Bonus United Miles is back - up to 80% bonus on purchased miles

[MEL_Traveller]

I got 75%. The current LM offer still seems cheaper though.

United is good for south east Asia including Hong Kong... just 30k business class, 40 for F. For china same as lifemiles, 40 in business (first varies). But the huge advantage of UA for any route is the increased routing choices and length of layovers. Not a screenshot in sight! Looking at a redemption to bangkok, lifemiles returned a nil result because TG was full, but UA was happy to route via shanghai, same price. Not everyone's cup of tea, but maybe not so bad if you need an award.

Edited: one way not return!

 

[Abdul_A350]

United is good for south east Asia including Hong Kong... just 30k return business class, 40 for F.

What is the hack to get return at those point amounts?

 

[clifford]

United is good for south east Asia including Hong Kong... just 30k return business class, 40 for F.

I think you might mean 1-way, not return.

FWIW, my daughter and I both received a 50% bonus offer, which isn't very good at all. So I decided to buy 25,000 miles via an offer in one of my award bookings, which was at the 100% bonus level ((US$0.02 per mile, including taxes). I'll continue to do this, rather than purchase miles at UA's inflated levels in their general offers.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

What is the hack to get return at those point amounts?

I think you might mean 1-way, not return.

yes of course - one way!

Agree the 50% bonus is not good, but 75% is making it attractive for Asia - just (based on the high availability)

 

[bryanjones]

25% for me - pointless (sic)

 

[JohnK]

LOL. I received an email from MileagePlus a few hours ago informing I did not complete the points purchase earlier and they have saved a copy and could take me straight to the website to complete the purchase.

All this from a click in the original email. Almost an invasion of privacy. Email has been deleted.

 

[clifford]

LOL. I received an email from MileagePlus a few hours ago informing I did not complete the points purchase earlier and they have saved a copy and could take me straight to the website to complete the purchase.

All this from a click in the original email. Almost an invasion of privacy. Email has been deleted.

Well John, I think you were quite lucky really. When I tried to purchase some miles via the "Mileage Accellerator" option in my award booking, the website errored out and asked me to call United web support. I was then able to purchase the miles over the phone.

When I checked my bank statement a little later, I noticed that I had been charged twice for the miles (and both charges were confirmed, not pending). So I rang United again and asked them to cancel one of the charges. The response was that they could only see one charge in their system, so they weren't prepared to do anything, even though I sent them a screen dump from my booking showing receipts for two payments but with only one set of miles credited.

I was told the only thing I could do was to dispute the charges with my bank (and they even sent me an email with this advice!). What a comedy of errors. I'd advise anyone making a payment via united.com to thoroughly check their bank statement and not to try again if an error is received when making a payment online.

 

[annielee]

Got an email this morning..

Flash sale: For just 4 days, get a bonus of up to 60,000 additional miles when you buy miles to use for your next award trip, upgrades and more.

Don’t wait — this offer ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on February 9, 2017.

Buy 5,000 - 14,000 miles | Get up to 2,800 bonus miles
Buy 15,000 - 29,000 miles | Get up to 11,600 bonus miles
Buy 30,000 - 90,000 miles | Get up to 60,000 bonus miles

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Nice to see an offer, but I'm struggling to find value in this one

Unless there's an urgent need to buy miles I'd be waiting for another 100% bonus... although that might not be until much later in the year.

 

[RTWtraveler]

Nice to see an offer, but I'm struggling to find value in this one

Unless there's an urgent need to buy miles I'd be waiting for another 100% bonus... although that might not be until much later in the year.

I would agree with waiting for their 100% bonus.

 

[zainman]

are miles still available for 1.9CPM US$ with mileage accelerator?

 

[Finale]

are miles still available for 1.9CPM US$ with mileage accelerator?

I haven't seen that price for a while now on my account. I have 2 bookings left and one is 2c while the other 2.5c.

 

[clifford]

Well John, I think you were quite lucky really. When I tried to purchase some miles via the "Mileage Accellerator" option in my award booking, the website errored out and asked me to call United web support. I was then able to purchase the miles over the phone. When I checked my bank statement a little later, I noticed that I had been charged twice for the miles (and both charges were confirmed, not pending). So I rang United again and asked them to cancel one of the charges. The response was that they could only see one charge in their system, so they weren't prepared to do anything, even though I sent them a screen dump from my booking showing receipts for two payments but with only one set of miles credited. I was told the only thing I could do was to dispute the charges with my bank (and they even sent me an email with this advice!). What a comedy of errors. I'd advise anyone making a payment via united.com to thoroughly check their bank statement and not to try again if an error is received when making a payment online.

Well, I did dispute the duplicate charge with my bank, and I "think" it may, eventually, have been resolved in my favour (well the money has been recredited). UA have been very obfuscating and unhelpful in this matter, and I will never try and purchase miles using their online system again. Not worth the hassle. Buyer beware! If I need UA miles again I'll do it though the call centre agents.

 

[Happy Trails]

Received a new 'mystery' offer of up to 75% bonus and available until April 20.
The wording suggests it might be targeted / variable.

Buy 5,000 - 14,000 miles | Get 25% bonus
Buy 15,000 - 29,000 miles | Get 50% bonus
Buy 30,000 - 85,000 miles | Get 75% bonus

 

[diningdecadence]

Buy 5,000 - 9,000 miles | Get 20% bonus
Buy 10,000 - 19,000 miles | Get 35% bonus
Buy 20,000 - 100,000 miles | Get 50% bonus

this was my offer (have never used the account to credit or buy miles)