<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by johnep1:
You cannot directly convert US miles to UA ones. The only way to do this without flying (which would likely cost less than what UA would charge you for the miles) would be with partner activities. Since you already have the credit card, order some extra cards. I think that you get 2000 miles per card. Get 5 and you're 2/3 there. Register for idine and see if there are any participating restaurants in your area (maybe some that you go to anyway). Just go through the partner list on the UA site and pick some high miles/low cost bonuses. You should be able to get your miles easily.</font>
It would be an absolute miracle if any of these partner bonuses posted in 2 - 3 weeks.
Generally speaking, these bonus miles take months to post. I am still waiting on my bonus miles for extra cards I received in April and several others on this board have reported similar experiences.