Comments on: 7 Ways To Bump Your Frequent Flyer Earning Up A Notch

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:55:12 +0000

In reply to For 91 Days Travel Blog. It is a sweet place to be and a good incentive to carry around a baseline of miles, even if you don't cash them in for flights. Hopefully you'll get back up there soon!

By: For 91 Days Travel Blog

For 91 Days Travel Blog — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:02:45 +0000

The other aspect of collecting miles is to become a a Frequent Travel Status. I had it with the Star Alliance and after 2 years I couldn’t hold that status anymore and had to give it up. But I surely got used to have access to lounges, more luggage allowance, earning more miles per flight, flights don’t expire and I got upgraded one time for free to business class. Good times!

Now I’m a travel blogger and don’t manage to rake up enough miles to become a “Frequent Traveler Again” oh well. Someday again!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:33:52 +0000

In reply to Anil Polat.

Checked into it a lot last night, and it seems that for now we’re still bound by the OnePass rules. Apparently as of 12/31/2011 accounts for both programs will be merged, and Elite qualifications and current mileage totals from the two will be combined into a single Mileage Plus account.

I couldn’t find anything about changes on United’s one-way rewards policy, so I have to assume that unless they specifically mention something once the FF merger happens it’ll allow the use of current OnePass mileage for that but not until then.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:21:51 +0000

In reply to Stephen. The cutoff I believe was in December, although you should still be able to use the OnePass miles - just only on Continental flights (no code-shares).

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:10:21 +0000

In reply to Anil Polat. Any idea if the merger will at least allow current OnePass members to start booking one-way reward flights?