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The Death of Mileage Running?
mileageplusupdates.com In case you missed it (or just woke up), the internet is abuzz this morning over the latest news from United. It was only a matter of time, and I think we all knew what was...
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When It Comes to MileagePlus, You’ve Always Got Choices
In 2006 Chase and United came together to offer a revolutionary new product called Choices. For the first time it gave customers the ability to trade in their hard-earned MileagePlus miles for a...
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Using Miles to Buy Discounted Revenue Tickets on United
united.com/chase Yesterday I shared all about my (re)discovered love of MileagePlus Choices, and today I’m demonstrating how you can use the program for almost a 50% discount on United revenue tickets....
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Enter to Win: 25,000 MileagePlus Miles and a $1,500 Shopping Spree
mileageplusshopping.com. Contest ends 7/28/2013 Enter MileagePlus Shopping’s Sky’s The Limit Sweepstakes for your chance to win 25,000 United MileagePlus miles and 3 x $500 gift cards Best Buy, eBags,...
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Using United Miles to Book Inter-Island Travel on Hawaiian
I’m finally going to Kauai! After well over 100 visits to Maui, and dozens to Oahu, The Big Island, Lanai, and Molokai, Kauai was the only Hawaiian island that still eluded me. That ends this August!...
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Enter to Win: United Cruises Million Mile Sweepstakes
Check Your Junk Mail! Contest Ends 12/31/13. I just got home late last night from being off the grid in Wyoming (more on that later) to find this little gem waiting in my email inbox, so I thought I’d...
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12 Weeks, 72180 Miles, and United 1K Status
This Is What 72180 Miles in 12 Weeks Looks Like Now that summer is over it’s time to get back to work. Next week I start mileage running again and I’ll be on a plane roughly once a week, every week...
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Attention Traveler: Your Plans Have Changed
(CNN) — Planning to travel in or to the United States and wondering if the U.S. government shutdown will hit your plans? Well, you may need to tweak some sight-seeing portions of your itinerary. Never...
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17 Hours in Hong Kong
My trip to Hong Kong started about a month ago in Seattle. SEA-LAX-HNL-GUM-HKG-GUM-HNL-SFO-(SEA) was the plan, but that’s not exactly how it happened. After a mechanical delay changed my plans at LAX...
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United Devalues MileagePlus, What’s Next?
In case you missed today’s bombshell, United has massively devalued their Mileage Plus program. In a nasty day-after-Halloween-trick, they just released their new award chart, effective Feb 1, 2014,...
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