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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…
Hat tip to Ricardo_UAFlyer for finding this deal. Assuming you can find United-metal saver availability in coach for the days you want, you can save 20% off a roundtrip award from the US or Alaska to Porto, Portugal, Reykjavik, Iceland,…
While I didn’t get an email about it, I found this promotion in my United iPhone app. I’m sure everyone has a different offer. For mine, I need to take one flight for over $250 (I can’t tell if this…
If you are looking to fly at the pointy end of the plane to Tel Aviv from the US, there are plenty of seats on the SFO-TLV route in Polaris (Business) Class. It’s 2 x 2 x 2 seating (not the…
I’ve mostly stayed out of posting about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, save for one Black Friday / Cyber Monday post that had compiled a few deals I thought were good. The main reason is that there were just so…
