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United MileagePlus Overview

The United MileagePlus program has changed pretty significantly in recent years, from the introduction of the valuable excursionist perk to the abolition of award charts (which has led to a series of stealthy-ish devaluations) and a decent suite of credit cards.

The key strength of United miles is the simplicity of redeeming miles for partner flights. United does not pass on fuel surcharges, which makes it easy to choose the most convenient partner for an award flight. Furthermore, their 2-month award availability calendar makes it easy to see which days have premium cabin availability, which can make award searches a relatively easy process.

In terms of elite status and benefits, United’s program offers less choice than Delta SkyMiles but offers what some would consider greater flexibility for confirmed upgrades for top-tier elites.

Read more about United MileagePlus in our complete guide here…

Here are some of the things you’ll read about in our guide:

You can also check out the posts we’ve written about United MileagePlus…

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United plays follow the leader & raises checked bag fees effective today

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United Airlines is demonstrating that they play a mean game of follow-the-leader with an epic monkey-see monkey-do moment: Effective today (2/24/24), they are raising checked...
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(EXPIRED) (Targeted) Spending offers on United cards; stack with other Q1 spending offers

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United is targeting some cardholders with an offer giving bonus miles when hitting spending thresholds in February, March and/or April, with additional bonus miles...
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(EXPIRED) American Airlines & United Shopping Portals Each Offering Bonus Miles

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There are new promotions out today from both the American Airlines AAdvantage and the United Mileage Plus shopping portals. Each portal is offering 500...
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Tim’s 2024 Elite Status Plans

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It can be discouraging to see the meters and charts that track our various elite statuses reset to empty as the clock strikes 12:00...
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(EXPIRED) New United status match challenge for 2024

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United Airlines is out with a new status match opportunity for 2024 whereby you can get status with another airline matched to United Mileage...
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(EXPIRED) American AAdvantage eShopping & United Mileage Plus Shopping portal promos

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There are new airline shopping portal promotions out today from American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping and United Mileage Plus shopping. While these portal bonuses are...
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United Money + Miles now giving 1cpp redemption value for cardholders & status members

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Back in November 2021 United introduced a Money + Miles option. Similar to hotel Points + Cash booking options, Money + Miles gave you...
Quick Deals

10 deals you might’ve missed: Hyatt all-inclusives, Hotels.com & Graduate Hotels gift cards, LifeMiles...

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We normally publish one Quick Deal at a time, but there are so many deals around at the moment it seemed worth doing a...
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(EXPIRED) Targeted 15% off United economy with Gmail ad

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Gmail sometimes features advertisements that look like emails but have the word "ad" in a green box before the subject header. My eyes are...
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(EXPIRED) United award sale: Fly economy to Australia & New Zealand for 35,000 miles...

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United has launched a one day award sale to Australia and New Zealand, giving 35% off flights booked with MileagePlus miles. The catch? It's...
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Chase United Quest Card: Improved 80K Bonus (targeted)

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The current, public welcome offer on the Chase United Quest card is 70,000 United Miles and 500 Premier Qualifying Points. But that's not quite...
Airline shopping portal browser button promos

(EXPIRED) 5 airline shopping portals giving 1,000 bonus miles/points when installing browser button &...

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All five of the Cartera-run airline shopping portals are offering 1,000 bonus miles or points at the moment when installing their browser button and...
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United’s Excursionist Perk: Ideal for Positioning Flights?

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Nick's recent post "Taking an Excursionist Perk for a spin for a trip to Africa" showed ways to use United's Excursionist Perk to save...
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Amex unease, American Airlines flirting with Delta elites and British Airways plays Scrooge with...

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American Airlines is on the prowl for Delta elites, Amex is starting to make some long-time fans uncomfortable and British Airways plays Scrooge with...

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