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The Next Shoe Drops: Here Is United’s Newly Devalued Unpublished Award Chart #UnitedUnfriendly
United devalued their elite program and killed their partner award charts yesterday.
But they really want to make sure they have no loyal members to...
United Removes Partner Airline Award Charts, Scott Kirby’s United Is Desperately Trying To Get Rid Of Loyalists #UnitedUnfriendly
United took a $5 billion taxpayer bailout earlier this month.
Today they devalued their elite status program and per Zach Griff, they also removed their...
This Is Why United’s Elimination Of Close-In Award Booking Fees Is Devastating News #UnitedUnfriendly #MileageMinus
United dropped the heartbreaking news on Friday afternoon that they will move MileagePlus from an award chart based redemption system to dynamically priced awards.
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United Copying Delta Again: Goodbye Award Charts And Close-In Fees #UnitedUnfriendly
Update: United has just published these changes on their website.
Overall, United MileagePlus is the best mileage program that exists today.
So naturally, United has decided...
Confirmed: Massive Devaluation For United Miles #UnitedUnfriendly
Yesterday I posted that award tickets booked on United.com or via United phone agents were pricing very strangely. The exact same flights could cost 80K, 92.5K,...
[Update: Slight Improvements Made To Partner Award Pricing] United Devalues Awards, Including A Big Price Hike On Most Europe Awards; Here Is United’s Updated...
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[American Increases Peak Award Rate By 67%] Egregious Devaluation: United Business Class Everyday Award Pricing To Tel Aviv Is Nearing Delta Skypesos Absurdity
Update: American has increased their top business class peak rate between JFK-Tel Aviv from 180K miles to 300K miles. Luckily, they still have a...
United Devalues Partner Lounge Access For Star Alliance Gold And Club Members
United updated their club page to show that as of 1/1, only Polaris business class passengers can access most partner (non-Star Alliance) lounges. Interestingly,...
With Scott Kirby As United’s New CEO, The Former America West Airlines/USAirways Leadership Now Control 2 Of The Big 3 US Airlines
Scott Kirby and Doug Parker teamed up at America West in the 1990s and reshaped that airline as a low cost carrier. They merged...
United Adds Mileage Surcharge For Close-In Award Bookings, Here Are Ways To Avoid Them
Well that didn't take long.
A day after United eliminated their award charts and was praised for eliminating the close-in fee as promised and retaining...
Here Are 9 Things You Need To Know About The Good, Bad, And Surprising Changes That United MileagePlus Made Today!
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Last Day To Book Awards With United’s Published Award Chart; Are We At The End Of The Road For The Amazing United Plan B...
Update: Today is the last day to book United awards with their published award chart before the chart is eliminated tomorrow. It's unknown if or how saver award pricing will change.
United Kills Mileage Based Elite Status, Credit Card And International Flight Spend Waiver, And More
How we got here:
The airline industry is proof of what happens when an oligopoly is allowed to dominate the market through buying up their...
Limited Time Offer: Earn Up To 100,000 Miles On The Awesome Chase United Explorer Business Card!
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United: Partner Award Rates May Be Higher When Charts Are Eliminated, Excursionist Perk Will Remain
Back in April, I wrote about United's planned devaluation for travel as of November 15. They are moving from award charts to dynamic pricing...
[Update: Now Confirmed!] Did United Leak An Upcoming Improvement To Their Upgrade System For Top-Tier Elites?
Update, 9/25: This new program has now been confirmed as written below. It will begin on 12/4/19.
Additionally, you can use 30 PlusPoints to go...
United Miles No Longer Expire: Good News Or A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing?
As of today, United miles will no longer expire:
Previously, miles expired after 18 months of inactivity unless you were a Chase United cardholder.
This copies...
Many Lufthansa First Class Awards Are Not Currently Bookable With United Miles; Has Starnet Blocking Returned Or Is This Just Another Bug?
Update: United has fixed this bug in record time!
Here’s How United Transformed Their Premium Club Card From Hero To Zero; The Worst Credit Card Devaluation Of All Time?
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It’s Been A Ruff Month For United, Will 4 Hours Of Compassion Training Fix The Airline?
United started the Chinese year of the dog off with a bark.
Anecdotally, United agents seem to be friendlier than say, American agents. But that's...
Is United’s Devaluation Significantly Worse Than Promised Or Is It Just A Bug?
Last week United eliminated most award stopovers, free one-ways, and round-the-world awards.
Tough pill to swallow, but that's the way the industry has gone and...
United *Enhancing* Award Booking Fees And Rules; 14 Examples Of United Stopover Awards You’ll No Longer Be Able To Book In 2 Months
Update, 10/5: Today is the final day to book a free one-way or stopover award with United miles.
Originally posted on 8/5:
Effective 10/6 you will...
United Duplicates Delta’s Revenue Based Mileage Earning System For 2015
United has once again duplicated a flyer unfriendly move initiated by Delta and will move to a revenue based fare structure effective 03/01/15.
United's CEO...
1 Day Until United Devaluation: What We Know, What We Don’t.
Update: United is delaying the implementation of the new award chart until Monday.
Book what you can today!
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@united Raising award levels by 87%!?! That's...
My Thoughts On The United Devaluation
I rushed to break the news and compile a chart of the pain in the wee-hours this morning about the United devaluation. Here are...
United Devalues Their Miles
So much for United's massive "Flyer Friendly" ad campaign. This is definitely a case of #UnitedUnfriendly
Tweet that out and let your voices be heard.
United...
[Update: Spirit Shareholders Reject Frontier Merger] Frontier And Spirit Plan To Merge And Create An Even Larger Terrible Airline
Update: After nearly 6 months of back and forth offers as Frontier and JetBlue improved their bids to acquire Spirit, Frontier refused to improve...
After American Adds Elite Mileage Earning To Basic Economy Tickets, Delta Will Remove All Mileage Earning From Basic Economy Tickets
Delta announced that for basic economy tickets booked as of today for travel starting in 2022, you will no longer earn any redeemable miles...
With American Looking At Ditching Award Charts, Hybrid Bank Points Look Better Than Ever
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WOW! American Now Eliminates Change Fees On International Tickets For Good!
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After years of devaluations and cuts, American has gone above and beyond in enhancing their...
7/22/20 News Roundup: Israel Flights, COVID-19 Thoughts, Cuomo, AA Adding Flights, JetBlue Ditching Long Beach, Hertz “Improvements”, DOT Complaint, Elon’s Negative Fine, And More!
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Sunday News Roundup 2/2/20: Coronavirus, RIP Kobe, Something Smells At American, Super Bowl Saturday, Stuck In Iran, 15K Lie-Flat Transcon, And More!
Some stories and deals don’t get their own post, but should get some coverage. Here are some quick takes on stories that caught my...
Earn Up To 65,000 Miles On My Favorite Airline Credit Card
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Uh-Oh: AA Eliminates Close-In Award Fees
American has eliminated the $75 close-in fee on award tickets effective immediately.
Delta and United previously did that and proved that we should always "Beware...
El Al Goes Dynamic, Removes The Ability To Search For Standard Award Tickets; Here’s What It Means For Matmid And Qantas Members
In 2015 Delta removed their award charts. They dynamically price their award tickets based on demand and sales that they run. United will do...
Airline And Hotel Program Devaluations Prove Why Transferable Point Currencies Are Critical
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American Continues To Lead The Major Airlines’ Race To The Bottom With Even Less Room Throughout Coach
Once upon a time, low cost airlines like Southwest offered no-frills service for less money.
My how times have changed.
Not only did the major network...
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