Here is the breakdown:
If you buy between 10,000 and 14,000 miles you’ll earn a 25% bonus of additional miles (equating about 2.8 cents per mile).
If you buy between 15,000 and 29,000 miles you’ll earn a 50% bonus of additional miles (equating about 2.3 cents per mile).
If you buy between 30,000 and 85,000 miles you’ll earn a 75% bonus of additional miles (equating about 2 cents per mile).
Remember that you can buy 150,000 miles a year (including the free bonus amount), and that ‘clock’ has reset to zero for everyone so you can back the truck up and load up 150k miles once again this year.
And of course you know that the best place to use these miles is for those First and Business Class Seats on Lufthansa, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, and Austrian!
When you first bring up the Mileage Plus purchase screen, you’ll see an offer for only 50%, but when you log in you should see the 75% offer available.
UPDATE: Some of you have shared that you are being limited only to 50% bonus for purchases. This may be as a result of United targeting certain members for a 50% or 75% bonus. Here is an image from my own transaction, showing that I would receive a 75% bonus:
Yep it’s targeted, I’m UA Plat
and I got:
Buy 5,000 – 10,000 miles | Get 20% bonus
Buy 11,000 – 24,000 miles | Get 35% bonus
Buy 25,000 – 100,000 miles | Get 50% bonus
Yup only 50% offer.
I just went to teh site and logged in. I’m a UA Premier 1K currently. The best offer it was showing was “Up to 50%”. I’m confused. Please advise.
That’s strange. Unless it’s targeted? Both my wife and I were offered the 75% deal. I’m a premier silver and she has no status.
Do you think the purchase of UA miles & up to 75% bonus miles using Chase Sapphire Reserve will also give me 3x UR points?
I know in the past when I used my sapphire preferred I would get the additional multiplier from the credit card for ‘airline spend’. So perhaps the same will happen with the reserve card. I guess I’ll find out in a few days.