Avoiding Close-In Ticketing Fees
What Are Close-In Ticketing Fees? This past weekend my girlfriend, who lives in Baltimore, decided to plan an impromptu trip to Chicago. This is fairly normal for us since we…
United Mileage Plus
How To Keep Track Of Credit Cards
Keeping Track Of Your Miles If you are reading this blog, it is probably safe to assume that you are somewhat obsessed with miles and points… Over the years, from…
United 55,000 Mile Offer Back
United 55,000 Mile Offer Yesterday, I was logged into my United Mileage Plus account and noticed that the United 55,000 targeted offer has once again returned! For those of you…
$742 Fares To India
FFU Reader Hiren sent me a tip on cheap airfare to India for flights during November 2013 – February 2014. From my experience, economy airfare to India can range between…
1,500 United Miles For Signing Up For MileagePlus Dining
I was on United.com and noticed that for United MileagePlus Visa Cardholders, MileagePlus Dining is offering 1,500 United Miles for signing up. If you aren’t a MileagePlus Visa Cardholder then…
No More United.com Phone Holds & A Direct United Phone Number
No More Phone Holds Originally this post was going to be about how to put a United Award on hold via United.com but unfortunately it seems like United has finally…
India Trip Report – “I Can’t Go Back To Coach” – Introduction
India Trip Report – “I Can’t Go Back To Coach” And now for the main attraction… After weeks of procrastinating being busy, I am finally ready to start the Trip…
United 55,000 Mile Credit Card Offer Still Alive
UPDATE – 12/23/2012 Yesterday, I logged into my Dad’s United account to check if the 7,000 United Miles that were issued as compensation for the India screw up had posted….
UPDATE: The Clusterf%&# That Is United
Update: After I posted the original post below, people on Twitter sent me messages that the same thing happened to them and that they emailed United 3+ months ago but…
My Fairly Awesome India Award Ticket
SMD4 Greetings from San Francisco, specifically from Philz’s Coffee Shop where I am currently enjoying the best Mint Mojito Iced Coffee I have ever had! I just arrived in San…
Always Double Check Your Award For Potential Upgrades
My Friend and I are going to LA today compliments of United and our Free Ones Ways from our France trip. Our France Flights were booked in Business Class, so…
2 Things To Always Check For When Booking United Awards
As I had talked about way back in August, I used United’s Segment by Segment Trick to book 2 Business Class tickets to India for my Parents on Qatar Airlines….
