Not eligible to use miles for Merchandise Awards
Dec 28, 2014, 1:07 am
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Apr 17, 2015, 3:11 pm
#17
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False advertising
I have about 25,000 united miles about to expire. I received a merchandise rewards catalog. I thought great, I wouldn't lose my miles. I too had the same statement from the merchandise page that I was not eligible for merchandise. The only clear disqualifier on the website is if you don't live in the continental US (I do) & there is NOTHING on the merchandise guide that was mailed to ME that says I cannot use my miles for merchandise. Only when I called on the phone was I told about needing to be an elite member or have the credit card. I would call this false advertising & pretty crappy of United.
Apr 17, 2015, 3:20 pm
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Welcome to FT!, travellove14
T&Cs state
Some of the others don't require Premier / elite status
Restaurant gift certs
Magazine / Newspaper
Flowers
Charities
.....
Other options in the wiki of http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...5-forward.html
Merchandise Awards are available to Premier members and/or United MileagePlus Chase Cardmembers who in each case are also members with a MileagePlus account address in the 48 contiguous United States.
Restaurant gift certs
Magazine / Newspaper
Flowers
Charities
.....
Other options in the wiki of http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...5-forward.html
Apr 17, 2015, 9:16 pm
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If I had 25,000 miles about to expire I would either use them to fly someplace or transfer them to some one else.
To each their own if you got them to burn.
But the merchandise awards are some of the worst value for miles I have ever seen.
To each their own if you got them to burn.
But the merchandise awards are some of the worst value for miles I have ever seen.
Apr 17, 2015, 9:41 pm
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May 26, 2015, 4:29 am
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And transferring miles to someone else is so expensive that it may not be worth it. It normally costs ~$400 to transfer just 25,000 miles (which is the annual transfer limit to a given account). A VERY bad deal -- potentially even worse than using miles to buy merchandise! @:-)