Never see one in the past.

I am not excited for the UA bonus given its charts and the cap of 25K.

However, if Aeroplan has another 35% bonus I think it is a better deal if you know how to avoid the YQ. Aeroplan had a tiered bonus 10-25-35 in the Spring and I took advantage of it. Then it had a flat 35% bonus in Summer again. So it is very likely it would have another bonus offer early next year.

While AC has announced it would not renew its contract with Aeroplan in 2020 when the current one expires, there are still enough time to make good use of the sweet spots and the routing benefits of Aeroplan, just my opinion. Aeroplan miles are also hard to get for those who are not based in Canada, versus UA miles are quite easy when Chase UR pts are easy to earn.

Bonus miles won't get posted before the hike in award chart. Might not be worth doing

They will be worth it. You just have to use them properly.

As im located in Oceania, the devaluation affects me greatly. Especially to Asia and Japan.

Has anyone redeem this so far? If so, any chance the bonus posted not long after?

I checked my history for the 2016 bonus and it was posted on 30th November.

Data Point for United

Order the CAT 1-5 TP before noon (EST) yesterday and the miles didn't show up this morning before noon (EST) but just check again just now (3pm EST) and it in my UA account.

Now the 6-8 weeks clock start and see when I will get my 25K bonus.

I hear you!

The Oceania to Asia will go up from 30/40 to 50/65 come Nov 1st!

That was a sweet spot on the UA chart. Now the devaluation makes it MORE expensive than the AA chart. Though of course with AA it is near impossible to book those routes due to CX and QF award seats on those routes are exceedingly hard to find. With UA you have TG availability all day long plus the sporadically available SQ seats.

Same. Bonus miles post simultaneously as opposed to UA where it can take 8 weeks.

I had considered redeeming to UA miles given I am based at SYD, but with the devaluation I have redeemed on BA for the 35% bonus. AA would be a great choice for AU-Asia routes especially to Japan. For *A I mostly use SQ as I prefer to fly with them anyway.

My next package redemption will most likely be on AA and AS (if/when they have bonus miles offer).

For me based at SYD, Aeroplan is probably not the best *A program for redemption especially with the change in 2020. Even with the deval UA can still be considered as the decent *A program to redeem, but I have SQ Krisflyer as my main program anyway and can access SQ long haul J/Suites awards. AS at least has QF and CX as redemption partners which would serve me well.

Anyone else having trouble access the site with the points/miles breakdown? I can't seem to get the page to load. It shows for a second before going blank.

https://www.marriott.com/rewards/usepoints/morepack.mi

same here!

Now that we have some AS metal coming to MCI on a daily basis, I've started to engage with that program. I'm planning on throwing an early 2018 TP their way.

Will kind of miss their breakup with AA, but will at least have the base MVP status by January 1, so it shouldn't be too different than flying them in prior years as an AA Gold. (Might even be better...)

Haven't tracked the history here w.r.t. to AS: I wonder if they ever have a bonus transfer promo?

While I'm generally not keen on UA in terms of actually having to fly them, they are still a pretty solid TP conversion, both for the bonus and the ability to redeem without tons of junk fees. I did one 2017 UA TP that basically paid for 4 seats together coming home from Europe over the holidays on LH metal. It's with the kids...just needed some simple 30k coach seats with no fuel surcharges...and UA was the only program that could deliver.

I'm having the same problem. I smash the escape button on my keyboard before it goes blank, that stops it from loading further.

Checking out early on a TP
 

Was curious if there is any penalty ( fee ) if you check out a few days early of a 7 night TP?

No penalty, you just won't get any points back.