United Airlines (UAL) 10-Q 2003 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 12.1

UAL Corporation and Subsidiary Companies

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

	Six Months Ended
	June 30
	2003	2002
	(In Millions)
Earnings:
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$(1,965)	$(1,326)
Fixed charges, from below	329	389
Undistributed losses of affiliates	2	6
Interest capitalized	(2)	(17)
Earnings	$(1,636)	$ (948)
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Fixed charges:
Interest expense	$ 257	$ 288
Portion of rental expense representative
of the interest factor	72	101
Fixed charges	$ 329	$ 389
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges	(a)	(a)
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(a) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $2.0 billion in 2003 and $1.3 billion in 2002.