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United Airlines and MileagePlus

United Airlines is a Star Alliance partner based in the United States. This article looks at how you can earn Avios on United flights, strangely!

You can learn more about MileagePlus on the United homepage here.

‘Credit Card Offers’ updated for December 2012

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December.  (Click here to see it if you are an email or RSS reader.) There has been quite a lot of promotional .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December.  (Click here to .....

by Rob Burgess11 comments

The top 15 UK loyalty credit card sign-up deals by £ value

Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. This was an attempt to judge the best card to use as your ‘day to day’ card. .....

Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

‘Credit Card Offers’ updated for November 2012

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect changes over the past month.  After a quiet start to the month, things have really picked .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect .....

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15,000 MileagePlus miles with the United credit card

For a few months now, the United Airlines MileagePlus Amex credit card (issued by MBNA) has had the unique distinction of being the only UK airline credit card with NO sign-up bonus! Things are .....

For a few months now, the United Airlines MileagePlus Amex credit card (issued by MBNA) has had the unique .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

Credit Card Reviews (7) – United Airlines MileagePlus American Express

This is the 7th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the .....

This is the 7th of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment

Swapping miles between programmes with www.points.com

A recent post on exchanging Miles & More miles for Heathrow shopping vouchers triggered a question about exchanging United MileagePlus points. The answer I gave was to use points.com and I .....

A recent post on exchanging Miles & More miles for Heathrow shopping vouchers triggered a question .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

How to get Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum status to February 2014 for $59

Whilst most readers of Head for Points will be familiar with Flyertalk, far fewer know much about Milepoint.  Milepoint was created in 2011 by Randy Petersen, the founder of Flyertalk (later sold .....

Whilst most readers of Head for Points will be familiar with Flyertalk, far fewer know much about .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments

Analysing Star Alliance credit card opportunities for UK residents

With BMI’s departure from Star Alliance, those of us who regularly fly on Star Alliance member airlines are having to look for a new home for their miles. One of the key determinants, for me, .....

With BMI’s departure from Star Alliance, those of us who regularly fly on Star Alliance member airlines .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

American Airlines credit card sign-up bonus halved – but loophole exists

American Airlines has halved the sign-up bonus on its American Express and Visa credit card double-pack.  The cards, issued by MBNA, now offer only 5,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for .....

American Airlines has halved the sign-up bonus on its American Express and Visa credit card double-pack.  The .....

by Rob Burgess3 comments