My trip to Seattle for Thanksgiving put me over the 25,000 miles traveled mark for 2006. (I have just over 27,000 miles traveled this year.) That is a milestone because it takes 25,000 miles traveled on United to maintain your Premier status into the next year. Therefore, with this last trip, I have accumulated enough…
Although I am one who benefits from being a member of United’s “elite” program (Premier, Premier Executive, etc.) it is hard for me to take such a program as anything other than a perquisite given to frequent business travelers as a way of recognizing their business. Certainly, I don’t think it makes me innately better…
I called early this afternoon to cash in some of my miles and get a free Acela ticket. As it turns out, February 17 – 20 are “blackout” dates during which time you cannot cash in miles for travel. Furthermore, the friendly agent told me that even during non-blackout times, the only “times” you could…