![]() Your package may also include a quarterly bonus that will be earned at the end of each quarterly period from your package start date and will be credited to your account after successful completion of every third recurring payment towards your package. The minimum and maximum number of Miles that you may purchase on a monthly basis as part your package will be established at the time of your subscription. You may subscribe to only one (1) package associated with your MileagePlus account at any given time.Members who cancel a package premature to completing the full subscription term (as committed to by the Member at time of sign up for such package) will be prohibited from beginning a new subscription for ninety (90) days from the date of such cancelation. Your package can be cancelled at any time, but cannot be paused, upgraded or downgraded, and already purchased Miles will not be refunded. All Miles purchased are nonrefundable.GST/HST is charged to Canadian residents. Prices displayed on this page do not include any fees or taxes.The Miles by the Month from MileagePlus may not be combined with any other promotions and/or discounts. Mileage rates and other applicable fees for the Miles by the Month from MileagePlus are subject to change without notice.Any packages purchased during the offer period will be honored by United for the term of the indicated package. United reserves the right to withdraw the Miles by the Month from MileagePlus at any time. The Miles by the Month from MileagePlus® is available from United commencing on 12:00am CST on January 7, 2022.Here are the terms and conditions of this offer: The low monthly price may attract some, but you should always calculate the price of a mile, and these are expensive. Many airlines offer these monthly miles subscription services, but none of them make any sense outside of a few particular scenarios, like the one outlined above. The price of a mile under this offer, if you continue the service for 12 months is, 2.3 US cents each that is too expensive, unless you have exhausted other avenues to acquire or purchase these. ![]() ![]() If you subscribe to the most expensive one, you will receive 120,000 miles total in 12 months and pay $2,709 for the privilege. But how would the airline know that? If family members have the mileage number and password, they can continue to redeem miles in someone else’s name.United currently offers three packages with discounts and bonus miles. Heaven forbid someone passes away, an airline can close a mileage account. Delta and JetBlue miles never expire-although they reserve the right to close an account if a member does not respond after repeated communication. Air Canada is less generous Aeroplan accounts expire after 12 months of zero activity, and Avios (British Airways and Iberia) points expire after 36 months of no activity. Alaska requires some form of activity within 24 months, while Southwest specifically mentions fliers must earn points by flying within 24 months to remain active. If American, Hawaiian, and United Airlines accounts have no activity for 18 months, miles will expire. They retire the liability that airlines might carry needlessly from people who may not plan to (or forget to) use their miles. That’s why expiration policies are in place. At any time, you could choose to redeem those miles and that would come at a cost (real or opportunity) to the airline. You see, airlines carry a liability on their balance sheet for outstanding miles that are not being used. Airline financial folks begin to salivate when they see a pile of miles about to expire.
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