United Airlines has followed American Airlines' recent decision to offer
special lower mile redemptions for short-haul flights. The two airlines
have the two largest co-branded bank credit card programs in the USA.
United announced this week it will now offer free roundtrip economy travel
on flights under 750 miles for 15,000 miles, if the flights are booked on
its Web site. Roundtrip domestic economy tickets generally require 25,000
redeemable miles, under United's "Saver Award" rules. United is also
offering free first-class and business-class short-haul tickets in
exchange for 30,000 redeemable miles instead of the usual 40,000 miles.
The updated program for United will go into effect September 1st and
expires at year-end. American Airlines' reduced award travel program,
announced August 8th, will run from September 1st to February 28th.
United Airlines has followed American Airlines' recent decision to offer
special lower mile redemptions for short-haul flights. The two airlines
have the two largest co-branded bank credit card programs in the USA.
United announced this week it will now offer free roundtrip economy travel
on flights under 750 miles for 15,000 miles, if the flights are booked on
its Web site. Roundtrip domestic economy tickets generally require 25,000
redeemable miles, under United's "Saver Award" rules. United is also
offering free first-class and business-class short-haul tickets in
exchange for 30,000 redeemable miles instead of the usual 40,000 miles.
The updated program for United will go into effect September 1st and
expires at year-end. American Airlines' reduced award travel program,
announced August 8th, will run from September 1st to February 28th.