Rampungake ukara ing ngisor iki: Film iki entuk limang nominasi saka Satellite Awards, kanthi Rolfe Kent, komposer film film, menang penghargaan Score Original Best. Clooney, Farmiga lan Kendrick saben nominasi kanggo penghargaan ing
16th Screen Actors Guild Awards, nanging pungkasanipun kalah. Kendrick entuk MTV Movie Award kanggo Best Breakthrough Performance lan Rising Star Award saka Palm Springs International Film Festival kanggo perane ing film kasebut. "Up in the Air" menang Best Film saka sewelas upacara penghargaan, kalebu Florida Film Critics Circle, Iowa Film Critics, Southeastern Film Critics, lan Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Film iki éntuk papat nominasi kanggo Best Cast saka Broadcast Film Critics Association, Central Ohio Film Critics, Denver Film Critics Society, lan Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Ing Kansas City Film Critics Circle lan National Board of Review, "Up in the Air" menang saben penghargaan sing dicalonaké. Desainer kostum Danny Glicker dinominasikake kanggo karyane dening Costume Designers Guild ing kategori Film Kontemporer. Kajaba iku, film kasebut kalebu ing dhaptar sepuluh film paling apik ing taun 2009 dening Roger Ebert, American Film Institute, lan "The New York Times".