Sprint Partners with UAL
 

Welcome Sprint! It is our personal pleasure to let you know about an exciting new partnership, which offers you more of what you want - bonus miles. By simply switching to Sprint long-distance service, you can now earn up to 6,000 bonus miles.

Earn

Up to 5,000 bonus miles by switching to Sprint residential long-distance.*
1,000 additional bonus miles when you sign up for Sprint long distance online.**
5 miles for every $1 you spend with Sprint excluding taxes, credits, surcharges, fees and operator services.

Does this include Sprint PCS?

California residents can choose this plan and receive 6,000 bonus miles:

www.sprint.com/utdsimple

I got this offer in the mail today. I noticed in the fine print on the back that they'll be charging excise tax on the miles awarded.

I hate that!

They charge tax on NW miles they offer now. Not as much fun as actually getting something for free is it ...

I went into the Sprint webpage and if you drill down to the fine print in the rules, they can charge a $20 "early termination fee" if you cancel within 1 year.

http://shop.sprint.com/residential/voiceservices/airlines/detail/detail.jsp?bmUID=1037973879718&airline=United istheir general offer page for Sprint/UA

[This message has been edited by gercohen (edited 11-22-2002).]

Related discussion in United forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum50/HTML/015560.html

It's my understanding that you must contact Sprint CS to receive your credit for switching.

Now includes Sprint PCS

http://www.united.com/page/article/0,1360,50128,00.html

I value airline miles (a little conservatively) at 1 cent per mile, so the 6,000 mile UA/Sprint promotion is worth $60. My local phone company charges $5 to switch long distance carriers. Add the $6 excise tax and $20 potential early termination fee, and the margin on this promotion, and others like it, gets pretty thin. Darn this recession!

To receive a $5 credit for switching, go to www.sprintbiz.com/redeem ,enter your customer # and Redemption Code EFA.

I switched this morning, for a total of 8,000 miles. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Discussion on United forum at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum50/HTML/015560.html.

Also, there is a toll-free number that you can call that will play back a recorded announcement of who your long distance provider is. Good for checking when the new carrier is activated on your line:

1-700-555-4141.

Update: 1/23/03 - I've edited the URL above to correct the presence of a . at the end of the referenced URL which was causing the link to fail. It should work now. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Also, I received my confirmation materials from Sprint in the mail yesterday of the switch.

[This message has been edited by tayd (edited 01-22-2003).]

You can also check your local toll carrier
by dialing NPA-700-4141 or 1+NPA-700-4141
(NPA=Area Code) add the 1+ if necessary

TW

Thanks! This is a great little find.