United Unveils More Reasons to Own MileagePlus® Credit Card

United Airlines is giving travelers three new reasons to hold and use a United MileagePlus® credit or debit card: the ability to earn up to twice as many miles as non-cardholders, at least 10% off United award tickets and access to special inventory of its lowest-priced award seats.

Starting with tickets purchased on or after April 2, primary United MileagePlus cardholders will earn up to twice as many miles per dollar from United for United flights than non-cardholders and earn even more miles when they use their United card to buy their ticket.

For example, MileagePlus® 1K® members will earn 17 total miles per dollar when buying eligible United flights with their United Club℠ card - which is among the most of any airline or credit card travel rewards program. United cardholders also get at least 10% off every United flight award ticket they book, and cardholders who are MileagePlus Premier® members save at least 15%.

United is also giving general MileagePlus members who have a United credit or debit card access to Saver Award inventory in United Polaris® Business Class that was previously only available to Platinum and 1K members.

And when paired with the new award discounts for cardholders, United Polaris Saver Award seats will be priced as low as 72,000 miles (10% less) for general members with a card, or as low as 68,000 miles (15% less) for cardholders with Premier status.

Three New Reasons to get and use a United MileagePlus debit or credit card: Earn more miles, Discounts on every award flight, Expanded Saver Awards,

United's Card Portfolio

Cardholders can take advantage of earning even more miles and the new discounts with eligible cards including The United Explorer Card, The United Quest Card, The United Club Card, The United℠ Business Card, The United Club Business Card, The United Gateway℠ Card and The MileagePlus® Debit Rewards Card. 

United also offers eligible cards in U.S. territories and international locations including Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Panama and Saipan.

This spring, the airline plans to introduce new cards in Brazil, Canada and the U.K. Cardholders can track their rewards and earnings throughout the year with these cards in United's Member Benefits Center. More details can be found here.

Benefits of United MileagePlus

MileagePlus is free to join and was recently rated one of the best airline travel rewards programs. It offers program members benefits including miles that never expire, no blackout dates, ticket purchasing with miles or a combination of miles and cash, no change fees on flight award tickets, miles pooling allowing travelers to combine their miles in a joint account, the ability to use miles through the Blue Sky loyalty collaboration and more.

As United Airlines flies to more than 380 destinations around the globe, MileagePlus helps make it easier for travelers to reach their dream destinations and cardholders unlock the most value when flying United.

For more information, visit united.com/mpnews.