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United and BP have partnered up, and you can now earn United miles every time you buy gas from BP. To sweeten the deal, you will also receive 200 bonus miles for signing up and making your first purchase.
Key Terms
- You need to register and select earning United Miles
- Earn a 200-mile bonus after your first purchase with a linked debit or credit card
- Earning is capped at 20 gallons per transaction
You will earn miles at the following rates:
- 1 mile per gallon purchased
- 2 miles per gallon when paying with your linked debit or credit card
- 3 miles per gallon of Premium fuel when paying with your linked debit or credit card
We're not sure if earning miles this way will help keep United miles from expiring, but our gut says yes.
Use Miles At The Pump
You also have the option of using your miles at the pump. For 60 miles you can receive a 50¢ discount per gallon of fuel purchased. Which, while being a nice gesture, is a poor use of United miles.
Our Take
While this new partnership is hardly likely to be a life changer, it is still a welcome bonus since it brings another item of everyday spending into the miles earning umbrella. Plus, once you set it up, you don't need to do anything every time you fill.
Source: The Points Guy
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Earning the bonus was helpful. Now I will be watching for BP when we travel. There aren’t any near here.
I would like to see more vendors offer this kind of arrangement for gas and other purchases.
A good way to keep those UA miles active!
This is simple to use, but the only trick is finding BP stations. There are not many in our area. When traveling I keep my eyes open.
The 200 mile bonus encouraged me to set this up, and that was nice to see added to my account. Unfortunately, the area where we live has no BP stations anymore. But when we drove out of state I could take advantage of it.
BP is cheating . I filled up but have not received any UNITED mileage credit? This is a scam.Do not signed up.
Is this working with any credit or debit card?
I finally got a chance while traveling to use one of my linked cards at a BP station out of state, but I never did get my points. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks for the heads up! I am currently trying to build up my United miles stash, and every little bit helps!
Howie, I am a bit confused about your comment that using the 60 UMP miles to get 50c off per gallon would not be a good value.
If you purchase the max allowed 20 gallons, the 50c per gallon discount would total $10.00, which translates into a value of 16.7c per UMP mile. That seems like an excellent value to me.
What am I missing?
Ron, it isn’t 60 miles total — it is 60 miles for every $.50 — so for a 20-gallon fill-up it’d cost you 1,200 miles to save $10.
I linked my credit cards to BP, but don’t expect much since there are no BP stations in my area. Still, with rental cars I might encounter some, and its no cost to me (and it extends miles)
These bonuses really help preventing the miles from expiring
Excellent – still works! Signed up around May 5, 2018, purchased gas from BP on May 6th, and just checked my account – both the 200 sign-up bonus and the 2miles/gallon have been credited! Thank you, Awardwallet! United expiration now 18 months out.
It would be nice if BP and United extended these offers to other countries! BP is everywhere in Australia and many Australians have United MileagePlus accounts.
The bonus was nice, but I just can’t get to a BP enough to make this really worth it after my 1st fillup
I’ll report my experiences after my next trip 😀 – fingers crossed!
It’s good to see more mileage earning partnerships like this but there are not enough BP stations in my area.
No miles yet. Signed up the 10th, linked card, bought gas at a BP with signs reflecting this offer on the 12th. Checked UA account today (17th), no miles yet. So it is not as fast as they say. “Consumers can sign in to united.com, where miles earned at BP locations will be posted within 72 hours of the transaction.”
I got excited by this for about 5 seconds until it dawned on me that it was US residents only.
Usually we don’t choose where fill up and with this partnership now i’ll choose BP
Not a lot of points but I’ll take them.
no BP’s near me!
Easy miles! Just signed up!
thanks for the heads up
Great to keep my account open and easy way to earn miles, just to bad not many BP stations in my area.
Signed up. Thanks
Sounds interesting!
I think they are the same. The only difference is that Shell does not have any airline partners. Yet.
Is this a better program than Shell Fuel Rewards?
As I posted above, I’m in and I very much will try for the initial 200 UA miles. However, I do not see any posts indicating success. Can anyone attest to the promotion working?
This promo is *brand* new. Even though the promo says it takes 72 hours for miles to post — we need people to give feedback. Let us know if it works for you.
I got excited by this for about 5 seconds until it dawned on me that it was likely US residents only.
Every mile certainly counts
Sadly, no BP’s near me.
Marc, thanks for the heads up that it’s not valid for CA residents.
I suspect other Airlines might be doing the same thing with other fuel rewards programs if this works out.
Could i register a german credit card and use it on a holiday trip in the US?
Highly unlikely, but it is worth a shot. We don’t have any german credit cards so we can test it.
Now if BP was not more expensive than Costco
You’d think that in Texas they’d have BPs, but nope. Oh well. Still best to take advantage if you travel and a BP is close by.
Very easy ! Perfect to earn some miles !
The 200 mile sign up is a nice kick start to the promo. It’s interesting how new ideas are cropping up in the corporate world to get us to use the credit cards. Everybody’s jumping in.
Lots of BP stations around me. I will make use of this as an easy way to earn miles and keep my account active. Thanks!
Thanks a lot. This would be an easy way to keep UA miles active.
Thanks for the heads up on this offer. I have miles expiring soon. Hopefully this will extend my miles.
great idea! poor publicity from united that I didn’t know about this already
I just might do this to extend my mileage expiration date.
Fairly easy registration. Have three stations nearby. Certainly worth the first visit for 200 points. There didn’t appear to be a minimum purchase. Double dip this month with Freedom card, and then over to the Hilton Surpass for 6x pionts.
Thanks. I don’t drive, but I’m visiting someone who does for a couple of weeks, so I might as well sign up just in case.
I will sign up for this offer!
Nice way to earn more points
Very easy miles for my husband that drives a lot and we have enough BPs around.
Arco, which is prevalent in CA, was briefly owned by BP, but I guess they don’t anymore.
Just signed up.
This isn’t bad if you are a BPer. Though I wouldn’t drive a block out of my way for this. If you did you might use more gas than this is worth.
Great promo for folks close to BP areas.
Not valid for California residents, so use another state address if you live in Ca.
20 gallons seems like a pretty low cap. But always nice to pick up some miles for filling the tank…
Great for me in the Northeast!
no BP in most of California… thanks for the post.
road trip! 😉
Awesome deal but I don’t have any BP locations nearby.
That is awesome. I used to keep my United miles by doing surveys. This is a lot easier.
Seems easy enough.
easy miles, but no BP where I live. (but a puny offer)
Worth the small bonus and ongoing bump in what I earn on my card with a BP station as my closest gas station. So glad I stopped by the blog today!
Looks like a great promo!
I’ve already signed up. There aren’t a lot of BP stations aériums my area but when I’m traveling I’ll likely encounter them. This is one of those « set and forget situations ». I have my credit cards registered then I’ll go about my normal activities and every once in a while be surprised by some extra United Miles.