The United MileagePlus Program

United MileagePlus is the frequent flyer miles program for United.

My value of a mile	$0.019
Alliance	Star Alliance
Major partner airlines	Air Canada, US Airways, Lufthansa, Swiss Air, ANA, Singapore
Award Chart	United MileagePlus Award Chart Link

Earn Miles Partners:

Adding a free one-way flight to any award ticket that is not wholly in a single zone
- Ie, if you live in Toronto and want to go roundtrip to China, book your flight as Toronto-Shanghai, Shanghai-Miami, with a stopover (for as long as you like) in Toronto
Double open-jaw awardsOne-way tickets priced at ½ the price of a roundtrip
- Ie, the same award could be Toronto-Shanghai, Beijing-Miami, with a stopover in Toronto

Taxes are generally quite low for most United Airlines redemptions

All awards are priced as one-way awards
Round trip awards are just the combination of 2 one way awards
- When you combine 2 one-way awards that are both not wholly within a single zone (ie 2 one-ways each between any 2 different zones), you are afforded a single stopover anywhereIf you take this stopover in your home city, you can essentially get the free one-way
Exploiting award chart differences by stopping over in your home area, en route to a cheaper zone
- Ie. Asia-Hawaii is cheaper than Asia-North America. Book one of your ways as Beijing-Honolulu with your stopover in Vancouver to get Beijing-Vancouver for a mileage discount
Use double open-jaws to act as free stopovers for region tours
- Ie. If you are traveling through Europe, land in one city and depart from another city in Europe
Put your award on hold by using the “pay by phone” option when in the final step of booking
- Your award will be held for up to 24 hours to give you a chance to call in to give your credit card information