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American, Alaska, Southwest & United are all offering bonuses of up to 5,000 miles when you hit various spend thresholds during the holiday season. This means October 29th to November 18th this time. Despite the same company (Cartera) operating all the…
United has a limited time offer on right now to register and then convert hotel points with a 30% bonus. The ratios in all hotel to airline programs stink, so ignore all but one: Marriott. Let me start by saying that while,…
You may have heard this week that United is launching service on the new 787-10 Dreamliner (with 1-2-1 true Polaris seating) on its EWR to LAX and EWR to SFO transcon routes. The new flights start January 7th, 2019 and…
It’s not a surprise that offers like these tend to come all at once, since the eShopping portals of the airlines are mostly managed by the same company. Here are the deals (all of the images below are linked…
I’ve been targeted twice previously by United for a MilePlay promo and just got a new one. In short, MilePlay is how United tries to incentivize you to do one or more activities – generally including some flying – for…
Bookmark this page. Refer to it the next time you are wondering if X transfers to Y. I love “transferable currency” credit cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve / Preferred / Unlimited, the Citi Prestige / Premier, the American Express…
Want to buy some miles or points, maybe even some airline or hotel status, and actually help out kids in need in the process? Well, you’ve got a week. Kids First is a charity that helps abandoned and abused children….
Check your United app to see if you’ve been targeted for a Mile Play offer. To register, just click into the Mile Play messaging on your app’s home screen. You’ll get an email confirming registration. My offer this time around is…
If you Google “United close-in fee trick” you will find no shortage of blogs explaining this workaround on the $75 fee that United charges non-elites / premium credit card holders to book within 21 days of travel. It’s a total…
By now, everyone on Planet Earth knows what happened. On Tuesday, a United flight attendant demanded that a dog owner place her French Bulldog, which was in a dog carrier, in the overhead bin. The dog died in-flight. It’s an…
