Originally Posted by
jsloan
If those trips would be on UA, or can be ticketed on UA, the ETC is clearly a better deal. If not, take the cash. Under no circumstances should you consider the MileagePlus miles — it’s hard to get $1000 of value out of 50K miles; it’s not always easy to get €600 in value out of them.
I can use it for anything ticketed through UA...so I'll take the ETC.
Thanks.