United Airlines adds flights from Edinburgh

United Airlines has announced that its service from Edinburgh to Washington DC is moving to (almost) year-round from ‘summer only’.

Instead of ending on 25th October, flights will now continue for much of the winter.

Here are the details:

• additional flights will run from 26th October 2025 to 5th January 2026, and from 20th February to 28th March 2026

• services will operate from Edinburgh on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

• the airline will use a Boeing 757, as it does in the summer, which includes 16 flat-bed business class seats

Daily flights will resume on 29th March 2026.

The existing Edinburgh services remain unchanged:

• daily flights to New York Newark (twice daily in summer peak)
• daily flights to Chicago during the summer peak

Our review of United Airlines business class, albeit on a Boeing 777, is here.

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How to earn Star Alliance miles from UK credit cards (May 2025)

None of the Star Alliance airlines currently have a UK credit card.

There is, however, still a way to earn Star Alliance miles from a UK credit card. 

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