The usual sign-up offer for the Chase United Gateway Card is to earn 20,000 MileagePlus BONUS MILES after you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening. But for a limited time you can earn 30,000 bonus miles after you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is […]
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Can I Reinstate My United MileagePlus Miles If They Expire?
Unfortunately, I learned this lesson the hard way. I recently let my boys’ United MileagePlus miles expire and I did pay to have them reinstated. So the answer is yes. For a fee, you too can have your expired United miles reinstated. When I decided to pay to reinstate the miles, I did a cost/value […]
I Made A Rookie Mistake And Let My Boys’ United Miles Expire
How I did it is beyond me. I thought I kept detailed records about expiration dates. I have always made sure to take some action when I received notices about my kids miles expiring. However, in this case, I must have missed the notice?? and had no record of the expiration date for my boys’ […]
What Happens To Your United MileagePlus Miles Upon Death?
The terms of the United MileagePlus program state “Accrued mileage and certificates do not constitute property of the member and are not transferable other than as authorized and/or sponsored by United.” The “other than” part, leads me to believe that United miles can be passed upon death. […]
Free Flights To Aspen with United MileagePlus Miles and Savings of $3,500
Our ski destination out west in March, 2013 was to Snowmass, Colorado. I vividly remember booking our DIRECT flights to Aspen over July 4th weekend, 2012. Maybe it was early enough or maybe I got lucky, but I was able to redeem only 37,500 United MileagePlus miles per ticket. […]
About United’s MileagePlus
As a members of United’s MileagePlus program, you can EARN United miles. You can then USE these miles to book free travel. Read about how to earn and accumulate United MileagePlus miles here Read about how to use United MileagePlus miles here Read About United […]
Ways To Use United MileagePlus Miles To Book Free Travel
Now that you have accumulated all of these United MileagePlus miles, how can you use these miles for free travel? The options are listed below. Also click here to read about how The Points Mom used United MileagePlus miles for free flights to Vail and Aspen. 1. Use Miles For Flights […]
Earning and Accumulating United MileagePlus Miles
Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate United MileagePlus miles. 1. Fly United or United Express. Members earn 5 miles per $1 on fare. Premier members earn more. Silver members earn 7 miles per $1 spent on flights, Gold members earn 8, Platinum members 9 and 1K members 11 miles per […]