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Category Archives: Mileage Plus

Mileage PlusUnited Airlines

United Wants $5,000 To Buy Up To Gold Status From Silver

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 26, 2025January 26, 2025 25 Comments
United Mileage Plus Gold upgrade benefits

United Airlines offered to sell me an upgrade from its MileagePlus Premier Silver status to Premier Gold for $5,000.  If you are considering booking travel LiveAndLetsFly.com appreciates your support. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. United Mileage Plus...

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United Follows Delta Extortion Rates, Forgets Key Elements

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 4, 2024August 3, 2024 8 Comments
United Airlines Polaris Plus Details

United has raised Award Anytime rates yet again edging ever close to Delta’s nosebleed high pricing, but forgets a few key elements.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com....

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United Poised To Follow American’s Revenue Loyalty Program

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 25, 2023June 25, 2023 27 Comments
a man in a suit standing in front of a plane

United Airlines appears poised to follow American Airlines model for an entirely revenue-based loyalty program. Here are three leading reasons why. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If...

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Award Inflation and Economic Inflation: How They Relate

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 4, 2023June 4, 2023 24 Comments
united airlines award chart increases

United has inflated its award redemption prices for customers, charging more nearly uniformly for frequent flyer award flights. How does its increase relate to broader economic inflation?  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card...

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UPDATE: United Airlines MileagePlus Offers Status Retention For A Price

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 23, 2022January 25, 2022 47 Comments
United Mileage Plus Status

United Airlines has a funny way of showing loyalty to its Mileage Plus loyalty program members. For those who didn’t re-qualify for status in 2021, the chosen few were given a reprieve, for everyone else, a price.  If you...

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United Dynamic Award Pricing One-Way Street

Kyle Stewart Posted onApril 5, 2020September 13, 2021 9 Comments
an airplane with seats and windows

United Airlines switched this year from a fixed award chart to one that changes based on availability. United dynamic award pricing is a one-way street.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click...

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This Trip Demonstrates Benefit of New United Airlines Mileage Plus Program

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 19, 2020September 13, 2021 30 Comments
United Airlines Hong Kong Impairment

A fare deal came out this week that clearly demonstrates the benefits of the new United Mileage Plus program, one that should encourage those who might struggle to achieve $18,000 in spending annually.  If you are considering booking travel or signing...

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United PlusPoints Bring Old Problems to New Situations

Kyle Stewart Posted onDecember 29, 2019November 14, 2023 14 Comments
a table with a laptop on it

United’s new PlusPoints has some benefits to travellers adding flexibility. However, old problems with United’s Global and Regional Premier Upgrades carry over to new situations.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click...

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United’s Plus Points Makes MileagePlus Best In the US?

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 29, 2019September 14, 2021 20 Comments
United A320 at gate

United Airlines has changed their Regional Premier and Global Premier upgrade system, replacing them with Plus Points instead. And now it’s not just 1K flyers that benefit. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click...

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Once Again, I Must Status Run on United

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 9, 2019September 14, 2021 25 Comments
United IRROPS

Depending on my personal and business trips during the course of a year, I sometimes must fly unnecessary flights simply to retain my status. Again, this year I must status run for United 1K.  If you are considering booking travel or signing...

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Mileage Runs May Be Dead, Status Runs Still Alive

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 26, 2018November 14, 2023 13 Comments
an airplane wing with water in the background

Mileage runs were the hallmark of travel enthusiasts who found more to gain from unnecessary trips than not taking them. Elite status runs have the same principle but different result, taking unnecessary trips to retain or “level up” your...

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Challenge Accepted – Switching to United 1K

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 6, 2017September 16, 2021 20 Comments
Challenge accepted

I wrote previously about my surprise status match to United 1K. Despite my previous posts declaring my independence from American, I had trepidations when it came time to actually make the switch. In the comments from readers I was forewarned that...

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Why MileagePlus Go Card is Actually Great

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 12, 2017November 14, 2023 26 Comments
United MileagePlus Prepaid Card Debit

Critics have come out against the MileagePlus Go Visa Prepaid Card early and often. But I think many of their criticisms are unfair and don’t accurately reflect the wider market for this product. This card is a great value...

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United Status Matched Me to 1K!

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 9, 2017November 14, 2023 63 Comments
Welcome to 1K

I have previously noted that American Airlines has gutted their Advantage frequent flyer and because of that I am leaving American. Loyalty is a two-way street and American has worked hard to make it a one-way street, well I’m...

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Unpacking the Latest United MileagePlus Changes

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 4, 2016December 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

United has announced “enhancements” to its United MileagePlus program starting this fall and as usual, the enhancements are anything but enhancements. Here’s what I do not understand — why can’t United just call a devaluation a devaluation? Claiming stopovers...

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United Airlines Now Processing Lufthansa GPU Upgrades Electronically

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 11, 2014 3 Comments

United Airlines and Lufthansa were both founding members of the Star Alliance and have maintained a close relationship as both codeshare and joint venture partners over years. United’s top-status 1K flyers receive six GPUs (Global Premier Upgrades) each year...

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Business Class Partner Awards on United Airlines Pricing for 115K instead of 140K RT!

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 9, 2014December 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

I am loath to post many mileage deals that appear to be mistakes on this blog because airlines do read blogs and respond quickly – I may not have the readership of The Points Guy, but it is no...

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Is the Elimination of Stopovers on United MileagePlus Awards Inevitable?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 28, 2014 2 Comments

Delta Air Lines has announced that free stopovers will not be part of the 2015 Skymiles program and it seems likely that the combined American and US Airways AAdvantage program will also not offer complimentary stopovers. That would leave...

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United Has Tightened Routing Restrictions on Asia Awards

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 25, 2014 6 Comments

Exactly one month ago, I wrote a post entitled New, Stricter United MileagePlus Routing Rules for Travel Between USA and North Asia? At the time, I concluded the rumored draconian new routing restrictions on awards between North America and North Asia...

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United Releases Award Space on New Los Angeles – Melbourne Route!

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 22, 2014December 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

United formally announced new service between Los Angeles and Melbourne yesterday. The route will operate 6x weekly, utilize a Boeing 787-9, and be operated by ex-Continental crews. On Wednesday, I noted– United has indicated that the flight will be...

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