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5 (bad) changes to United MileagePlus awards (and 2 good ones)

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It’s just a part of the miles and points world – award charts are going to change, and most of those changes are going to be negative.  There’s a reason I have an entire category of posts called “devaluations“!  Today it is United’s turn to devalue things.  Thankfully these changes are not QUITE as bad as they could have been, but still will have an impact if you’ve got a big stash of United miles (or Chase Ultimate Rewards).  For additional information on the devaluation, you can see: Live and Lets Fly, View from the Wing, Frequent Miler or One Mile at a Time, or the official release by United.  But here is my take on 4 of the worst changes

5 United devaluations in 2017

  • Adding an unlimited upper bound to awards – instead of having…

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