You said it. We're taking a ten-night Baltic cruise on Windstar in July -- purchased through United Cruises, so we'll get a tidy 40,000 miles afterward for our trouble. The total price in miles for two passengers if booked through the new award site instead? 1.1 million.

https://cruises.mileageplus.com/sc.d...atecode=&dsc=y

Based on the fare we paid, that's a redemption rate significantly below 1 cent/mile. Glad we used our miles on saver J to/from Europe instead.

Then again, I bet the vast majority of award reservations made on the new site will be three-night Caribbean cruises, so pretty sure United will do just fine.