Chase United Card

Four months ago, I received application approval for the Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Visa Signature Card, with a minimum credit line of $5,000.  At the time, the sign-up bonus was:  30,000 MileagePlus miles after the first purchase on the account.  My mother informed me that I had received an offer that was 50,000 MileagePlus miles after spending $1,000 within the first three months.  I called the phone number on the back of my Visa card, and the female representative reassured me that she would upgrade my promotion to the one I had received in the mail!.

1000 MileagePlus Miles in One Minute

For those of you with United MileagePlus accounts, this is one-minute way to earn 400-1000 miles.  Sign up for BCKSTGR.  Your MileagePlus account will be credited with 400 miles upon sign-up and an additional 200 miles each for linking your facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare accounts.  Unlike other mileage posting, these miles are credited within minutes of submission.

I do not have Twitter and Foursquare accounts, so I received 600 miles.  MileagePlus miles have a long-run value of approximately 2 cents per mile, so I am happy to make $12 per minute, or $720 per hour.

Yesterday, I booked an Award Flight on United Airlines for my brother.  The current price for the desired itinerary was $1168, but I booked it for 60,000 miles + $57 in taxes and fees.  This transaction values the miles at ($1168 - $57) / 60,000 miles = 1.85 cents per mile, which exceeds widely accepted valuations of a MileagePlus mile!