September 26
United’s “Buy Miles at 40% Off” promotion is back through October 31st. It’s not targeted and is open to anyone using the following link:
http://mileageplus.com/buymilesmailoffer
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20% off up to 30,000 miles (3.0 cpm)
40% off 30,000 miles or more (up to 100,000) – 2.3 cpm
That’s not as good a deal as US Airways 100% bonus promotion (functionally 50% off) at 1.8 cpm, but if you have an immediate use at a redemption rate above 2.3 cpm it can be a good savings.
As always, buying miles simply to bank them isn’t a good investment – but using miles to offset upgrade costs generally can be.
Finally, these are “redeemable” miles only – they do not affect elite status qualification.
Are you buying United miles? How will you use them?
Thanks for the info. I was about to buy it at full price since I badly needed some extra miles for a reservation!
Hi,
Greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!
Just wanted to say a big thank you for yr blog on buying United miles at 40% off. You just helped me to save US$600! I was short of 42,000 miles for two ticket to NY from Kuala Lumpur. I was going to buy it directly from United main page but decided to google and see if I can find any way to save and I found your blog. I want able to redeem it all the way on Singapore Airlines on their new A380 aircraft. If I had to buy the 2nd ticket on Singapore Airlines it would have cost me US$2000 for the dates I wanted!
Thanks again!
David
David – Glad I could help! Google is a powerful thing, and the airlines are always running some kind of promotion… so they’re hard to keep track of!
how much to buy 41,000 united miles?
Thanks
If I use purchased miles for an upgrade,will the purchased seat mileage count toward my elite status as usual?
No. Purchased miles don’t count towards elite status.