March 18, 2025|United by Eric Lipkind United offers upgrades using cash and/or miles after making a reservation. Many times, if you want to upgrade using Mileage Plus miles, you will be waitlisted for the upgrade as the award fare class may not be available. However, now there is a new way to upgrade, and be guaranteed a […]
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Getting credits when fares drop on United
May 19, 2023|United by Eric Lipkind It is always annoying when you buy a plane ticket and then the fare drops in the days following. Sometimes, there is a way to get the lower fare on United. Did you know that if you purchase a nonrefundable ticket on United you can cancel the ticket and rebook […]
Discounted United Flights for 18-22 Year Olds
June 3, 2022|United by Eric Lipkind United is running a promotion through June 30th, where 18-22 year olds can get a 5% discount off flight purchases. Here are the steps to get the discount: Use the United app Sign-in to Mileage Plus Account Select ‘Book’ at the bottom of the navigation bar Select “Discounted travel (ages […]
My latest free travel and how I did it — $7,085 for $272
July 16, 2021|Autoslash, Turkish Airlines, United by Eric Lipkind If you’re looking to travel last-minute for free, it can be done! Let me explain. My son and I wanted to see a game in Dodger stadium. We live in New Jersey. So, within two weeks, I put together a trip at a minimal cost. Here’s how: […]
United PerksPlus devaluation
June 1, 2021|United United Perks PerksPlus is a program for business owners which allows the business to accumulate points for awards based upon dollars spent on airfare for its employees. This rewards program is in addition to the Mileage Plus program points. Today United did a major devaluation on many of the awards which is effective 9/1/21. […]
New United Budget Search Feature
March 3, 2021|United There is a new feature on United.com called Budget Search which the website says is still in beta testing. What this will do is show you the cheapest fares on a map from a particular city to other cities around the world with the airfare shown. The link is located on the home page […]
Trip Review – Punta de Mita, Mexico
December 24, 2020|Bonvoy, Marriott, United by Eric Lipkind Last month, amid rising Covid cases in the US, my wife, son, and I went to Punta de Mita Mexico. I had been keeping a close watch on cases in Nayarit, Mexico and compared to the US, they were miniscule. So off we went. My prior post mentioned how […]
My latest great points booking for $10,846 of travel for $339!
November 10, 2020|Airfare, Bonvoy, Marriott, Turkish Airlines, United By Eric Lipkind With Covid raging out of control and feeling a bit cooped up, we decided to book a vacation where Covid was low. After much research, we found the St. Regis in Punta Mita, Mexico. We had been there before and it is amazing. With Covid cases […]
Easy 10,000 United Mileage Plus Miles
October 12, 2020|United The Mileage Plus X app is a great app that acts like a shopping portal by letting you buy gift cards and earn United miles. Within the app there is a feature called Visa Rewards. This is activated by adding a United Visa card to your account. Visa Rewards is currently running […]
United ends change fees
August 30, 2020|United United offered a surprise today by eliminating change fees. They say there are no change fees for all tickets but basic economy. Basic economy has no change fees through 12/31/2020. Award tickets have no change fees and awards may be redeposited for miles until 30 days prior to travel. Additionally, United is […]
United extends no fee changes for purchases through April 30th
March 30, 2020|United By Eric Lipkind United has extended its no fee change policy for tickets purchased through April 30th. This is an extension from the original purchase date through March 31st. Tickets must be used within 12 months of the day of ticketing.
Extension on time for Chase United Card sign-up bonus
March 27, 2020|Chase, United By Eric Lipkind Many credit cards come with sign-up bonuses which require a certain amount of spend within a certain time frame. One such card is the Chase United Mileage Plus Business card. This card comes with a whopping 100,000 United Miles with $10,000 spend within 3 months of card opening. Given […]
Coronavirus policies at United and AMEX
March 19, 2020|AMEX, United by Eric Lipkind Hope everyone is staying safe. Just a few notes regarding how United and AMEX are handling Coronvirus related issues: United: If you purchased a ticket under the United flexible no-change fee waiver, just be aware that if you change to another flight in the future and the fare is […]
United caves to pressure
March 9, 2020|United by Eric Lipkind United seems to have caved to public scrutiny regarding its Conavirus change policy and is now allowing changes on flights through April 30th, regardless of when they were purchased, with no change fee. This was only after Delta announced the same. Their PR folks must be having a ton of […]
Does United care about you?
March 9, 2020|United by Eric Lipkind United is allowing you to change your tickets for no fee if you purchased them since March 3rd. They claim this is to help you in case you have issued traveling related to the Coronavirus. So sweet of them. It’s really a money grab. With people not buying tickets, they […]