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United cuts mileage needed for free trips
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Posted by Paul Makishima, Globe Assistant Sunday Editor
July 16, 2009 07:43 AM
The airline is lowering the bar on the number of miles its Mileage Plus members need to redeem for free flights by at least 20 percent. To qualify tickets must booked by July 24 for travel from Aug. 18 and Nov. 18.
What this means is this: Before you needed 25,000 miles to score a trip within North American; now 20,000 will do it. To get to Hawaii, it's 30,000, down from 40,000; Central American and Caribbean, 25,000 instead of 35,000; South America and Europe it's 44,000, not 55,000.
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