Originally Posted by
nnl3823
I just booked my tix on United.com, and at the very end, I was asked whether I wanted to pay 30 bucks for additional 1000 miles. Has anyone tried it? Is it good for any other FFP beside UA? In *A of course.
I did it a couple times on shorter flights but that was when you could "accelerate" individual legs. Now, it's apparently all or nothing. They wanted $1,200 to double my $730 RT from PDX-FRA. Not a good deal even if they do credit you with miles IMMEDIATELY.