didnt know you could do the transfer thing with UAL miles but I do know that ANY activity is considered activity. I once had miles deducted for buying magazines online thru some airline gig and this counted as well. So do any mileage plus mall transactions, so buy some printer ink for your old boss back in the states and have it shipped directly to him thru the use of your credit card now online. If you left any addresses of your particulars in the states, some transactions may be easier to facilitate on line, but either way, this should work.

Tell you what you could do:

Go online, find the phone number of ANY United Dining for miles restaurant, call it, and charge up a gift certificate that you tell them you want mailed to your mother or brother back in the states, or something.

Does not matter the amount but once they charge your card--and they need not know where you are calling from, except that you are not there to come collect the cert yourself--then you will earn miles from the dining for miles program.

The cert will get mailed to mom --or in some cases, places leave them at the front desk for patrons to pick up--and you will get miles 6-8 weeks later, which will keep those accounts alive another 3 years!

do it.
and yes, NZ flights should count as UAL miles as I think they are a star aliance member...

hope these things help. My friend who has about the same miles on his UAL and other airlines is just now debating what to do with them all. Bring them up to award levels and use em! At least bring them up to even 5,000 marks. An example of why this is good is NWA miles that can be used in chunks of 5000 to get free tickets on Hawaiian air. Surely United has similar offers with partners. Some airlines have miles+ money offers as well.

MM


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