Wanted to stop by IAH for the weekend on my way from TPA to MKE. United wanted to charge $534 for the privilege of IAH - MKE direct and indirects weren't much better. Especially when TPA-MKE via IAH on the same IAH-MKE flight was available for $120... Did a quick search on United for rewards availability and requested via A3 website.
Got called this afternoon and transaction took all of 5 minutes with 12,500miles and €27 in fees. Excellent call centre service.
Thoroughly pleased with the result and looking forward to using a few more A3 miles for trips like this. Thanks Aegean!