Cool... I was able to call and book my next one with no problems.

Staying at Renaissance Newark Airport - $119/nt. with a $50 Amex gift card returned. The phone agent confirmed that this is a valid rate with the EEO.

One might ask: why would anyone voluntarily stay at this hotel for two nights on a weekend? I arrive late Friday night and depart on a 6AM Sunday flight out of EWR. With this trip, I'll end the year with 50,005 EQM on UA. ^

I figured spending an extra few bucks to get a mini-weekend in NYC was better than doing a "pure" mileage run all in 1 day... The flight times, especially the insanely-early wake-up on Sunday, sort of killed off my enthusiasm to spend more on a Manhattan hotel.