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This week, United launched a new promotion to incentivize MileagePlus members to travel to Europe this fall by offering 5X bonus miles on bookings. Depending on your United MileagePlus elite status tier, you can earn up to 16X total miles when flying to or through London, Amsterdam, or Paris by December 13, 2023. Here are the details of this promotion
Up to 16X United Miles Promotion
United has a new promotion giving MileagePlus members 5X bonus miles on economy bookings to select cities in Europe through December 13, 2023. Members must first register for this promotion, and then book and complete their flights all by December 13. Upon completion, members will receive 5X bonus miles on top of the base miles earned on the flight.
How many base miles members earn depends on their elite status tier. General members earn 5X base miles, so 10X total miles with this promotion. At the top of the scale, Premier 1K members get 11X base miles, earning 16X total miles with this promotion. Members can earn a maximum of 50,000 bonus miles with this promotion, which would require $10,000 of spending. Remember that members can only earn a maximum of 75,000 miles on United flights in general, excluding any bonus miles.
Eligible flights are those booked in economy class, but not basic economy. Flights must travel between the U.S. and London, Amsterdam, or Paris. Flights can be in either direction but must have London, Amsterdam, or Paris as one stop of the trip, whether the departure, arrival, or layover airport. Segments before or after the flight from the U.S. to these select European cities will also earn 5X bonus miles. Flights must be operated by United, and codeshares with a partner airline are ineligible.
Related:Ā How to Redeem United Miles for Maximum Value
Terms and conditions
- First, register for this promotion.
- Then, book and complete your flights before December 13, 2023.
- You will only receive the bonus miles on the fare and carrier-imposed surcharges and not any government-imposed taxes and surcharges.
- Only economy class fares (excluding basic economy) of eligible flights operated by United qualify.
- Award travel tickets or tickets booked with partner airlines don't qualify.
- Miles earned through this promotion do not count toward Premier status or Million Miler status and do not apply to class-of-service bonus miles, Premier bonus miles, or promotional Premier qualifying miles.
- Bonus miles will post to member's accounts within 6ā8 weeks of completing eligible flights.
Final Thoughts
Autumn is a great time to travel to Europe, and this promotion certainly provides a nice incentive to do so. General MileagePlus members get double miles with this promotion, and Premier 1K members get 16X total miles on the flights.
Remember that flights don't have to terminate in London, Amsterdam, or Paris to count for this promotion. As long as you travel to, through, or from these cities before December 13 and after registering, you will earn 5X bonus miles. And don't forget to maximize your bonus miles by using co-branded United credit card, such as the The New Unitedā Explorer Card.
Were you targeted? If so, let us know what bonus you received in the comments below.
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Looks like a great offer from United. Looking forward to traveling once again.
To those who may wonder if it is ethically right for an airline company to incentivize air travel (which is what this United promotion essentially does) during a COVID wave: traveling by air is actually quite safe… while in the air. As for why people travel, and whom they visit — that may actually be problematic from a public health perspective.
I got the 10x offer. I haven’t flown United since 2017 when I used up the last of my miles (currently have 203 exactly). I do have the United personal card though. I wonder if I got a higher offer to try to persuade me to come back or if it’s just random.
I got 5X, if I only needed to fly by Jan 10!
I gave it a try and got the 7x instead of 10x. Oh well, wish I could actually use the offer.
Would it be possible that the algorithm alone picks the lucky chosen ones?
Another great offer from United. I hope they keep it coming into next year even I can seriously think about travel.
They should offer a blanket 10x offer to cheer everyone up.
Not eligible. š
Ineligible. Bummer! But thanks for the heads up.
Nothing for me or either of my 2 sons… and I have 2 UAL credit cards. š
I had forgotten about this one. Thanks for the reminder! If I need to fly United (Iām prioritizing Delta due to the status match challenge) it will soften the blow.
Not eligible for this and wasn’t eligible last time either.
Received 5X bonus…wife got 3X
By no means is it science, but looking at the number of comments here might suggest that the targeting was somewhat broad this time. Many seem to have received at least some offer. Now we get to wonder how many actually fly during the window.
I wonder how they determine who this is marketed to? Great way to stack up bonus miles. What a great way to give extra miles.
So how does it work? I believe everyone earns 5 miles, then you earn bonus miles for status, then there will be 7 more miles (for me at least)?
not sure why I only got 3x but at least that my wife got nothing
Iād be really curious to learn their algorithm for the promotion. Do you and your wife have similar travel habits? Or status? I have silver and got the 7x.
I had already received and registered for the offer. I got the 5x bonus. I am still flying for work. Usually I fly American, but if United has a better schedule, it will be nice that I will earn extra miles.
Seven time bonus United miles is a very interesting option to consider. This assumes that we feel safe in traveling.
5X for me.
Not eligible. I wonder how they determined who was targeted for what.
Got 5x here – though likely not taking any flights during the period.
3x here. But I only checked out of curiosity. No way I’m getting on a plane anytime soon.
I believe I got this promo. Since I am not going to travel within this time period I didn’t look really close at it. It would be awesome to get those bonus miles.
It looks like that United will not give away much through this promotion after all. š
Thanks for the heads-up. My offer is for 5x bonus miles. (No plans to fly anytime soon, but just in case.)
Just perfect. Have the 7x but no intention of flying for at least 9 months ?
I was disappointed to not get the offer, but your comment made me feel better since we also don’t plan to fly anytime soon š
I received a targeted offer of 5x, I have the Chase United Explorer credit card.
Not available for me. I am domestic, wondering why?