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Jan 29, 2014, 8:21 am
#301
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Look at this blog post discussing the current rates: http://boardingarea.com/canadiankilo...ator-devalued/
Not the award accelerator - you buy them right after you purchase a ticket and they are deposited to your account immediately.
Jan 29, 2014, 8:24 am
#302
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: BOS
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The only difference is that, as some have implied, the cpm may occasionally be a bit lower with a dummy reservation, though not much.
Jan 29, 2014, 8:32 am
#303
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 510
Sammyindc is talking about the Award Accelerator where it lets you buy additional miles for a flight. When viewing a booked reservation you will have the option to purchase additional miles which are posted shortly after purchase of the award accelerator and is separate than the miles posted after a flight.
So as sammyindc suggested above, I'd like to book a flight and add miles accelerator to it. When searching for such a flight, my goal is to get as cheap flight as possible with the highest possible miles.
For e.g. I'm trying to book Dallas to Houston. The price for a round trip is around $140 but it only gives me 400 miles.
Please excuse my ignorance as I'm relatively new to United.
Last edited by iluv2fly; Jan 29, 2014 at 9:23 am Reason: merge
Jan 29, 2014, 8:40 am
#304
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: U.K.
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You choose a flight (of over 2500 miles), then buy the accelerator miles, then cancel the flight. The purchased miles will get posted shortly after purchase.
Jan 29, 2014, 9:03 am
#305
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The price of the ticket is irrelevant, as you will cancel the ticket as soon as you purchase Award Accelerator. As long as you cancel within 24 hours, you will get a full refund, but you keep the miles you purchased through Award Accelerator.
Jan 29, 2014, 9:08 am
#306
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 510
So I just found this flight from New York to Los Angeles, giving around 4,900 points for a "round trip".
Now I'll see how much is the miles accelerator costing me.
Should I buy flexible fare?
Jan 29, 2014, 9:10 am
#307
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MCO, DCA, IAD
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So as sammyindc suggested above, I'd like to book a flight and add miles accelerator to it. When searching for such a flight, my goal is to get as cheap flight as possible with the highest possible miles.
For e.g. I'm trying to book Dallas to Houston. The price for a round trip is around $140 but it only gives me 400 miles.
Please excuse my ignorance as I'm relatively new to United.
For e.g. I'm trying to book Dallas to Houston. The price for a round trip is around $140 but it only gives me 400 miles.
Please excuse my ignorance as I'm relatively new to United.
Step 2: Once your ticket is purchased and ticketed; go to your reservation page, you will see the option to buy miles.
Step 3: click on the link and it will give you two options at 2 different prices, select the one that gives you what you need.
step 4: Once you purchased the miles, cancel the ticket.
Jan 29, 2014, 9:12 am
#308
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 510
Step 1: Book a flight from IAD to SFO for example (price doesn't really matter since you can cancel it).
Step 2: Once your ticket is purchased and ticketed; go to your reservation page, you will see the option to buy miles.
Step 3: click on the link and it will give you two options at 2 different prices, select the one that gives you what you need.
step 4: Once you purchased the miles, cancel the ticket.
Step 2: Once your ticket is purchased and ticketed; go to your reservation page, you will see the option to buy miles.
Step 3: click on the link and it will give you two options at 2 different prices, select the one that gives you what you need.
step 4: Once you purchased the miles, cancel the ticket.
Edit: Nevermind. I just read this "All customers booking at united.com have the opportunity to request 100% refund within 24 hours of ticketing"
Jan 29, 2014, 9:12 am
#309
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No need. You can cancel any ticket within 24 hours of booking for a full refund.
Jan 29, 2014, 9:21 am
#310
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 510
Almost done. Thanks a lot fellow FTers. Now I get 2 options to select from:
3,000 miles for $93
6,000 miles for $186
So I should select the second option, right? because if I select the first one, I'll only get 3,000 and I need 5,000 in total. Obviously the remaining 3,000 would be posted after the flight is completed.
Am I heading in the right direction?
Almost done. Thanks a lot fellow FTers. Now I get 2 options to select from:
3,000 miles for $93
6,000 miles for $186
So I should select the second option, right? because if I select the first one, I'll only get 3,000 and I need 5,000 in total. Obviously the remaining 3,000 would be posted after the flight is completed.
Am I heading in the right direction?
3,000 miles for $93
6,000 miles for $186
So I should select the second option, right? because if I select the first one, I'll only get 3,000 and I need 5,000 in total. Obviously the remaining 3,000 would be posted after the flight is completed.
Am I heading in the right direction?
Last edited by iluv2fly; Jan 29, 2014 at 10:23 am Reason: merge
Jan 29, 2014, 10:28 am
#312
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 510
No, because the option to buy miles is only shown after the ticket is purchased and ticketed. But I think it doesn't matter because no matter what itinerary I choose, the purchase rate is 3.1 cpm.
Jan 29, 2014, 3:52 pm
#313
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Oberlin
Posts: 15
Miles available after Feb 1st, any solutions?
I have chase Ultimate award available on Feb 7th which is my next statement day. A 50000 miles shortage I have may mess up my whole plan, I have a Multi-cities reservation plan, but I can only hold the ticket for 48 hours which is not enough for my miles become available. Any solutions here? I don't want to wait until the devaluation of UA miles come out. It doesn't seems to be possible to borrow miles and i can't hold ticket for 7 days.
Any suggestions from Flyers are welcomed, thanks
Any suggestions from Flyers are welcomed, thanks
Jan 29, 2014, 3:57 pm
#314
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Welcome to FT, Obiekang!
With only three days to go before your deadline, the only realistic choices I see are to buy the miles or accept the fact that you'll have to get your award at the new rates.
With only three days to go before your deadline, the only realistic choices I see are to buy the miles or accept the fact that you'll have to get your award at the new rates.
Jan 29, 2014, 4:00 pm
#315
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: SFO/SJC
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Unfortunately, your post count is too low to use Coupon Connection. You may have arranged a trade with someone else with a Sapphire account to front you the miles before the end of the month.