Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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!
Our guide on how to earn United MileagePlus miles from UK credit cards is here.
You can learn more about MileagePlus on the United website here.
This is the 17th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These articles will be linked to the relevant .....
This is the 17th of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....
4 May 20134 May 2013
Hilton HHonors has started to drip feed a number of promotions into the market which offer bonus miles for people who choose the ‘Hilton HHonors points and airline miles’ collection option .....
Hilton HHonors has started to drip feed a number of promotions into the market which offer bonus miles for .....
12 Apr 201312 April 2013
I first wrote on this topic back in November 2012. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time to re-run the analysis. Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals .....
I first wrote on this topic back in November 2012. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time .....
18 Mar 201318 March 2013
If you have a few United miles knocking about already, then you can add an extra 1,000 by signing up to a new social media service and linking a Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare account. The sign-up .....
If you have a few United miles knocking about already, then you can add an extra 1,000 by signing up to a new .....
9 Dec 20129 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 .....
2 Dec 20122 December 2012
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?“. .....
21 Nov 201221 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 .....
1 Nov 20121 November 2012
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 .....
20 Oct 201220 October 2012
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 .....
29 Aug 201229 August 2012
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 about .....
18 Aug 201218 August 2012
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 .....
12 Aug 201212 August 2012
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 .....
23 Jul 201223 July 2012
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. .....
11 Jul 201211 July 2012
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