Mile Play Promotion (9/2018)
Sep 12, 2018, 5:04 pm
#61
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: out my front door 60 min prior to IAH flight until they increased the check in time to 45 min
Programs: CO Platinum or UA 1K for so long, now almost 2MM
Posts: 322
I got 6 premium cabin trips each $2000 or more to get 120000 bonus miles in the next 49 days. Sure.
Sep 12, 2018, 5:04 pm
#62
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Orlando, FL
Programs: Marriott titanium elite, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 81
LOL, I'm sorry, but I think I got the worst promo in this thread so far:
You're on your way.Purchase and fly in Economy Plus® 1 time by October 31, 2018 to get 700 bonus award miles.
You're on your way.Purchase and fly in Economy Plus® 1 time by October 31, 2018 to get 700 bonus award miles.
Sep 12, 2018, 5:53 pm
#65
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Houston
Programs: UA GS 2.6MM & Lifetime UC, Qantas Platinum, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Platinum, HawaiianMiles
Posts: 8,703
I came to this thread knowing full well I wouldn't be eligible. I never am.
WAIT!!!
I checked and lo and behold, I AM ELIGIBLE!!!
"Book and take a trip in a premium cabin 2 times by October 31, 2018 to get 100,000 bonus award miles."
That's pretty impressive, except I have all travel booked until end of the year. Do I now cancel those trips and re-book them to be part of this promotion???
WAIT!!!
I checked and lo and behold, I AM ELIGIBLE!!!
"Book and take a trip in a premium cabin 2 times by October 31, 2018 to get 100,000 bonus award miles."
That's pretty impressive, except I have all travel booked until end of the year. Do I now cancel those trips and re-book them to be part of this promotion???
Sep 12, 2018, 6:39 pm
#66
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Aug 2003
Programs: UA 1K 1MM (finally!), IHG AMB-Spire, HH Diamond
Posts: 60,174
Sep 12, 2018, 6:44 pm
#67
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DAY
Programs: UA 1K 1MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Amex MR; Chase UR; Hertz PC; Global Entry
Posts: 10,159
"Book and take a trip in a premium cabin 4 times by October 31, 2018 to get 9,000 bonus award miles."
Not gonna happen. Bookings for remainder of the year are on AS, DL, BR, SQ, and CX.
First time I've been eligible for one in a while though. I wonder if it was triggered by crediting BR J to my MP account.
Not gonna happen. Bookings for remainder of the year are on AS, DL, BR, SQ, and CX.
First time I've been eligible for one in a while though. I wonder if it was triggered by crediting BR J to my MP account.
Fly 4 trips, each fare $300 or greater...and earn a whopping 3,600 miles.
I have not credited any flights to M+ except United-booked itineraries...so don't think that is a common denominator...
The good news is that I will probably hit this organically.
I agree with many others. No idea what United is trying to accomplish with these promotions and the criteria for them.
Sep 12, 2018, 6:51 pm
#68
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM
Posts: 6,362
After some intense research, I found following code United IT is using to run this promotion:
10 SCRPT ***2018 Promotion #121
20 PRINT "Book and take a trip in "
30 PRINT SYNTAX ;A
40 RND; 'choice' = A(" Economy Plus® "; " a premium cabin"; " ")
50 PRINT SYNTAX ;B
60 RND; 'choice' = B(""; "2 times"; "3 times"; "4 times"; "5 times"; "6 times")
70 PRINT " by October 31, 2018 to get"
80 'choice' = C(Value = Int((120000 * Rnd) + 100) ***Random number from 100 to 120,000
90 PRINT "bonus award miles."
100 RUN sub-ROUT; XCYX = /_fix DEN\catering
110 RUN sub-ROUT; TYXC = /_break EWR\catering
120 END
10 SCRPT ***2018 Promotion #121
20 PRINT "Book and take a trip in "
30 PRINT SYNTAX ;A
40 RND; 'choice' = A(" Economy Plus® "; " a premium cabin"; " ")
50 PRINT SYNTAX ;B
60 RND; 'choice' = B(""; "2 times"; "3 times"; "4 times"; "5 times"; "6 times")
70 PRINT " by October 31, 2018 to get"
80 'choice' = C(Value = Int((120000 * Rnd) + 100) ***Random number from 100 to 120,000
90 PRINT "bonus award miles."
100 RUN sub-ROUT; XCYX = /_fix DEN\catering
110 RUN sub-ROUT; TYXC = /_break EWR\catering
120 END
Sep 12, 2018, 8:32 pm
#72
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NYC, BLR, LHR, SIN and a few others
Programs: UA 1K 1.01 MM
Posts: 1,245
1K: tht - fly premium cabin 2 times through 31 Oct for 49,000 Miles, each purchased fare must be a minimum of $1,100
all my travel is already booked so likely won’t participate unless last minute travel come see up.
mrs tht (1K via MM) and 2 x mini tht did not qualify.
all my travel is already booked so likely won’t participate unless last minute travel come see up.
mrs tht (1K via MM) and 2 x mini tht did not qualify.
Sep 12, 2018, 8:46 pm
#73
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: EDI/GLA
Programs: DL 2 MM Unobtainum | UA 1.1MM Gold | MR Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 2,272
Color me shocked that I'm finally eligible for a promotion with UA.
Book and take a trip 2 times by October 31, 2018 to get 11,000 bonus award miles. (Minimum $175 per Trip).
Fortunately I haven't booked my itinerary for next month's trip to SF so I'll earn an easy 11k for spending a good amount of coin on UA versus DL.
Book and take a trip 2 times by October 31, 2018 to get 11,000 bonus award miles. (Minimum $175 per Trip).
Fortunately I haven't booked my itinerary for next month's trip to SF so I'll earn an easy 11k for spending a good amount of coin on UA versus DL.
Sep 12, 2018, 9:18 pm
#74
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,478
So I am just trying to understand this promo.
UA offers me 9000 miles for spending a minimum of $3000 on four flights. How does this make any sense at all? UA should know from my history that I actually might spend $3000 in 45 days if they offered me a big chunk of miles. But 9000 points is no incentive at all. It's actually kind of insulting. So with 1K already cleared, and a bunch of J tix booked on foreign carriers, UA will likely get nothing (or close to nothing) more from me through the end of the year.
Meanwhile, some are getting multiples of the miles offered for a tenth of the spend. Congrats on the good fortune. But how does that make any sense at all? Does UA think that someone who's induced by an offer of 90,000 miles to buy two Y tickets for a total of $300 will be so blown away by the quality of the United economy product that they will suddenly start spending thousands per year on UA?
The logic simply escapes me.
UA offers me 9000 miles for spending a minimum of $3000 on four flights. How does this make any sense at all? UA should know from my history that I actually might spend $3000 in 45 days if they offered me a big chunk of miles. But 9000 points is no incentive at all. It's actually kind of insulting. So with 1K already cleared, and a bunch of J tix booked on foreign carriers, UA will likely get nothing (or close to nothing) more from me through the end of the year.
Meanwhile, some are getting multiples of the miles offered for a tenth of the spend. Congrats on the good fortune. But how does that make any sense at all? Does UA think that someone who's induced by an offer of 90,000 miles to buy two Y tickets for a total of $300 will be so blown away by the quality of the United economy product that they will suddenly start spending thousands per year on UA?
The logic simply escapes me.
Sep 12, 2018, 9:21 pm
#75
formerly skyccord
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: United Premier Platinum, Hertz President Circle, Marriott/SPG Premier Plat Elite, Avis Preferred
Posts: 269
Book and take a trip 3 times by October 31, 2018 to get 7,400 bonus award miles at least $300/trip.