Exhibit 12 UAL Corporation and Subsidiary Companies Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges Nine Months Ended September 30 ----------------- 1999 1998 ---- ---- (In Millions) Earnings: Earnings before income taxes $ 1,739 $ 1,173 Fixed charges, from below 753 731 Undistributed earnings of affiliates (26) (53) Interest capitalized (56) (82) ------ ------ Earnings $ 2,410 $ 1,769 ====== ====== Fixed charges: Interest expense $ 273 $ 265 Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor 480 466 ------ ------ Fixed charges $ 753 $ 731 ====== ====== Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 3.20 2.42 ====== ======