Bonus United Miles - Up to 100%

[MEL_Traveller]

Is it still possible to build a stopover, or has that been killed off?

I'm looking at SYD-BKK-MUC(F)-JNB(J) for 115k, however would like to stop in Munich.

No stopovers - except for a limited exception for a 'free flight' within a zone.

 

[cloudysilver]

I have been waiting for this 100% promo. Need to book a few trips to Thailand next year. UA is a little expensive but I will keep buying for peace of mind. They saved us last month when we needed to have an emergency trip back home in J from Europe.

Topcashback.com gives 2.5% when buying miles for some hotel/airline programs including UA on points.com. Not much but still money

How do you use Topcashback.com and points.com in Australia? They seem to be an American site?

 

[Finale]

How do you use Topcashback.com and points.com in Australia? They seem to be an American site?

Topcashback US accepts international members.

 

[Croupier]

Best value I have found for miles redemption is a sneaky ow trip to Europe in J with carry on only.
Try SYD-TLV you should me able to find routing through a lot of *A European hubs. Just leg it through customs and "accidentally" miss your connection.

I would NOT do this regularly and probably not if I have a large amount of UA miles just in case they try to close my account for breaking the rules.

I just burnt my remaining 80K miles on a return SYD-HKG TG F, hopefully they don't swap out the new config F 747's and I'll be very happy with maximizing my value before the devalue.

 

[PatMcrotch]

Does anyone know how long the 100% bonus promo is running for??

 

[Croupier]

Promotional offer valid until 11:59 p.m. CDT on September 12, 2017.
Miles are available in increments of 1,000 for a maximum of up to 75,000 miles.
Bonus miles count toward the 150,000-mile annual limit per account.
You may purchase up to 150,000 miles per account per calendar year.
Bonus miles will be credited to the recipient’s account when the transaction is complete.
Bonuses will be calculated on a per transaction basis only.
The bonus amount applicable to a transaction is shown in the chart.
Transactions may not be aggregated to calculate the bonus.
The credit card used in the transaction will be billed immediately upon purchase.
Mileage rates and other fees and offer terms are subject to change.
Allow 48 hours for miles to process and post to your MileagePlus account.
Miles purchased are nonrefundable.
Purchased miles do not count toward MileagePlus Premier® status.
All MileagePlus Program rules and terms and conditions apply.
GST/HST is charged to Canadian residents.
Powered by Points to purchase United MileagePlus miles. Transaction will appear as 'Points United Miles'.
Pricing is only available for purchases made through buymiles.mileageplus.com.

 

[Mattg]

Well I just bought some miles and redeemed them for a RAR-AKL-SYD-HND-HIJ itinerary, flying NZ for the first 2 flights and NH for the last two flights. There's an overnight stop in AKL as well.

All up, 12,500 miles in Y. The miles cost USD350 and the booking taxes were just over $100. This is also bookable in J for 30,000 miles (costing USD700 to buy), although the RAR-AKL and HND-HIJ sectors book into Y anyway.

 

[clifford]

Also works well from NAN.

 

[Mattg]

Also works well from NAN.

Yep - PPT as well.

 

[annielee]

How did you managed to get 12.5k (y) and 30k (J) ? i've tried it returned 40k for J and 22.5k for Y

Well I just bought some miles and redeemed them for a RAR-AKL-SYD-HND-HIJ itinerary, flying NZ for the first 2 flights and NH for the last two flights. There's an overnight stop in AKL as well.

All up, 12,500 miles in Y. The miles cost USD350 and the booking taxes were just over $100. This is also bookable in J for 30,000 miles (costing USD700 to buy), although the RAR-AKL and HND-HIJ sectors book into Y anyway.

 

[Mattg]

How did you managed to get 12.5k (y) and 30k (J) ? i've tried it returned 40k for J and 22.5k for Y

I just searched for flights from RAR to HIJ. Should work for anywhere in "Oceania" to/from Japan.

What route did you search to get that price?

 

[annielee]

i tried from AKL to HIJ/HND .. and got 22.5k/40k, but as u mentioned when i depart from RAR, it will return 12.5k/30k...

I just searched for flights from RAR to HIJ. Should work for anywhere in "Oceania" to/from Japan.

What route did you search to get that price?

 

[futaris]

United sure has some weird routings...

PPT-AKL-NRT-GUM-KIX in Business on every flight, except PPT-AKL.

The flight time / distance, is equivalent to going half way round the world.

 

[burmans]

The quirks of FF programs is what some of us love about them.

 

[JohnK]

I just searched for flights from RAR to HIJ. Should work for anywhere in "Oceania" to/from Japan.

What route did you search to get that price?

Is Japan a glitch? SYD/BNE-TPE/ICN/PVG are all 40,000 miles in business.

 

[Mattg]

Is Japan a glitch? SYD/BNE-TPE/ICN/PVG are all 40,000 miles in business.

No, not a "glitch" per se. That's the published rate as per their award chart for any route between Japan and "Oceania"

 

[futaris]

Another quirk is Central Asia - Europe...

 

[Croupier]

Another quirk is Central Asia - Europe...

Yeah it's pretty crazy, AUS-EUR in J 85K SEA-EUR 85K roughly an extra 10hrs flight for the same in miles???

 

[clifford]

Yeah it's pretty crazy, AUS-EUR in J 85K SEA-EUR 85K roughly an extra 10hrs flight for the same in miles???

Or you could try Oceania (eg Papeete) to Europe via AKL or SYD for 75,000.

For a bit of fun, you could also try NAN to GUM in Y for 12,500 miles.

Seems that United has finally worked out where Australia is on the map, but not Oceania (yet).

 

[Croupier]

Seems that United has finally worked out where Australia is on the map, but not Oceania (yet).