Guest Column: PointsWizard Says Goodbye to United
Mar 2nd, 2009 | By PointswizardAfter many years of collecting United Airlines MileagePlus miles with their United Airlines Visa Card I finally called it quits and cancelled it.
You ask why? How many times can you be turned down for frequent flyer tickets because there are no seats available or it’s double miles or nothing?
How many times can you be turned down for Star Alliance Airlines partners FREE SEATS because there is a limit imposed by United on those as we have learned recently?
What’s the use of the Star Alliance if you can earn miles but can’t get FREE SEATS I’m specifically referring to you United Airlines (freezing seats on US Airways and Air Canada)
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The title of this blog post is a bit misleading, since the original post is titled “Goodbye United Airlines Visa” (note the key word.. Visa… at the end).
All the same, I think most of us will second how difficult United make it to redeem their miles… And while I understand it’s tough for many businesses and especially airlines right now, they chose to up their mileage requirements for all sectors this year (despite US Airways and other Star Alliance partners leaving them as per previous). Bravo for the recent 40,000 mile offer for US-EU, but this is the lone good offer to come from them in a long, long time.