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United MileagePlus X App: Earn Extra United Miles From In-Store Purchases
United MileagePlus X App: Earn Extra United Miles From In-Store Purchases
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You may wonder if there is a way to earn extra miles or points when you shop in person at a local store. There is. United MileagePlus X is a unique app that allows you to earn bonus United miles at stores near you — like you would through a shopping portal. Here's what you need to know to earn miles with the MileagePlus X app, and how you can score 25% bonus miles on every purchase.

Brie Bash
Brie Bash

Reviewed by Tyler Glatt

511 United Award Routes That You Can Book for Just 6,500 Avianca LifeMiles
511 United Award Routes That You Can Book for Just 6,500 Avianca LifeMiles
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One of the best uses of LifeMiles is booking United flights within North America. On certain routes, you can find United award flights for just 6,500 LifeMiles each way. Let's dive deep into this particular sweet spot to show you 511 routes where AwardWallet found this excellent award rate. Plus, we'll review the many LifeMiles transfer partners and other ways to get LifeMiles.

JT Genter
JT Genter

Reviewed by Tyler Glatt

Awayz Review: Easily Search Hotel Award Availability Across All Programs
Awayz Review: Easily Search Hotel Award Availability Across All Programs
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Awayz by Odynn is a comprehensive travel search platform, offering both cash and award hotel and flight queries. The flight side is well developed but technically still in beta, while the hotel portion is fully functional covering seven hotel chains. Anyone can try searching five hotels or flights with a free trial, and 72 hour trip passes give you 50 searches for your next trip.

Samantha Holland
Samantha Holland

Reviewed by JT Genter

A Complete History of Airline and Hotel Transfer Bonuses
A Complete History of Airline and Hotel Transfer Bonuses
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It's always an exciting prospect when a loyalty program is offering a transfer bonus to one of its many transfer partners. But it's important to have context about past transfer bonuses to understand if the current bonus is worth pursing — or whether it makes sense to hold out for a better one. The best way to know this? By having a complete overview of all the past transfer bonuses between programs. That's why we've put together this complete history of airline and hotel transfer bonuses, helping you make an informed decision that's best for you.

Andrew George Bradshaw
Andrew George Bradshaw

Reviewed by Ryan Smith

768 American Airlines (Plus 62 LATAM) Routes You Can Book for 4,500 Alaska Mileage Plan Miles
768 American Airlines (Plus 62 LATAM) Routes You Can Book for 4,500 Alaska Mileage Plan Miles
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Alaska Airlines recently replaced its unified partner award chart with a trio of distance- and region-based tables. While this change eliminated several well-beloved sweet spots, it created new sweet spots. A prime example is intra-Americas routes under 700 miles long. On these itineraries, you'll redeem just 4,500 Mileage Plan miles. Let's explore this sweet spot, showing you 768 American Airlines and 62 LATAM routes you can book for just 4,500 Alaska miles.

Tyler Glatt
Tyler Glatt

Reviewed by JT Genter

You Shouldn’t Cancel a Credit Card Within Your First Year of Membership. Here’s Why.
You Shouldn’t Cancel a Credit Card Within Your First Year of Membership. Here’s Why.
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Credit card issuers want your business. And to get it, they'll offer you big welcome bonuses complete with points, miles, or cash back. But what happens when you're ready to move on from your card? Of all the things you could do, you shouldn't cancel your credit card within the first year of membership. Here's why you'd be wise to avoid canceling a credit card less than a year after opening it.

Tyler Glatt
Tyler Glatt

Reviewed by Ryan Smith