I didn't see anywhere that Delta was a member of star alliance? If I get the Milage Plus Visa (United) and I fly Delta, I will get the miles?

gogoflyer

gogoflyer:
I think that you got a little confused!?!
Actually, StudentExplorer explained everything very nicely.
When you use (pay with!!) your United Credit Card you will get United Miles for each dollar you spent (may be more, I don't know) at your gas station, your supermarket .... fly Delta, American, whatever ....

United and Delta are non-alliance partners. You can get miles in your United account by flying Delta (and vice versa), but those miles are not treated the same as if you were flying an alliance partner. First, I think its only if the flights are domestic and also, the miles do not count towards your status miles that earn you elite status. In some cases, if you are an elite you would not get your elite bonus (you get miles above what you actually fly as a bonus, once you reach elite status).

You can also redeem miles from United for select awards flying Delta. These awards are more restrictive than if Delta was an alliance partner of United.

Hope this helps and didn't confuse the issue further.

[This message has been edited by GoingAway (edited 07-22-2003).]

I have taken the plunge! I am now a MP FF member and have applied for the United Airlines Milage Plus Visa! Thanks for all your help. Yes, I was confused about how to use the card. Thanks for putting some light on the subject. I still have a lot to learn but I think I have made a good choice. Here is a new offer I found that I don't think has been here yet.

http://www.unitedgreatoffer.com/

Thanks,
gogoflyer

You will get some great sign up bonuses with any credit card but I am a bit concerned that you believe the "free tickets" will be rolling in now. If you are only accruing miles by credit card purchases it could take a while to get enough miles for an award. The sign up bonuses are one time thing. It takes 25,000 miles to get a free domestic round trip ticket. You say that you would like 2 to 4 free tickets a year. There are sometimes bonuses for shopping at specific stores during a period of time but the general rule of thumb is $1 spent = 1 airline mile. Do you have $50,000 - $100,000 in credit card charges a year? Otherwise there is really no way to get that many "free tickets"

Thanks for posting this. That looks like a great offer to get miles.
However, many of us will have trouble faxing UNITED a recent frequent flier statement. Most of us opted month, years ago to receive the statement by e-mail.

Hello Prncess674, I didn't have a clue about anything connected with how to built FF miles when I started this but now I do realize that the free tickets will not be rolling in. However, I am very happy with all the info I have learned and will be satisfied to work towards any free trip as long as it will take. I am only doing this for the free ticket to fly somewhere. I don't need the miles for hotel stays as I own 2 gold crown timeshares. Thanks so much for helping me get the info I needed! This community is awesome!
usafan, that is bummers!
gogoflyer