Air Canada and Emirates to create a frequent flyer partnership

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• KevinD says:

  13 Jul13 July 04:22

  To avail of the United £300 back offer, is it possible to book via UA website, but fly a shorter European trip on a United Airlines codeshare flight?

  • G says:

    13 Jul13 July 07:38

    If it’s sold by United on an United codeshare; I don’t see why not.

  • G says:

    13 Jul13 July 07:38

    Unless of course the T&Cs state the flight must be sold and operated by United

    • Nick says:

      13 Jul13 July 08:40

      United don’t sell standalone flights from the UK to European destinations. In any case flight details are passed to credit card companies so they can validate your itinerary to match T&C.

      • Kevin D says:

        13 Jul13 July 20:24

        Thanks Nick. You are right.
        I’ve just had a play around on ITA Matrix and it seems you can get LHR-JFK (via Geneva) at the end of summer/fall for £574. Less the £300 saving means £274 to get across the pond and back in economy. Although it says “operated by Swiss” but I assume if one books via the United Airways website and leaves from UK it will still be ok. Maybe not?

• Graham says:

  13 Jul13 July 08:10

  I took advantage of the AmEx United offer soon after it was announced (Denver on their Dreamliner in basic economy) and received the £250.00 credit two days after booking, which I thought was pretty quick.

• Baji Nahid says:

  13 Jul13 July 08:55

  Anyone spot any good deals with the united offer, I have been looking and nothing really has sprung to mind as of yet.

  • PL says:

    13 Jul13 July 09:11

    They had some good deals LHR-Montreal for Autumn in economy when I checked a few weeks ago

    • BajiNahid says:

      13 Jul13 July 09:39

      Thanks PL i will have a look, I was looking at going to Key West and they’ve some good prices on atm with economy fares too.

  • John T says:

    13 Jul13 July 09:43

    Direct return flights to all United hubs from London in September in economy is under £700 so would work with this offer.

• r* says:

  13 Jul13 July 09:04

  Guessing the united offer isnt on all cards? Doesnt seem to be on any of mine.

  • Rob says:

    13 Jul13 July 12:11

    It was limited to 10,000 registrations so it is likely they could have all gone a few weeks ago when we originally wrote about it. HfP could use up 10,000 registrations just for our readership for a strong offer.

• Sidlet says:

  13 Jul13 July 09:38

  I used the United offer on an internal “1st class” flight in the US last month.. it tracked and AMEX refunded the £250 fairly promptly. I booked directly on the United website.

  • Harry T says:

    13 Jul13 July 10:30

    Thanks for the data point. Did you pay in USD or GBP?

  • pureshtuyot says:

    13 Jul13 July 15:51

    awesome

• Ash says:

  13 Jul13 July 12:24

  Very keen to use to United offer. Unfortunately not on any of my cards. Hope all 10k users utilise this deal.
  On a related noted, would the Paypal offer stack up?

• Chris says:

  13 Jul13 July 14:29

  The changes to Amex Gold rewards card offering 4 free lounge pass instead of 2 (and 2nd year fees up from £140 to £160.

  Do we know if extra lounge passes are added to the card during the first year (i.e. i took out a card in April, I’m yet to use the passes so have 2, does this mean I have 4 to use before renewal next April?

  • Rob says:

    13 Jul13 July 16:13

    I fully expect the extra two to be added in October, yes, although I admit the press release isn’t clear.

• Richard says:

  13 Jul13 July 20:30

  Anyone else getting a timeout error message trying to book at United.com? Happens on desktop and mobile. I get…

  We’re sorry, but united.com was unable to complete your request. Please try later or contact united.com Support in the U.S. and Canada at 1-800-825-2296; the U.K., phone 0800 028 5003; elsewhere use the local phone number

  • Richard says:

    13 Jul13 July 20:33

    Ah, turns out their search engine doesn’t like NYC as a destination. Choosing New York/Newark from the results list gets me fares coming up.

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