An Interesting Offer for United Mastercard Members

I received an e-mail from United about an interesting event coming up that United MileagePlus Mastercard holders could attend and pay for by using a small amount of miles.

For 2,500 miles, United is offering the chance to reserve a spot at a private fashion show featuring men's and women's apparel at the The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey. The event takes place inside Neiman Marcus on April 3.

A Reminder From United: Book Flights With Your Explorer Card

United sent out a friendly and useful postcard reminder in the mail:

To save on checked bags, always purchase your tickets with your MileagePlus Explorer Card.

I thought the information on the postcard could be a useful reminder for many and could also save you some money when flying with United.

A nice benefit you receive for paying for a flight with your Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Card is getting your first checked bag free as well as one for a companion traveling on the same reservation. You can save up to $100 for each round trip.

For our trip to South Dakota we booked an award flight from NYC using Kim's United miles. Kim paid the taxes, $20 total with one of her cards. 

Earn Up to 12500 United Miles With Energy Plus

Here is an offer to earn some United miles for signing up with Energy Plus. 

The offer is of no use to me since my maintenance includes gas and electric. 
However, it might be a great way for some of you to earn a bunch of easy miles.

If you have the United MileagePlus credit card there are additional earning opportunities.

Get In Shape And Earn 2000 United Miles

While skimming through Twitter on Sunday morning I came across an interesting tweet from United that involved working out and earning miles.

Here is the tweet:

Have you resolved to start a workout routine this year? Join a gym with MileagePlus Fitness and earn 2,000 miles.

I am already a member of a gym but I thought that this offer might be of interest to some.

United is using a third party provider- GlobalFit to "host" MileagePlus Fitness. 
MileagePlus Fitness is a fitness discount program that offers United miles for every purchase. The program guarantees the lowest price at more than 10,000 gyms in its nationwide network.

Earn 1500 United Miles For Purchasing Bose QuietComfort

Back in December, I posted about a couple of offers to earn miles with American Airlines and Delta for purchasing Bose products. 

Here is a new offer to earn United miles.

Purchase Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones (link below) and earn 1500 United MileagePlus award miles.

United Airlines 10 Million Charity Miles Giveaway

United Airlines is donating 10 million miles to charity this holiday season.

How can we help? Every day you can vote for your favorite charity. The more votes your charity gets, the more miles they will receive during this giveaway. (All participating charities will receive at least 25,000 miles.)

I voted to support the Wounded Warrior Project. On some of the 5Ks I have ran, WWP was the charity that benefited from the funds raised. They had a table set up at the O'Hare Runway Run. 
I got to chat with some of the volunteers and learned a bit more about their cause.

Exchange Gift Cards for United Miles + 40% Bonus

I am guessing that we've all received gift cards for stores that we do not shop at and would love a way to get rid of them.

There are sites that you can sell the gift cards to (ex.Plastic Jungle) that pay you a percentage of their value. From what I could tell, Plastic Jungle pays back 75% + of face value on your gift cards.

Another option is to exchange your unused gift cards for airline miles.

By using the United MileagePlus Gift Card Exchange you can turn your gift cards into miles.
I received an e-mail last night from United about a bonus offer for the GC exchange. 
For a limited time you can earn 40% more award miles when you exchange your gift cards.

United Airlines: The Outperform Recognition Program- Nominate an Employee and You Can Win

It's always nice to give and receive recognition for doing a great job. United Airlines is looking for help from it's customers to reward employees that give excellent customer service.

The Outperform Recognition Program is pretty neat because it promotes recognizing UA employees that are great with customer service and also gives you the chance at winning airline tickets or award miles. 

To nominate employees, you use the United mobile app for Apple and Android devices.

Here is the way it works: 

• When you receive excellent customer service, you can nominate an eligible United employee in the Outperform Recognition Program 
• You can nominate up to five employees per nomination period through the United app
• If the employee that you nominated is a winner in the random drawing, then you win too.

Sign Up For Netflix and Earn up to 4,000 Miles with United

Here is a great way to earn some miles and watch a bunch of movies.

Sign up for Netflix (become a paying member) and you can earn up to 4,000 miles on United.

Kim and I each signed up for Netflix to earn American Airlines miles a couple of years back. I believe we earned 2,500-3,000 miles each for signing up. We then cancelled our plans before paying for a second month.

A little about the offer:

• Earn 2,000 miles when you become a paying member of Netflix
• Earn an additional 2,000 miles when paying with a United Mileage Plus credit card 
• Offer valid to new Netflix members only (I've heard of people getting this kind of bonus multiple times- try at your own risk! If you decide to open a new account, I'd definitely use a different e-mail account)
•  Cheapest Netflix plan is $7.99

Sign up for the Netflix United Airlines bonus offer HERE

United Mileage Plus-750 Miles For Joining MyPoints

Here is an easy way to earn 750 United Miles. 

Sign up for MyPoints and keep your account active for 30 days and you qualify for the miles.

A little about MyPoints (from their site):

MyPoints is the pioneer and leader of online shopping rewards. Through simple online purchases from hundreds of retailers within the MyPoints network, members earn rewards Points from every transaction made. Members can redeem their Points for gift cards, travel miles or cash back. MyPoints has grown into the most established membership rewards site where online shopping and rewards incentives are synonymous with great deals and customer loyalty.

I signed up for a MyPoints account and hope that the bonus miles post. I might look a little more into the site and see if they offer better options to some of the other shopping sites like Big Crumbs, FatWallet or the airline eShopping portals. Odds are that I will probably opt out right after I get my bonus.

Sign up to earn your 750 United MileagePlus miles HERE