Last Call for 2011 – Link your United and Continental Accounts
If you have earned status miles (EQM) in 2011 in both your United and Continental accounts, you need to act fast and link the two…
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Planning your Airline Miles for 2012
That gives me some great benefits, such as free unlimited domestic upgrades, Exit row seats when I do not get upgraded, automatic Economy+ for when I don’t get the exit row, free checked bags and most importantly, Star Gold level on Star Alliance, for all my non-United travel. … My Balance: 50,970 – 5,000 = 45,970 Make a list of all other sources that earn you miles and see how many will come in for sure.
Earn United Miles for ‘Checking In’ at Airports
United has joined the bandwagon of going ‘Local, Social and Mobile’ by partnering up with TopGuest. I have written before about how TopGuest works (be…
Last day to get free 500 Mileage Plus Miles
Through today (Nov. 11th, 2011), United is offering 500 Mileage Plus miles for downloading and using their new Mileage Plus shopping assistant. You can also…
Continental-Amtrak go the Kim Kardhsian-Kris Humphries way
Just like the breakup between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, the not unexpected breakup between Continental OnePass and Amtrak Guest Rewards is here. As of…
Update on Mileage Plus partner accrual on LH and LX
I had reported earlier that United (UA) has quietly changed the EQM (Elite Qualifying Miles) and RDM (Redeemable Miles) earning policy on partners like Lufthansa…
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The pain of tracking Airline Miles and Hotel Points
Yeah, I know there are websites that will track it for me all in one place – I have accounts with points.com and gomilies.com , but they just don’t seem to be right or enough. … Staying at a hotel (duh, again, but this can become complex if one earns hotel points, airline miles or hotel points AND airline miles) Credit cards eMiles.com eRewards.com MyPoints.com TopGuest Car rentals (for rental rewards or airline miles) Other sundry events, like filling out a survey, earning miles as compensation for a customer service event, etc.
Sudden Big Changes to Mileage Plus airline partner mileage accrual
This has been the year of changes. We have seen so many changes this year; I have seriously starting to forget what the situation was…
Why the new changes to Mileage Plus are the work of an evil genius
By now, you probably already know about the new changes to Mileage plus, effective from 2012. In case you don’t, it’s good to gloss over…
Is United trying to stab Mileage Running?
Ben at One Mile at a Time reported that he has ‘learnt’ about significant changes in United’s policy relating to elite travelers. He also posted…
