By now, you’ve likely heard about the changes to United’s MileagePlus award charts that become effective February 1, 2014. And if you’re anything like me who almost exclusively uses their United miles for premium cabin awards on Star Alliance airlines, the changes are a monumental kick in the gut. First, here’s a look at what…
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Flyer Unfriendly: United Pulls Upgrade, Elite Award Availability From ExpertFlyer
If you’re an ExpertFlyer subscriber and haven’t already received an email from them this morning, brace for unwelcome news if you use the service for certain United Airlines searches. United has decided to deny ExpertFlyer access to upgrade and elite award inventory effective November 1. This will remove the ability to search and create alerts…
Lounge Review: Asiana Business Class, Seoul Incheon Midfield Concourse
[This is part four of my Million-Mile Trip Report. I’ve included links to the other installments below:] United Airlines Million-Mile Trip Report: Introduction and Background Flight Review: United Airlines BusinessFirst, San Francisco to Seoul Hotel Review: Conrad Seoul, Executive Floor King Room Million-Mile Flight Review: United BusinessFirst, Seoul to San Francisco After checking in for…
Blog Giveaway: Five United Airlines Onboard Drink Vouchers… X2
It’s not quite Halloween, but I’m giving away some adult treats to two lucky blog readers. Contained in my United million-miler credentials that arrived earlier this week are 10 beverage vouchers good for in-flight alcoholic drinks. The vouchers are valid through January 31, 2014, so I had better give these away sooner rather than later…
United Airlines Million-Miler Credentials: A Look Inside
Last month, I (finally) rolled over one million lifetime miles in United’s MileagePlus program and yesterday I received my credentials via USPS Priority Mail. Here’s a look inside the package. The first item upon opening it was a letter from Tom O’Toole, United’s president of MileagePlus. Note the language that, “you will never fall below…
Curing a Case of Major Non-Travel Anxiety
I found myself in an unusual situation this past weekend. For the first time in… well… for as long as I can remember, I had enormous anxiety in both not traveling or having anything “on the books.†It began on Friday when I jealously monitored my Twitter feed noting how many of those I follow…
Flight Review: United Airlines BusinessFirst, San Francisco to Seoul
[This is the second part of my Million-Mile Trip Report. You can read the introductory post by clicking here.] My inbound flight from Reno arrived about four hours prior to boarding for the Seoul flight, so I had plenty of time to set up shop and get some work done in the international terminal United…
Sharing Your Premier Status as a United Million-Miler
One of the perks of holding million-miler status on United Airlines is the ability to share your current Premier status with a spouse or companion. And having just achieved the one million mile mark, I went through the remarkably simple process to do just that. To further clarify, MileagePlus allows you to share your status…
Targeted? Up to 30% Off Purchased United MileagePlus Miles
I received the following email from United MileagePlus this morning, offering up to 30% off purchased award miles. While there’s no language stating this offer is exclusive to the email recipient, it does provide a special link that is hard-coded with my MileagePlus information. And since there’s no ability to change the populated MileagePlus number…
United Airlines Million-Mile Trip Report: Introduction and Background
Last month, I (finally) crossed one million lifetime miles in United’s MileagePlus program. It’s been a long time coming, quite honestly, as I’m certain that I crossed the actual flown amount on United metal years ago. As did most members, I received a nice bump in lifetime miles when Continental OnePass merged with United MileagePlus,…