{"id":3939,"date":"2015-02-19T14:37:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2015-02-19T14:37:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:37:22","slug":"snagged-reduced-mileage-partner-award-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2015\/02\/snagged-reduced-mileage-partner-award-united\/","title":{"rendered":"I Snagged a Reduced Mileage Partner Award on United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mommypoints.boardingarea.com\/2015\/02\/19\/10-days-left-save-united-partner-award-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mommy Points<\/a> posted that you have about 10 more days left to book partner awards on United at a reduced price and the flights can be up until 12\/31\/2015. Here is the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.united.com\/web\/en-US\/apps\/mileageplus\/promotions\/registrationDetails.aspx?promoCode=A14673\" target=\"_blank\"> link to the United promotion page listing the reduced mileage<\/a> and all the terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3940\" style=\"width: 607px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/02\/United-Reduced-Mileage.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3940\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3940\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/02\/United-Reduced-Mileage.png\" alt=\"Award Price is for one way\" width=\"597\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/United-Reduced-Mileage.png 597w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/United-Reduced-Mileage-300x258.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/United-Reduced-Mileage-400x344.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/United-Reduced-Mileage-200x172.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/United-Reduced-Mileage-150x129.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Award Price is for one way<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can see, the most reduced mileage on the above chart are for business partner awards. I actually had booked a trip to Europe this fall in economy and wanted to see if I can potentially upgrade my flight. I went to check the availability for a business partner award flight since it would cost 57.5k one way as opposed to the 70k and I found\u00a0one on\u00a0the day I was traveling. As a reminder, United Premier members and United credit card holders get better access to award availability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/02\/UA-Biz-to-Europe.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3941\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2015\/02\/UA-Biz-to-Europe.png\" alt=\"UA Biz to Europe\" width=\"1024\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/UA-Biz-to-Europe.png 1024w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/UA-Biz-to-Europe-300x39.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/UA-Biz-to-Europe-400x52.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/UA-Biz-to-Europe-200x26.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/UA-Biz-to-Europe-150x19.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I decided that I wanted to splurge on myself on a business flight so I called United Reservations Dept to change my reservation\u00a0and they were able to upgrade me for the additional miles. Since I am Premier Silver, I was able to change the flight for a $50 change fee.<\/p>\n<p>The business flight on Turkish Airlines is on a\u00a0Boeing 777-300ER and r<a href=\"http:\/\/upgrd.com\/pursuedadventures\/trip-report-turkish-airlines-business-class-los-angeles-to-istanbul-boeing-777-300er.html\" target=\"_blank\">eading the review by Pursued Adventures<\/a>, I am looking forward to the flight.<\/p>\n<p>Has anyone else snagged a reduced mileage partner award on United?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mommy Points posted that you have about 10 more days left to book partner awards on United at a reduced price and the flights can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[106,193,192],"tags":[670,669,114],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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