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Old May 29, 2013 | 10:38 pm
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Originally Posted by agp423
DTW-EWR-PEK wouldn't use extra miles? I just didn't know if US would let me do that on an award travel using UA. I'm not sure when I want to make the trip yet, do you think I should make the trip on UA before the end of the year when the merger finalizes?
No extra miles for the DTW-EWR-DTW connecting segments when redeeming US miles.

Once US miles become redeemable on AA, you could fly DTW-ORD-PEK on AA metal. Of course, no one can predict with certainty when and how redemption levels might change.
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