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United Award Accelerator devalued!

I wrote about the United miles accelerator a few months ago, which allowed you to essentially purchase miles on a reservation for 2.1-2.2 cents. However, it seems that United has devalued the rate at which you purchase miles through their Award accelerator. I looked up three separate reservations today that I already had and they were…

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HUGE UNITED DEVALUATION

This is awful. Expected, but it seems the severity of the changes are absolutely awful. United has revised award chart prices for Star Alliance and United metal awards. http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/news/United-Award-Chart-02-01-14.pdf For reference, here is the old award chart. Here is the new star alliance chart: There’s a lot of numbers, but Europe in Business goes from 50k…

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25% Bonus Hotel Transfer Promo to United

United is offering a transfer promotion for conversion of hotel points to United Miles where you can earn a 25% bonus on transferred miles to a maximum of 20,000. The hotel partners include: Wyndham Marriott Hilton Shangri-La IHG Club Carlson Hertz Hyatt Choice Privileges Transfers must be initiated before November 30. The only transfers that might…

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