that is built right into the
program.
The
Knowledge Base (KB) is online on our web site, and the program has a
direct connection to it. We've made it very easy to find.
Simply click on the Help menu at the top, and then choose Knowledge
Base. And since it is online, this means that it is constantly being
upgraded and kept current. Chances are pretty good that
your question has already been asked, answered, and added
to the KB.
In the past, a good
95% of our customer support questions had to do with getting connected,
or getting registered. As described above, the registration is
now handled completely through our web site. So as long as you
can get a connection, you're good to go. Which brings us to the
other trouble spot, the connection. The good news is that Bidplus does
not create or establish your connection. The program now
either makes use of your existing connection, or it will cause
your existing connection to start dialing, and then grab it once
it is up and running. But if you actually have trouble making
the connection, then you can now contact the customer support
at either AOL or your own ISP to get it resolved. That is
no longer an area that we get involved in.
With all of the available
help in the program, to help you with the program, and the available
customer support help at your ISP to help you with your connection,
there is now very little reason to contact us directly. Even the
download and installation processes are completely automated.
No files to move, copy, or manage. And simple questions like registering
a second computer are answered in the KB. So we encourage
you to look there first.
We
must insist that all contact with our tech support be initiated via
e-mail first. Our e-mail address is
support@bidplus.com . Over
98% of all questions are answered on the same day, and all in one
response. The more detailed you are with your question, including
the steps that have led up to your problem, and specifically which
instructions you are trying to follow, the quicker and more detailed
our response can be. However, if after a couple of e-mails we are
still unable to address your problem, then we are happy to pay for
the call to you. But this is rarely the case.
We highly recommend
that you familiarize yourself with your computer. Also, it is
a good habit to start learning to research your own answers. And
if you find you still need ot contact us for help, no problem.
We are here to help. All we ask is that you help us to help you!
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