UNITED: Triple Miles At Intercontinental Hotels

United recently announced a promotion with Intercontinental Hotels that will award triple miles per dollar spent by Mileage Plus members who stay with a Intercontinental Hotel property between now and December 31.

You need to register your MileagePlus account in order to take advantage of this opportunity.  Please use this link to register.

Aside from the promotion, MileagePlus members will now normally earn 2 miles per dollar spent at an Intercontinental Property.

UNITED: Earn Up To 4000 Miles With Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG)

Register your Mileage Plus account and you'll be able to receive 200 bonus miles for each night's stay (up to 4000 miles) with an IHG Group Hotel (Holiday Inn, Intercontinental, etc).

The promotion expires on September 3.  To register for the promotion, visit IHG's Promotion sign-up webpage.

UNITED: Earn 1000 Miles When You Sign Up For MileagePlus Dining

In case you missed it, United's MileagePlus Dining program is offering 1,000 miles when you sign up for the program and spend $50 within 30 days in a MileagePlus eligible Restaurant or Bar.  I personally use MileagePlus Dining as much as possible and easily earn 1000-2000 miles a month eating at restaurants I would normally go to anyway.

To sign up for this offer, please visit the MileagePlus Dining website.

This offer is valid for new enrollment only!

UNITED: Mileage Plus Gift Registry Allows Others To BUY YOU Miles!

United this week has introduced a Gift Registry for Mileage Plus that allows others to help you build your Mile balances!   This was a feature that existed on Continental.com prior to the merger of the 2 airlines.  

So the next time someone asks you what do you want for your Birthday or the Holidays, give them the your MileagePlus account number!

For more details about the new program, please visit the Gift Registry Website.

UNITED: Register For Mobile Offers And Get 500 Miles!

This promo has been in place for a while however I did get a reminder email today so in case you missed the offer when it was first introduced, you still have a chance to take advantage of it.

United will credit your Mileage Plus account 500 miles if you register a Visa card and agree to receive mobile offers to your smartphone.

The Mobile Offers program is a Visa product and is designed to send you offers based on your Visa Card shopping habits.

If you would like to sign up for the program, please visit the Mileage Plus Offer Link Here.

UNITED: Earn 1500 Miles Per FTD Purchase!

United Airlines has recently launched another promo with MileagePlus partner FTD Florists.  This time you can earn 1500 award miles PER FTD purchase.

The Promo ends on July 4, 2012 so if there's anyone who needs flowers or a gift basket for an upcoming birthday, anniversary or other occassion, place your order ASAP!

To view the details of the offer, please visit the FTD site here.

UNITED: MileagePlus Miles Sale

In what appears to be a targeted offer for MileagePlus members, United is offering a Miles sale until May 31.  Get 25% if you buy 20,000 miles or more or get 20% if you buy up to 20,000 miles.  Check you spam folders!

UNITED: Earn 5x Miles With Hyatt

Earlier this week United launched a new promo with Hyatt that will earn you bonus miles on multiple stays with Hyatt between May 1 and August 31.  As you can see by the screen shot below, it is fairly straight forward.  You'll need to either sign up for a Hyatt Gold Passport account, or simply register your existing account.

For your 2nd and 3rd stay during the promo period you'll earn 4x/miles, and on stays 4-11 you will earn 5x/miles.  The promo is capped, but if you take FULL advantage, you can come out of this promo as a Platinum Passport member!

CLICK HERE to visit United's Mileage Plus / Hyatt Offer web page.

UNITED AIRLINES: Win A Trip To The London Olympic Games!

United has launched a Facebook based contest that will award 3 lucky winners 2 tickets each to fly to London for the Olympics (includes accommodations).  17 other winners will win a pair of United tickets for travel within the USA.

The nice part is that if you share this with your social network, each one of your "followers" that enters will earn you another entry!

Click here to be taken to the Contest's Entry Site

Flowers for Mom Turn Into Miles For You!

I know these deals are usually available during most holidays, and this Mother's Day is no exception.   Use this post as a reminder that Mother's Day is slowly sneaking up on you.

North American based Star Alliance carriers are offering bonus promotions with FTD that will award relatively significant amount of miles for ordering flowers.  Below are the offers currently available for Mother's Day:


US AIR:  Earn 25 miles per $1 spent through FTD

UNITED:  Earn 30 miles per $1 spent through FTD

AIR CANADA:  Earn 500 bonus miles + 10 miles per $1.00 spent through FTD

If your frequent flyer program of choice happens to be part of a different alliance or you belong to a hotel loyalty program, you can visit FTD's website here to see their other airline and hotel partners.

UNITED MileagePlus Sale! 40% Off Miles Until Tomorrrow!

United launched today via twitter a very brief 2 day MILES SALE that lets you buy miles at a 40% discount.  A sale like this is a perfect time to top off you accounts or gift the miles for someone near and dear to you!!

Click Here To Buy Miles For Your Account

Click Here To Buy Miles For Someone Else



Offer Details:

• Offer expires April 25 at 11:59pm CDT
• Buy Personal Miles or Give Miles for $21 per 1,000 miles plus a 7.5% excise tax
• Purchase up to 100,000 MileagePlus Personal miles or Give Miles per account per calendar year
• Credit card will be billed immediately for purchase
• Mileage rates and other applicable fees are subject to change
• Miles are available in increments of 1,000
• Minimum purchase 2,000 miles
• Allow 48 hours for miles to post to MileagePlus account
• Personal Miles and GiveMiles are non-refundable
• Purchased miles do not count toward elite qualification

Win Up To 100,000 United MileagePlus Miles!

I found this sweepstakes this evening while browsing United's Facebook page.  All you need to do is visit this link, click on "ENTER NOW" and enter your MileagePlus number and PIN and thats it!

You can gain additional entries by shopping with a MileagePlus Shopping partner and earn 1 entry per transaction (limit 2/day).  Additionally if you log in and visit the Sweepstakes special offers page daily, you can gain one more entry each day.

The sweepstakes runs between April 11 and May 4, 2012.

United Business Class Fare Sale

United has launched a Business Class Fare Sale for travel between the US and Europe.   I've listed some of the sample fares below.  The prices are typical of a business fare sale:

Departing: Arriving: Economy:       BusinessFirst: Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Dublin, Ireland (DUB) $840 $2433 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Shannon, Ireland (SNN) $857 $2691 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) London, England (LHR - Heathrow) $923 $2801 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) $1019 $2720 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Rome, Italy (FCO) $1031 $2884 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) $1072 $2739 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Paris, France (CDG) $1115 $3079 Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Munich, Germany (MUC) $1145 $2725 Denver, CO (DEN) London, England (LHR - Heathrow) $1030 $3347 Denver, CO (DEN) Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) $1116 $3392 Denver, CO (DEN) Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) $1153 $2630 Denver, CO (DEN) Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) $1270 $3399 Denver, CO (DEN) Munich, Germany (MUC) $1286 $3392 Denver, CO (DEN) Paris, France (CDG) $1336 $3472 Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) London, England (LHR - Heathrow) $966 $2839 Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) $1068 $2924 Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Paris, France (CDG) $1087 $2999 Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) $1124 $2789 Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) $1152 $2558 Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI) $1211 $2949 Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental) Munich, Germany (MUC) $1343 $2950 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) London, England (LHR - Heathrow) $974 $3347 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) $1172 $3397 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) $1173 $2253 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Berlin, Germany (BER) $1223 $3444 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Paris, France (CDG) $1233 $3467 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Munich, Germany (MUC) $1358 $3392 Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) $1372 $3399 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Dublin, Ireland (DUB) $678 $2885 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Madrid, Spain (MAD) $824 $2726 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) London, England (LHR - Heathrow) $841 $2625 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) $869 $2519 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Lisbon, Portugal (LIS) $912 $2425 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) $928 $2120 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Paris, France (CDG) $987 $2641 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Milan, Italy (MXP) $996 $2768 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Oslo, Norway (OSL) $1000 $2447 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Berlin, Germany (BER) $1011 $2560 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Rome, Italy (FCO) $1029 $2814 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Stockholm, Sweden (ARN - Arlanda) $1064 $2268 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Barcelona, Spain (BCN) $1077 $2901 New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Munich, Germany (MUC) $1080 $2505 San Francisco, CA (SFO) London, England (LHR - Heathrow) $1116 $3347 San Francisco, CA (SFO) Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) $1122 $3403 San Francisco, CA (SFO) Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) $1173 $2253 San Francisco, CA (SFO) Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI) $1212 $3391 San Francisco, CA (SFO) Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) $1356 $3333 San Francisco, CA (SFO) Munich, Germany (MUC) $1412 $3385 San Francisco, CA (SFO) Berlin, Germany (BER) $1542 $3444

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

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Travel must be booked by May 31, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. Sale is valid on UnitedBusinessFirst® fares for travel starting between June 29, 2012, and September 1, 2012. Return travel must be completed on or before September 6, 2012. Saturday night stay required. A 60-day advance purchase is required. Fares are nonrefundable and require a $400 USD change fee. Other restrictions apply.

Earn Up To 30,000 United Mileage Plus Miles When You Book A Cruise!

Book a cruise through United and you can earn up to 30,000 miles.  The amount of miles is contingent upon the number of nights, type of cabin and if you use your MileagePlus Visa Card:

TRIP LENGTH	BASE MILES	MILEAGEPLUS VISA CARD DOUBLE MILES	BALCONY / SUITE EXTRA MILES	TOTAL MILES
1-5 Nights	1,500	1,500	1,500	4,500
6-8 Nights	3,000	3,000	3,000	9,000
9-12 Nights	5,000	5,000	5,000	15,000
13+ Nights	10,000	10,000	10,000	30,000

 Please Click Here To Visit United's Website For Additional Details Regarding This Promotion

New United Airlines Promo With Hertz

United enhanced its miles earning promotion with Hertz by offering a triple miles for rentals between now and September 30.  As part of this promotion Hertz is also offering "free" Hertz Gold memberships as well.

CLICK HERE to be taken to the reservation page on United.com.  You'll need to enter CDP discount number 62455 and PC# 165896 to take advantage of this offer.