Originally Posted by
hoopics
OP could have the old UA Visa Select card, which gives you 1 EQM for each $1 in spend on UA flights on united.com (up to 5k EQM per year), plus 3 RDMs for each $1. I've done a fair amount of US flying lately and have booked it all through united.com as UA code share tickets for this very reason.
This. I admittedly paid about $25 more for a recent flight I booked on US code-share via UA.com because it got me 3x mileage on my cc.