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Old May 13, 2006 | 9:08 pm
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itsme
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Programs: united airlines
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when will "bonus" miles show up?

I don't suppose anyone has seen their "bonus" miles show up yet, have they? I have seen 1 mile/point for each $1 of taxes paid with my UA Platinum Visa and SPG AmEx, along with 5K of EQM for total spend of >$35K with the former, but no "bonus" miles yet. I gather that may take a couple of cycles, so I won't start fretting about it for awhile, though would be nice to have the benefit of our bargain sooner rather than later.

A different question in anticipation of paying 6/15 taxes with UA Visa for more of this double mile stuff - how quickly under normal circumstances can one pay their card balance and see their credit limit back up again? I have a substantial limit on my card, but I want to exceed it for this tax payment deal. If I pay online, drawing the money from my bank account, should I expect to see the credit line fully "restored" after a couple of days, or might I have to wait longer than that before I can pay additional taxes with the card?

I charged to my UA Visa back on 4/17, but am still waiting for the cycle to come around and see the money sucked out of my account. No bad to get a month of float on a substantial sum as part of the bargain. Will be sorry to give that added benie of the float up if I accelerate payment of the account balance in order to restore the credit limit and go at it again, but expect I must accept this for now, and maybe seek a higher credit limit in the future.

Any suggestions on how to further tweak this, if it can be further tweaked?
(And please reassure me that I will see all the miles I am expecting before too long, because 1.245 cpm works for me, but 2.49 cpm would not.)
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