United...$236, 0 Miles, 14,380 EQM, 20 EQS

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Dec 29, 2006, 5:04 pm

HepperSchepp

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United...$236, 0 Miles, 14,380 EQM, 20 EQS

So united is offering $75 voucher for 5,000 miles. And they are some pretty good fares NYC to CHI and there is the 1/2/3 25k miles thing. SO....This requires you take 10 RT's and you get an extra miles if your elite. But 10 Trips to Chicago for only $236? what a deal! This was the best i could find at a net cost 2500 miles and $25 for 1438 EQM or 1000 miles and $25 if your elite. Click here for a formated table.

Flight # Miles Trans Miles Tot EQM Trans EQM Tot $ Trans $ Tot
Starting Postion 5000 0 $-
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 0 0 $-
1 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 1438 1438 1438 $23.60 $(23.60)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 2438 1438 $(23.60)
Fly 1/2/3 Bonus 5000 7438 1438 $(23.60)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 2438 1438 $(23.60)
2 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 3876 1438 2876 $23.60 $(47.20)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 4876 2876 $(47.20)
Fly 1/2/3 Bonus 5000 9876 2876 $(47.20)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 4876 2876 $(47.20)
3 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 6314 1438 4314 $23.60 $(70.80)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 7314 4314 $(70.80)
Fly 1/2/3 Bonus 15000 22314 4314 $(70.80)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 17314 4314 $(70.80)
4 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 18752 1438 5752 $23.60 $(94.40)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 19752 5752 $(94.40)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 14752 5752 $(94.40)
5 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 16190 1438 7190 $23.60 $(118.00)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 17190 7190 $(118.00)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 12190 7190 $(118.00)
6 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 13628 1438 8628 $23.60 $(141.60)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 14628 8628 $(141.60)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 9628 8628 $(141.60)
7 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 11066 1438 10066 $23.60 $(165.20)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 12066 10066 $(165.20)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 7066 10066 $(165.20)
8 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 8504 1438 11504 $23.60 $(188.80)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 9504 11504 $(188.80)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 4504 11504 $(188.80)
9 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 5942 1438 12942 $23.60 $(212.40)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 6942 12942 $(212.40)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 1942 12942 $(212.40)
10 Fly CHI/NYC 1438 3380 1438 14380 $23.60 $(236.00)
BookOnline Bonus 1000 4380 14380 $(236.00)
Buy $75 Vouch -5000 -620 14380 $(236.00)

Last edited by HepperSchepp; Dec 30, 2006 at 10:11 am Reason: Added Link to formatted Table

Dec 29, 2006, 5:40 pm

JflyerYYZ

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So, as someone who doesn't know UA too well, does this require you to be a MP member?

Dec 29, 2006, 5:43 pm

gomike

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JflyerYYZ

So, as someone who doesn't know UA too well, does this require you to be a MP member?

YES you will

As for as the 1/2/3 bonus, it will only give you a max of 25000 for three flights, where are you getting that you get 5000 per flight?

Last edited by gomike; Dec 29, 2006 at 5:53 pm

Dec 29, 2006, 5:53 pm

HepperSchepp

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You need the 5,000 miles to get ball rolling. BUt you do get double miles on your first flight as a new member plus the 5000 bonus 1/2/3. So you could pay the $100 for the first round trip and you'd get...hmm 1400*2+1000+5000. 8400 miles for that. Enough to get the ball rolling..

Dec 29, 2006, 9:42 pm

hsxagent

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I might be the dense, but does the 10 trips = $236 all in with the use of the $75 certs per trip? If so not bad, if not this went way over my head.

Dec 29, 2006, 9:52 pm

olimaspecto

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I'm not getting this either. I don't understand how everything gets you to the $236 for 10 trips.

Dec 29, 2006, 10:01 pm

PhlyingRPh

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I too am somewhat confused.

Dec 29, 2006, 10:03 pm

lucky9876coins

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I think this would make the most sense if you only do it three times, no?

After the third, your mileage earning goes WAY down.

Dec 29, 2006, 10:13 pm

squawk7500

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Took a while to deconstruct this myself --

Seems he's using ORD-EWA @ 719 mi, & a fare of $98.60 (see TVLCTY)
Sooo -- $98.60 - $75 = $23.60 per trip -- x10.

Taken to an illogical extreme, if you start with a stash of 23,554mi, you hit 25k EQM at 17-1/2 trips, and spend $424.80.

FWIW: 15 trips will set you back $354.

EDIT: without the 1-2-3 bonii, you'd need 48.554 to start. Now you know

Last edited by squawk7500; Dec 29, 2006 at 10:28 pm

Dec 29, 2006, 10:15 pm

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bschaff1

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Ok, I think I figured it out...
You need to either be a new miles plus member or a Premier Exec or 1k with double RDM miles. You then redeem 5000 miles for a $75 cert and buy a round trip to NYC which can be done for $98.60. With the cert applied you will get the ticket in theory for $23.60 and 5000 RDM. For a RT to LGA you should get 1466 EQM and with the online booking bonus 3932 RDM. I might give this a try just for the heck of it.

Dec 29, 2006, 10:16 pm

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lucky9876coins

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Quote:

Originally Posted by squawk7500

Thanks for the explanation!^ If I had not already maxed out the offer, I would be in for this!

Dec 29, 2006, 10:49 pm

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fzwinter

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A note of caution - I recently booked a $97.10 fare LAX-LAS RT and had difficulty applying a $75 e-cert since the base fare was less than $75 ($72.56 I believe). After quite a while on the phone with web support, I was able to apply my e-cert to the entire base fare but it was a bit of a hassle. So I only got $72.56 off of the e-cert rather than $75.

Last edited by fzwinter; Dec 29, 2006 at 10:55 pm

Dec 29, 2006, 10:58 pm

#13

stivstiv

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But 5/10/25 T&C says you can only get the bonus once...

Dec 29, 2006, 11:05 pm

#14

3timesalady

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T&C (with link to FAQ on the same page) for the $25 and $75 certs, in case anyone needs it (from the united page)!

Dec 29, 2006, 11:07 pm

#15

bschaff1

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Yeah, it looks like the $75 cert on these fares knocks off only about $25 or so. However these certs seem to work pretty well on some west coast runs and you can do an ORD-SAN run for about $160 and get about 4100 EQM or so.

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