New United sweet spot: 8,000 miles for intra-region flights
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As of last week, the new United MileagePlus award chart took effect (SEE: 5 bad changes to United MileagePlus, and 2 good ones). There really wasn’t much to like about it. Some of the best sweet spots (such as Thai First Class for 40,000 miles) are now a thing of the past. It definitely could have been worse, but the devaluation still wasn’t pretty.
There is one bright spot among the changes that United rolled out: reduced mileage awards for non-stop, short-haul, intra-region partner flights.
New United partner short-haul awards cost only 8,000 miles
I’m very excited about United’s new partner short-haul awards. They offer some increased flexibility to the travel hacker as there are plenty of short-haul flights…
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