Travel has shut down worldwide to a degree never seen in my lifetime due to the novel Coronavirus pandemic and most airlines have shut down or severely reduced their schedule, some around 90% of their flights. Even the most frequent travelers are staying home and will fly or spend enough with airlines to meet the targets to renew their elite … Continue reading
Updated 2019: United Airlines is one of the top US airlines with several hubs across the USA and one of the largest commercial carriers in the world serving more than 300 destinations worldwide. As one of the founding StarAlliance airlines, they can take you all over the world with their partners and their rewards program MileagePlus has equally far reach. … Continue reading
United Airlines announced that effective immediately, the reward miles you earn on flights or with partners will no longer expire. Previously, you had to have activity in your account, for example from flying or using a credit card, every 18 months to prevent expiration. United follows Delta Airlines, which has had a no-expiration policy for years. While some travel bloggers … Continue reading
Updated 2019: United Airlines is the second largest airline in the world. They offer flights to destinations all around the world from a number of hubs in the US and at some of them they are the dominating airline. They are one of the founding airline of StarAlliance, the largest carrier partnership in the world, and I have collected more … Continue reading
United Airlines has received a lot of press for their rewards program, United MileagePlus, after what turned out as a one-two punch in 2014, with a redemption devaluation in February and the announcement of a revenue based earn structure for 2015. They followed up this year with a devaluation of partner earnings…Is it still worth to be a member of … Continue reading
I have spent more time in United Business Class than in any other premium airline cabin, literally hundreds of thousands of miles on frequent business trips around the globe while living in San Francisco, one of United hubs. It’s neither the best seat nor service, but United is making improvements to both with the roll-out of Polaris. Find out how it compares … Continue reading
With more and more airlines introducing a true Premium Economy product on long haul flights, between ever tighter economy cabins and fully flat beds in Business Class, United Airlines announced their own offering, called United Premium Plus. Given their track record of rolling out new products (cough… Polaris), I wouldn’t hold my breath! … Continue reading
United just launched another affiliated credit card, this time a credit card with no annual fee that earns up to 2% cashback in United’s TravelBank, good for future ticket purchases! You don’t pay foreign exchange FX fees, get some travel insurance and a 25% discount on food & drink purchased onboard. Is that enough to make this card interesting for … Continue reading
United just launched a mileage earning pre-paid Visa card in partnership with Netspend. You earn miles in the MileagePlus rewards program, without the risks of a credit card – is this a good deal for travelers? Not really, the card has high fees that eat up all/most of the value you’d get from the points, leaving you with better alternatives … Continue reading
Independence Day, July 4th, is always a great day of sales in the USA and this year has a number of airline sales on offer. Southwest Airlines has a sale “from sea to shining sea” with flights starting at $42 one-way. Frontier also has flights starting at $49 one-way and ultra-low cost carrier Spirit is even less at $45 for … Continue reading