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MileagePlus Award Charts to Be Eliminated. For Posterity, Refer to Them in the Future in This Article.

In attempting to introduce a broader range of award redemption prices, award charts which list a set amount of MileagePlus miles required for each flight will no longer be published by United Airlines effective as of Friday, November 15, 2019…

…but if you are…

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April 5, 2019

Save 20 Percent on MileagePlus Redemptions: United Airlines Award Sale 2018 to Asia and Pacific Destinations

You can save 20 percent off award travel — meaning that you can redeem as few as 56,000 MileagePlus miles — from the United States to destinations in Asia and the Pacific from Monday, September 17, 2018 through Tuesday, April 30, 2019 during this Labor Day award sale from United Airlines…

…but you must…

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August 31, 2018

Delta Air Lines Eliminates Fees for Last-Minute Award Travel Bookings for ALL SkyMiles Members

If you have Delta Air Lines SkyMiles which you would like to use at the last minute — say for a trip in a couple of days — Delta no longer has fees for “close-in” award travel…

…and FlyerTalk members are experiencing this new policy first-hand, resulting in cheers and kudos for Delta Air Lines. All Delta Air Lines SkyMiles members can take advantage of this policy.

Additionally, the direct ticketing charge for booking an award ticket with a Delta agent via telephone has been waived for Diamond, Platinum and Gold Medallion SkyMiles members.