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United seems to have launched a new Mileplay offer today (27 February). Log in here to see your offer: https://promotions.united.com/offers/mileplay
Terms and conditions
Eligibility:
• Only original offer recipients can register for and participate in this promotion.
• Promotion code: T011MA
How to participate:
• Member must register for this promotion on or prior to May 10, 2020. Only transactions initiated after registration and completed on or prior to May 10, 2020 will qualify toward satisfaction of the offer requirements.
• Registrant must complete all activity specified in the offer to receive bonus award miles. Partial bonuses for completing only certain activity will not be awarded. Bonus award miles may only be earned once.
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• Qualifying trip requirements:
1. Trip (as defined below) booking must be made after registration.
2. All flight activity for applicable Trip must be complete on or prior to May 10, 2020.
3. Each Trip must have a fare (as defined below) equal to or greater than {offers vary}.
4. The final fare amount for the Trip will be used to determine satisfaction of offer requirements, including itinerary changes that result in an increase or decrease to the fare and paid upgrades that result in an increase to the fare.
• “Trip” is defined as each unique travel itinerary as documented by United with a confirmation number.
• For this promotion, only dollars spent on the "fare" on eligible flights operated by United® and United Express® will qualify toward meeting spending milestones. Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones. Dollars spent on tickets purchased for flights operated by Star Alliance™ member airline or a United MileagePlus® partner airline with tickets issued by United (ticket number starting with "016") will not qualify for this offer. The "fare" is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges. For tickets purchased in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we will convert the purchase to U.S. dollars using an industry standard exchange rate. Please note that the price displayed when purchasing a ticket on united.com includes up to a 7.5% U.S. Federal Transportation Tax on the base amount of the fare on itineraries wholly within the United States. This tax also applies to certain itineraries between the United States and Canada or Mexico.
• Offer is not valid on government fares.
• Flights on award travel tickets do not qualify for meeting the requirements of this offer.
• E-Ticket purchase is required. Service charges for ticketing with a United representative in the 50 United States, District of Columbia and Canada are $25 by phone, $30 at a City Ticket Office and $35 in person at the airport. Ticketing charges may vary outside of the U.S. and Canada and based on MileagePlus status level. The ticketing service charge does not apply for tickets purchased on united.com. Service charges are subject to change without notice.
Other important information:
• This offer is not combinable with other non-combinable offers.
• Miles earned through this promotion do not count toward Premier status or Million Miler Status and do not apply to class-of-service bonus miles, Premier bonus miles or promotional Premier qualifying miles.
• Qualifying activity must be posted to the applicable member's MileagePlus account in order to qualify for this offer.
• Bonus miles will post to your MileagePlus account six to eight weeks after the promotion ends on May 10, 2020.
• Offer ends at 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Central Time) on May 10, 2020.
• If transactions are reversed or canceled or refunds occur such that the offer requirements are not satisfied, applicable miles will not be awarded or will be deducted from the MileagePlus member account.
• All calculations and other determinations made in connection with this offer will be made by United in its discretion and are considered final.
• Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
• Miles accrued, awards, and benefits issued are subject to change and are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program, including without limitation the Premier® program (the "MileagePlus Program"), which are expressly incorporated herein. United® may change the MileagePlus Program including, but not limited to, rules, regulations, travel awards and special offers or terminate the MileagePlus Program at any time and without notice. United and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents are not responsible for any products or services of other participating companies and partners. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the member. Bonus award miles, award miles and any other miles earned through non-flight activity do not count toward qualification for Premier status unless expressly stated otherwise. The accumulation of mileage or Premier status or any other status does not entitle members to any vested rights with respect to the MileagePlus Program. All calculations made in connection with the MileagePlus Program, including without limitation with respect to the accumulation of mileage and the satisfaction of the qualification requirements for Premier status, will be made by United Airlines® and MileagePlus in their discretion and such calculations will be considered final. Information in this communication that relates to the MileagePlus Program does not purport to be complete or comprehensive and may not include all of the information that a member may believe is important, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the information on the united.com website and the MileagePlus Program rules. United and MileagePlus are registered service marks. See additional MileagePlus rules and conditions.
Eligibility:
• Only original offer recipients can register for and participate in this promotion.
• Promotion code: T011MA
How to participate:
• Member must register for this promotion on or prior to May 10, 2020. Only transactions initiated after registration and completed on or prior to May 10, 2020 will qualify toward satisfaction of the offer requirements.
• Registrant must complete all activity specified in the offer to receive bonus award miles. Partial bonuses for completing only certain activity will not be awarded. Bonus award miles may only be earned once.
{offers vary}
• Qualifying trip requirements:
1. Trip (as defined below) booking must be made after registration.
2. All flight activity for applicable Trip must be complete on or prior to May 10, 2020.
3. Each Trip must have a fare (as defined below) equal to or greater than {offers vary}.
4. The final fare amount for the Trip will be used to determine satisfaction of offer requirements, including itinerary changes that result in an increase or decrease to the fare and paid upgrades that result in an increase to the fare.
• “Trip” is defined as each unique travel itinerary as documented by United with a confirmation number.
• For this promotion, only dollars spent on the "fare" on eligible flights operated by United® and United Express® will qualify toward meeting spending milestones. Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones. Dollars spent on tickets purchased for flights operated by Star Alliance™ member airline or a United MileagePlus® partner airline with tickets issued by United (ticket number starting with "016") will not qualify for this offer. The "fare" is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges. For tickets purchased in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we will convert the purchase to U.S. dollars using an industry standard exchange rate. Please note that the price displayed when purchasing a ticket on united.com includes up to a 7.5% U.S. Federal Transportation Tax on the base amount of the fare on itineraries wholly within the United States. This tax also applies to certain itineraries between the United States and Canada or Mexico.
• Offer is not valid on government fares.
• Flights on award travel tickets do not qualify for meeting the requirements of this offer.
• E-Ticket purchase is required. Service charges for ticketing with a United representative in the 50 United States, District of Columbia and Canada are $25 by phone, $30 at a City Ticket Office and $35 in person at the airport. Ticketing charges may vary outside of the U.S. and Canada and based on MileagePlus status level. The ticketing service charge does not apply for tickets purchased on united.com. Service charges are subject to change without notice.
Other important information:
• This offer is not combinable with other non-combinable offers.
• Miles earned through this promotion do not count toward Premier status or Million Miler Status and do not apply to class-of-service bonus miles, Premier bonus miles or promotional Premier qualifying miles.
• Qualifying activity must be posted to the applicable member's MileagePlus account in order to qualify for this offer.
• Bonus miles will post to your MileagePlus account six to eight weeks after the promotion ends on May 10, 2020.
• Offer ends at 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Central Time) on May 10, 2020.
• If transactions are reversed or canceled or refunds occur such that the offer requirements are not satisfied, applicable miles will not be awarded or will be deducted from the MileagePlus member account.
• All calculations and other determinations made in connection with this offer will be made by United in its discretion and are considered final.
• Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
• Miles accrued, awards, and benefits issued are subject to change and are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program, including without limitation the Premier® program (the "MileagePlus Program"), which are expressly incorporated herein. United® may change the MileagePlus Program including, but not limited to, rules, regulations, travel awards and special offers or terminate the MileagePlus Program at any time and without notice. United and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents are not responsible for any products or services of other participating companies and partners. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the member. Bonus award miles, award miles and any other miles earned through non-flight activity do not count toward qualification for Premier status unless expressly stated otherwise. The accumulation of mileage or Premier status or any other status does not entitle members to any vested rights with respect to the MileagePlus Program. All calculations made in connection with the MileagePlus Program, including without limitation with respect to the accumulation of mileage and the satisfaction of the qualification requirements for Premier status, will be made by United Airlines® and MileagePlus in their discretion and such calculations will be considered final. Information in this communication that relates to the MileagePlus Program does not purport to be complete or comprehensive and may not include all of the information that a member may believe is important, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the information on the united.com website and the MileagePlus Program rules. United and MileagePlus are registered service marks. See additional MileagePlus rules and conditions.
New Mileplay Promotion (complete by 10 May 2020)
#46
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: LAX
Posts: 211
2 trips of $200 for 14,000 miles. I think I will make it work this time. The past few mileplay promos were not very good.
Just to give y'all some background on my flights: last trip I booked with UA was 2/14/2020 IAD-AUS one way which was booked some time in December 2019. Had no other travel plans on UA in my queue.
I'm curious for those of you who have low mile offers (i.e.: those in the 2,500 or 5k range): did you have any trips in your queue that were already made through May 10? If I were to guess what the algorithms were for United's mileplay, it's to encourage travelers to buy flights during periods that they would otherwise not buy. The so-called carrot on the stick. Well, they certainly won me over and I will make a trip out of this to chase after those award miles.
Just to give y'all some background on my flights: last trip I booked with UA was 2/14/2020 IAD-AUS one way which was booked some time in December 2019. Had no other travel plans on UA in my queue.
I'm curious for those of you who have low mile offers (i.e.: those in the 2,500 or 5k range): did you have any trips in your queue that were already made through May 10? If I were to guess what the algorithms were for United's mileplay, it's to encourage travelers to buy flights during periods that they would otherwise not buy. The so-called carrot on the stick. Well, they certainly won me over and I will make a trip out of this to chase after those award miles.
#49
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: CT/NY
Programs: UA 1K/1MM, AA EXP, Marriott LT Titanium, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Plat Amb
Posts: 6,020
That may or may not be accurate. I achieve one of 2 goals last time, and got another one this time around.
#50
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 748
#51
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: LAX
Posts: 211
Wow, if you value miles at 1.5 CPM that's $1,500 for $4000 in spend, or a return of 38%. That's gotta be one of the better offers.
#53
Join Date: May 2017
Location: BCN/STL
Programs: Marriott Titanium, United Silver, SW A List Preferred
Posts: 42
Unfortunately, my current travel plans make it unlikely to meet even half the requirement (cruelly enough, if it ended June 1, I'd definitely get it.
If something changes, and I can meet one of the requirements, then I might look at finding a way to make it happen. But, spending $4,000 (likely more, because it's doubtful I'd find two flights at exactly $2,000) just to hit the bonus sounds tempting, but doesn't make sense. If all I wanted was the ego boost of adding 100,000 miles, I'd take advantage of their current 85% bonus on miles, which would cost less than half.
#54
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: MFR
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,885
#56
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: MFR
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,885
#57
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Honolulu Harbor
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 15,025
Nice tip! I only have one trip to book for early May - I can book it as 3 one ways at no extra cost and then try a SDC on an existing March trip to see if I get lucky in getting to count as 4th hurdle. April trip to London is on AC, so no help there.
#58
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
That is a nice tip. Unfortunately I actually booked the times that I want.
I have a Hawaii time trip coming up that would meet this requirement if I had booked it as 2 one ways.. but it was $30 cheaper to book a round trip.
For 14k miles it's probably not worth the change fee + $30 fare increase to split it. I have been considering a $309 confirmed upgrade to F for my red-eye return -- I assume that would cause a re-ticket? I generally refuse to pay for F on 737s, but a 14k mile "rebate" would change that.
If I book another trip in the timeframe, I'll definitely do the upgrade to get the Hawaii trip to count.
I have a Hawaii time trip coming up that would meet this requirement if I had booked it as 2 one ways.. but it was $30 cheaper to book a round trip.
For 14k miles it's probably not worth the change fee + $30 fare increase to split it. I have been considering a $309 confirmed upgrade to F for my red-eye return -- I assume that would cause a re-ticket? I generally refuse to pay for F on 737s, but a 14k mile "rebate" would change that.
If I book another trip in the timeframe, I'll definitely do the upgrade to get the Hawaii trip to count.
#60
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,857
Standard MilePay link
https://promotions.united.com/offers/mileplay
And visible automatically UA phone app
https://promotions.united.com/offers/mileplay
And visible automatically UA phone app