Exhibit 12.2 UAL Corporation and Subsidiary Companies Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Three Months Ended March 31 1998 1997 ---- ---- (In Millions) Earnings: Earnings before income taxes $ 96 $ 171 Fixed charges, from below 269 263 Undistributed earnings of affiliates (20) (25) Interest capitalized (26) (24) ---- ---- Earnings $ 319 $ 385 ==== ==== Fixed charges: Interest expense $ 80 $ 69 Preferred stock dividend requirements 40 31 Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor 149 163 ---- ---- Fixed charges $ 269 $ 263 ==== ==== Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 1.19 1.46 ==== ====