Exhibit 12.2 UAL Corporation and Subsidiary Companies Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Six Months Ended June 30 1998 1997 ---- ---- (In Millions) Earnings: Earnings before income taxes $ 525 $ 559 Fixed charges, from below 560 546 Undistributed earnings of affiliates (37) (40) Interest capitalized (56) (50) ---- ----- Earnings $ 992 $1,015 ==== ===== Fixed charges: Interest expense $ 173 $ 140 Preferred stock dividend requirements 85 64 Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor 302 342 ---- ---- Fixed charges $ 560 $ 546 ==== ==== Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 1.77 1.86 ==== ====