Jan 31, 2018, 2:04 pm
Mile Play promotion #2 -- targeted book/travel X trips by 11 March 2018, get Y miles
Feb 1, 2018, 8:32 am
#61
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K 0.7MM (trying to get to 1MM!)
Posts: 1,272
Received my "offer" and it's " Book and take a trip in a premium cabin 4 times by March 11, 2018 to get 26,000 bonus award miles" - the fine print also states that "Each purchased fare must be a minimum of $450 to qualify".
May be they have noticed that I booked a lot of P fares in 2017?
I will continue to do so in 2018, and in fact already have 2 F bookings, so another 2 F bookings to get 26,000 miles should be no issue at all ^ Too bad this promo ends in March as I also have a EWR-CDG-EWR booked in P for May !
May be they have noticed that I booked a lot of P fares in 2017?
I will continue to do so in 2018, and in fact already have 2 F bookings, so another 2 F bookings to get 26,000 miles should be no issue at all ^ Too bad this promo ends in March as I also have a EWR-CDG-EWR booked in P for May !
^
Feb 1, 2018, 8:46 am
#62
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Philadelphia, LAX, Paris
Programs: UA 1K/2MM, SPG/Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Lifetime HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, AA Exec Plat
Posts: 3,326
The other one was booked a while back so too bad. So I will have to book and fly F on P fares 3 more times instead of 2. Sucks a bit but no big deal.
Feb 1, 2018, 9:14 am
#64
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: New Jersey
Programs: United MileagePlus Plat, IHG Spire, Hilton,Miles&More
Posts: 47
Earn 36,000 miles
Qualified again as a Plat. for 2018.
Received offer to get 36,000 Miles after completing 2 trips in Premium Cabin. Minimum spend $800 each trip.
I registered for promo, will see if my schedule allows it!
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Received offer to get 36,000 Miles after completing 2 trips in Premium Cabin. Minimum spend $800 each trip.
I registered for promo, will see if my schedule allows it!
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Feb 1, 2018, 9:24 am
#65
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,416
I would be more annoyed not to receive any offer if I wasn't finding my 350k UA miles increasingly difficult to redeem for decent value.
Really focused these days on transferable currencies (Chase, AMEX, SPG) which can be used in programs that still offer reasonable award availability.
Really focused these days on transferable currencies (Chase, AMEX, SPG) which can be used in programs that still offer reasonable award availability.
Feb 1, 2018, 10:10 am
#67
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: BDL/NYC/BOS
Programs: UA/*A Gold, Global Entry, Marriott Plat, Hilton+IHG Gold, Hertz PC, DL
Posts: 1,751
the T&Cs for my minimum $125 spend trip state:
what counts and doesn't count as "fare" - is it simply the PQD amount? i know that in the receipt, the breakdown of PFCs, the 9/11 fee, etc. is viewable. i don't know where this can be seen prior to purchase.
only "fare" and "taxes and fees" are shown prior to purchase, and no breakdown thereof. are there usually included "carrier-imposed surcharges" contained within the "taxes and fees"?
"only dollars spent on the 'fare' on eligible flights.... will qualify toward meeting spending milestones. [...] The "fare" is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges."
only "fare" and "taxes and fees" are shown prior to purchase, and no breakdown thereof. are there usually included "carrier-imposed surcharges" contained within the "taxes and fees"?
Feb 1, 2018, 10:14 am
#68
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Our nation's capital
Programs: UA 1K & 0.6 MM
Posts: 781
I nearly fell over with (a) simply receiving the offer since it's been YEARS since I've qualified, and (b) with 93,000 miles with 2 trips with minimum $2k spend in a premium cabin.
Too bad it's not going to happen. Wah.
Too bad it's not going to happen. Wah.
Feb 1, 2018, 10:21 am
#69
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: UA 1K & 2MM, Bonvoy Titanium & LTP, HH Gold, Accor Silver, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 2,349
Presumably for those not receiving offers, such as myself, the reason is that we have travel booked? In my case, I have almost $8K in travel recently booked, on fares ranging from W to Z for int'l travel. Much as I would love 80K extra miles for those bookings, United would be pretty stupid to make me that offer. I'd have cancelled and rebooked and got those miles for half a cent apiece.
Feb 1, 2018, 10:29 am
#70
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: CLE
Programs: United, Hilton, Marriott, Hertz, National
Posts: 189
My offer was take one trip in a premium cabin (minimum $2,000 fare) and get 6,000 award miles. I am expecting to take a trip starting on March 12 that would meet the cabin and fare requirements, but even if I move it up a day I wouldn't get the bonus as the trip must be completed by March 11. Oh well.
Feb 1, 2018, 10:39 am
#71
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Programs: Military Space-A, UA Plat, AS MVP Gold 75K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,246
Don't think either of us got an email, but clicked the link. Nothing for me, but DH got:
Book and take a trip (minimum of $150) 1 time by March 11, 2018 to get 6,000 bonus award miles.
Might be worth it.
Strange targeting, though. We're both Platinum with exactly the same trips taken and planned for the year. But, it might be worth a mileage run for him alone, as I still have the MP Select card that gives me 5K PQMs annually, and that usually goes to waste as I travel with him and he needs to keep going when I've reached my goal.
Book and take a trip (minimum of $150) 1 time by March 11, 2018 to get 6,000 bonus award miles.
Might be worth it.
Strange targeting, though. We're both Platinum with exactly the same trips taken and planned for the year. But, it might be worth a mileage run for him alone, as I still have the MP Select card that gives me 5K PQMs annually, and that usually goes to waste as I travel with him and he needs to keep going when I've reached my goal.
Feb 1, 2018, 11:19 am
#74
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: JAX
Programs: UA Plat MM, AA Gold MM, Marriott LTT, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,770
My offer is for 5 trips >$275 by Mar. 11 for 20K miles. 5 trips is more than I have planned for by Mar. 11.
I have a trip planned for RIC-CDG/FRA-RIC Mar. 3 to Mar. 14 which will not count (Mar. 3 RIC-CDG) since I cannot ticket one-ways without paying through the nose. I also saw fares for RIC-LAX for $274 that would not count.
$285 one-way SFO-RIC will have base fare below $275 so that would not count either.
I have a trip planned for RIC-CDG/FRA-RIC Mar. 3 to Mar. 14 which will not count (Mar. 3 RIC-CDG) since I cannot ticket one-ways without paying through the nose. I also saw fares for RIC-LAX for $274 that would not count.
$285 one-way SFO-RIC will have base fare below $275 so that would not count either.
Feb 1, 2018, 11:22 am
#75
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP, UA Gold
Posts: 98
My offer is for 2 premium cabin trips (unfortunately >$2k each) will get me 160,000 miles. If my upcoming trips weren't already booked, that's a sizeable incentive but as of now probably won't be able to take advantage of it