The sky has fallen on United MileagePlus. Now what? | Ep203 | 5-20-23
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
United steeply increased the cost of award tickets this week and as a result, United miles are worth less. Fear not --- you have many great options for booking Star Alliance awards moving forward. This week, we discuss your alternatives.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Giant Mailbag: Citi premier *does* have purchase protections
04:13 Award Talk
04:18: Citi adds a new transfer partner (Accor)
https://frequentmiler.com/accor-live-limitless-added-as-citi-thankyou-transfer-partner/
08:37 AA slot machine
12:23 United status challenge
17:14 What crazy thing . . did United Mileage Plus do this week?
21:33 Main Event: The sky fallen on United MileagePlus
25:20 United Good News
31:01 What do you do if you like Star Alliance?
https://frequentmiler.com/dont-transfer-chase-points-to-united-but-dont-despair-yet/
32:18 Air Canada Aeroplan
37:38 Avianca LifeMiles
https://frequentmiler.com/lifemiles-manual-booking-patience-compulsory-persistence-pays-off/
https://frequentmiler.com/avianca-lifemiles-awesome-mixed-cabin-award-pricing-first-class-for-less/
46:35 Singapore KrisFlyer
47:21 Turkish Miles & Smiles
https://frequentmiler.com/turkish-miles-smiles-complete-guide/
51:50 ANA
59:35 Will other programs follow suit?
1:15:09 How many points per year can one sustainably earn?
Music credit: Annie Yoder
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:10.7 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did City this week? |
| 0:17.5 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? |
| 0:21.0 | The main event. |
| 0:22.3 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:26.8 | Today's main event, the sky has fallen on United Mileage Plus. |
| 0:32.4 | Now what? |
| 0:33.5 | Ugh. |
| 0:37.4 | We'll see. |
| 0:38.3 | I guess United had a bit of a stealth evaluation. |
| 0:41.3 | And so we will talk about that and what it means for everybody's future. |
| 0:47.3 | But first, of course, we have the giant mail bag. |
| 0:49.3 | This week's giant mail comes from pretty much everybody. |
| 0:56.0 | Okay, all right. |
| 0:57.3 | I'm intrigued, but I'm not sure where we're going. |
| 1:00.5 | Last week's show was called City's quintessential credit card quartet. |
| 1:06.3 | And during the show, I guess we said something like city no longer offers purchase protections. |
| 1:14.6 | I'm pretty sure Greg must have been the one that said that, right? |
| 1:17.9 | Not me. |
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