Comments on: How To Guide For Your First Free Flight http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/how-to-guide-for-your-first-free-flight/ Latest Credit Card News, Reviews and Information Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Today In Credit Card News… | Ask Mr Credit Card's Blog http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/how-to-guide-for-your-first-free-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-97381 Today In Credit Card News… | Ask Mr Credit Card's Blog Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:19:34 +0000 http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/?p=2378#comment-97381 [...] the past, I have touched on the terrible practice of United Airlines Mileage Plus program called Starnet Blocking or Starnet [...] [...] the past, I have touched on the terrible practice of United Airlines Mileage Plus program called Starnet Blocking or Starnet [...]

]]> By: Ken http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/how-to-guide-for-your-first-free-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-91974 Ken Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:39:13 +0000 http://www.askmrcreditcard.com/creditcardblog/?p=2378#comment-91974 After he gets this desired international ticket, he should abandon United's FF program. Stop using and paying an annual fee for United's Chase card. Get a USAirways account, and credit card with its 25,000 mileage bonus. Then, every United flight he takes, he can credit it to USAir's program. USAir apparently does not do Starnet blocking, so he can book USAir reward tickets on any Star Alliance partner where seats are available. He would never actually have to fly USAir. (Also, if he choses this option and wants to get rid of the United credit card's annual fee, have him call to cancel and ask for a no-annual-fee United card. Chase seems to have one, but that card only offers half as many FF miles. That way, he can retain a United card, which probably has a good credit limit, and he can keep his utilization low.) This option also would work for BMI (another Star partner) instead of USAir, but with Lufthansa buying BMI, it's unclear what the future of the FF programs are. BMI has frequently had some great FF mileage bonuses just for joining the program. After he gets this desired international ticket, he should abandon United’s FF program. Stop using and paying an annual fee for United’s Chase card. Get a USAirways account, and credit card with its 25,000 mileage bonus. Then, every United flight he takes, he can credit it to USAir’s program. USAir apparently does not do Starnet blocking, so he can book USAir reward tickets on any Star Alliance partner where seats are available. He would never actually have to fly USAir.

(Also, if he choses this option and wants to get rid of the United credit card’s annual fee, have him call to cancel and ask for a no-annual-fee United card. Chase seems to have one, but that card only offers half as many FF miles. That way, he can retain a United card, which probably has a good credit limit, and he can keep his utilization low.)

This option also would work for BMI (another Star partner) instead of USAir, but with Lufthansa buying BMI, it’s unclear what the future of the FF programs are. BMI has frequently had some great FF mileage bonuses just for joining the program.

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