Confused about Reward Points/UA
Aug 27, 2014, 8:11 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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Confused about Reward Points/UA
Hi, I'm new to all of this, so please forgive me in advance. I intend to use my ultimate rewards at some point for air travel, and have read that transferring to United is among the best options. My confusion is that the UA Saver Award is 50,000 miles RT (PHL-SFO) pp. However, if I booked through Chase Rewards, it would only cost ~80,000 points for 2. Am I correct that I would be better ordering through Ultimate Rewards vs. transferring points to UA?
Aug 27, 2014, 11:29 am
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The recommendation to transfer to an airline partner is a generalization. There will always be exceptions for specific date/route/cabin combinations.
Aug 27, 2014, 1:21 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Don't look only at UA. If no saver awards are available on any airline which flies the route, and if the published fare is still low enough that fewer than 50,000 points per person are required, it is very likely to be better to redeem points for a revenue ticket rather than transferring for a reward ticket.
The recommendation to transfer to an airline partner is a generalization. There will always be exceptions for specific date/route/cabin combinations.
The recommendation to transfer to an airline partner is a generalization. There will always be exceptions for specific date/route/cabin combinations.
Is United business class saver available by chance? You could transfer to Singapore and use 40K per person for business round trip on United.