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fyree39
Originally Posted by
fyree39
Bit of background:
My husband and I fly 2 or 3 times per year and it's usually with United since that's the only airline to fly into/out of our little airport connecting to LAX. I signed up for the Chase United Mileage Explorer card and currently have accumulated about 53,000 miles. My DH has just over 12,000 miles. I'd like to use the miles for a r/t ticket to New York next year. We should each earn about 6,000 points between now and next March. I'm of the understanding that I can't combine the points so have to find another way to book the two of us on the same flights using award miles.
What do you suggest I do to accomplish this?...
Where will you be starting from?
A economy saver round trip (RT) for North America is 25K, so with 53K you should have enough already.
An option when you have insufficient miles in one account is to split up the trip as a series of one ways (OW) -- two RTs become 4 OWs and fund 3 from one account and the fourth from another is one example. There are some disadvantages of this appraoch -- if you need to cancel the fees will be higher. Also international award RTs can have a stopover but OWs can not.
If you could provide a bit more info -- such as the mileage required for the individual tickets, we can probably provide a couple of more suggestions.
Originally Posted by
fyree39
.... P.S. I have NEVER seen so many abbreviations and acronyms in my life!
You may find this useful
FT Glossary
United Airlines Forum Glossary (a little out of date but still helpful)