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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #460 on: August 08, 2021, 05:47:33 AM »
If i upgrade a ticket to Economy plus, will that give me a 2nd bag free from EWR-TLV?

 As well anyway to use my united travel bank balance to upgrade a siblings account, meaning a siblings flight?
econ plus only gets one bag

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #461 on: August 23, 2021, 04:03:15 PM »
Flying with wife and kids. If wife is authorized user on explorer card would that give us an extra 2 free checked luggages?

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #462 on: August 23, 2021, 05:07:54 PM »
Flying with wife and kids. If wife is authorized user on explorer card would that give us an extra 2 free checked luggages?
Yes & No. That benefit is only for the primary cardholder. Assuming the primary is flying, them and 1 companion on the same reservation are each entitled to their first bag free of charge.
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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #463 on: August 23, 2021, 07:51:31 PM »
Yes & No. That benefit is only for the primary cardholder. Assuming the primary is flying, them and 1 companion on the same reservation are each entitled to their first bag free of charge.
to clarify, i have one reservation with myself (primary) wife (au) and kids, would i be entitled to 2 checked in bags or 3?
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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #464 on: August 24, 2021, 05:11:37 PM »
to clarify, i have one reservation with myself (primary) wife (au) and kids, would i be entitled to 2 checked in bags or 3?
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Two checked bags

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #465 on: August 25, 2021, 09:29:20 PM »
https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-airlines-money-miles-awards/

Taking bets what value they are going to give per mile.

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #466 on: August 25, 2021, 09:30:44 PM »
And add the $95 AF to my donation amount?  ;) I know @Dan loves this card (UE) but somehow I haven't gotten much value out of it yet.
If you aren't flying much and aren't using the free luggage benefit it is very hard to justify keeping this card

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #467 on: August 26, 2021, 09:45:34 AM »
to clarify, i have one reservation with myself (primary) wife (au) and kids, would i be entitled to 2 checked in bags or 3?
thanks
His answer is correct, but just to re-clarify, AU means nothing on this card. The reason you are getting that bag is because she's on your reservation, not because she's an AU.
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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #468 on: August 26, 2021, 10:09:36 AM »
Anybody do United upgrades?

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #469 on: August 26, 2021, 11:11:55 AM »
Memories last forever, make them while you can.

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #470 on: September 01, 2021, 03:45:37 PM »
Transfer hotel ponts to united and get 30% bonus.
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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #471 on: September 30, 2021, 05:09:46 AM »
Where does United mention free carry on, on Basic Economy for Explorer members?

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #472 on: September 30, 2021, 04:05:49 PM »
Where does United mention free carry on, on Basic Economy for Explorer members?

Hope this helps:

https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/baggage/carry-on.html




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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #473 on: September 30, 2021, 05:35:40 PM »
I'm 1K but had little activity this year - got only 5,650 PQPs. 
I've seen the "Fly to finish" and "breakout" promotions, but didn't fully understand what's the best strategy to requalify this year.I'm willing to do some quick mile-runs (sounds like that will help with the "breakout" promo).
Any suggestions on what's the best/fastest way to qualify again for 1K?

Thanks!

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #474 on: September 30, 2021, 09:15:19 PM »
has united changed their saver award calendar? I'm seeing the "dotted lines" which supposedly indicate premium saver award yet when I click that day it does not show saver award only "everyday award"

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #475 on: October 30, 2021, 10:12:46 PM »
How little can to put on your united card (when combining with travelbank) for the free bags? $1 enough? 25 cents?

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #476 on: October 31, 2021, 12:44:54 AM »
How little can to put on your united card (when combining with travelbank) for the free bags? $1 enough? 25 cents?
I just did $1.29 and the rest travelbank and I got the credit card benefits.
120 characters? Hmm, I wonder what I could write with 64 characters. Boy, it's gonna be hard to use up 15 characters. W-

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #477 on: October 31, 2021, 11:33:27 AM »
How little can to put on your united card (when combining with travelbank) for the free bags? $1 enough? 25 cents?
I tried .40 cents and it said their is something wrong with my card.
I then did $1 and the transaction went through.

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #478 on: November 08, 2021, 03:07:26 PM »
If I book a ticket together with a silver member [so I can get an economy plus seat and checked bags] and the silver member changes the flight, do I still get the privileges or must I be on the same flight?

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Re: United Mileage Plus
« Reply #479 on: November 17, 2021, 11:08:33 PM »
There appears to be a new feature enabling use of miles + cash on revenue tickets. From what I’ve checked it’s a value of 1cpp. Not great but may be helpful for some.
https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/mileageplus/awards/moneyplusmiles.html?campaign_type=cce