Fly this weekend and save up to 10,000 miles

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Feb 23, 2010, 9:18 am

as219

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Fly this weekend and save up to 10,000 miles

The link is here.

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We're making it easier for you to use your miles this weekend.

For a limited time, we’ve reduced the number of miles you need for a United Economy® class Saver Award trip for this weekend. With this offer, you can save as many as 10,000 miles to select cities.

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Book online through Friday, February 26
Depart on Saturday, February 27
Return on Monday, March 1 or Tuesday, March 2

Some of the deals are not bad, including IAD-SAN for 17,000.

True, the timeframe is limited, but if you were going to go anyway, it's not shabby at all. ^

Feb 23, 2010, 9:20 am

DEN_exiled_to_PHL

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Interesting. An award e-fare...

Thanks for posting.

Feb 23, 2010, 9:25 am

kainalu

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Sometimes it's not "if you were going to go anyway", its "where should I go now?"

Feb 23, 2010, 9:27 am

rch4u

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Originally Posted by as219

Some of the deals are not bad, including IAD-SAN for 17,000.

Maybe if United wasn't charging $561 for IAD-SAN, they could have actually sold those seats.

Feb 23, 2010, 9:36 am

as219

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Originally Posted by rch4u

Maybe if United wasn't charging $561 for IAD-SAN, they could have actually sold those seats.

Which flights are you looking at?

I'm seeing IAD-SAN on 2/27, SAN-DEN-IAD on 3/1 for about $300.

Feb 23, 2010, 10:48 am

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Originally Posted by rch4u

Maybe if United wasn't charging $561 for IAD-SAN, they could have actually sold those seats.

No kidding. Some of their routes have been so overpriced lately that I'm not surprised by them selling last minute awards for a reduction. I would consider taking an ORD-PDX for 17k if I didn't already have flights planned this weekend.

Feb 23, 2010, 11:02 am

rch4u

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Originally Posted by as219

Which flights are you looking at?

I'm seeing IAD-SAN on 2/27, SAN-DEN-IAD on 3/1 for about $300.

All routings IAD-SAN, various dates in March.

Feb 23, 2010, 11:10 am

as219

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Originally Posted by rch4u

All routings IAD-SAN, various dates in March.

Oh. I was only looking at 2/27-3/1 or 3/2.

Feb 24, 2010, 1:48 pm

paytonc

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Weekend Reduced Mileage Awards (e-fares with miles)

[whoops, new search found existing thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...000-miles.html. Mods, please combine.]

Hub cities to CONUS destinations this weekend for 15,000 or 17,000 miles. 15,000 is generally short-haul, but also some like ORD-PVD or LAX-ASE (!); for 17,000 you can go SFO-PIT, DEN-CHS, ORD-PDX, or IAD-AUS.

http://www.united.com/page/article/1...le=fs9_eAwards

T&Cs: http://www.united.com/page/article/1,,53379,00.html

Perhaps further evidence of creeping Continentalization, of course, since CO has done this with their e-fares for years:
http://www.continental.com/web/en-US...s/default.aspx

Last edited by paytonc; Feb 24, 2010 at 1:50 pm Reason: duplicate thread