Exhibit 12.2 UAL Corporation and Subsidiary Companies Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements Nine Months Ended September 30 1998 1997 ---- ---- (In Millions) Earnings: Earnings before income taxes $1,173 $1,472 Fixed charges, from below 858 823 Undistributed earnings of affiliates (53) (20) Interest capitalized (82) (75) ----- ----- Earnings $1,896 $2,200 ===== ===== Fixed charges: Interest expense $ 265 $ 213 Preferred stock dividend requirements 127 95 Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor 466 515 ----- ----- Fixed charges $ 858 $ 823 ===== ===== Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 2.21 2.67 ===== =====