I'm sure I'm not the first on this one [but I couldn't find a similar recent posting], but I received an offer with my latest UA Mileage Plus statement for an almost "gimmie" 25K Mileage Plus miles. Here are the details.

Open a no load account [any account except for retirement] with Fidelity Investments; maintain the account for 6 months; and earn FREE UA Mileage Plus miles - from 5K-25K Mileage Plus miles depending upon opening deposit [5K miles for deposits from $2.5K-$10K; 15K miles for deposits from $10K-$50K; and, 25K miles for deposits over $50K.

This promotion even works on MONEY MARKET accounts so if you've got the cash to park for six months, to me this looks like a no brainer [and if you want a higher return than the current .77%, Fidelity's GNMA Fund is currently returning 4.28%].

Details are at http:www.united.com/fidelity or call (800) 544-3719.

Again apologize if this subject has already been posted but if not, good luck!

[This message has been edited by smarten (edited Feb 16, 2004).]