Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe nkiri ahụ nwetara nhọpụta ise site na Satellite Awards, na Rolfe Kent, onye na-ede ihe nkiri ahụ, na-emeri ihe nrite nke Best Original Score. A họpụtara Clooney, Farmiga na Kendrick ka ha nweta ihe nrite na
16th Screen Actors Guild Awards, mana n'ikpeazụ, e meriri ya. Kendrick nwetara MTV Movie Award maka Best Breakthrough Performance na Rising Star Award site na Palm Springs International Film Festival maka ọrụ ya na fim ahụ. "Up in the Air" meriri ihe nkiri kachasị mma site na mmemme iri na otu, gụnyere Florida Film Critics Circle, Iowa Film Critics, Southeastern Film Critics, na Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Ihe nkiri ahụ nwetara nhọpụta anọ maka Best Cast site na Broadcast Film Critics Association, Central Ohio Film Critics, Denver Film Critics Society, na Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Na Kansas City Film Critics Circle na National Board of Review, "Up in the Air" meriri ihe nrite ọ bụla a họpụtara maka ya. A họpụtara onye na-ese ihe ejiji Danny Glicker maka ọrụ ya site n'aka ndị Costume Designers Guild n'ụdị ihe nkiri nke oge a. Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, e tinyere ihe nkiri ahụ na ndepụta nke ihe nkiri iri kachasị mma nke 2009 site n'aka Roger Ebert, Ụlọ Ọrụ Ihe Nkiri America, na "The New York Times".