With Valentine’s Day just a couple of weeks away, United is running a special promotion where you can win 2 Business Class tickets anywhere the airline flies.
United wants to know:
Did United help you make a love connection? Tell us your story by Feb. 5 for a chance to fly away with your sweetheart.
This isn’t exactly an update. It’s more of a debate about what my next step should be related to getting my $$$ back from United after being stuck in Oslo due to an approaching winter storm.
Check out what we did during our first day in Oslo here.
A brief recap: Our flight home from Oslo was cancelled and rather than heading to the airport, I called United through Skype. I was able to get our tickets reserved to fly home the following day. After dealing with this, I asked the United rep about accommodations and was told that we were on our own.
With the Super Bowl being held in the New York City area at MetLife Stadium, (home to the New York Giants & Jets) there are lots of free special events going on around the city.
Super Bowl Boulevard will take over Broadway from 34th to 47th Street from January 29 – February 1 from noon to 10 PM. There will be various free events going on, from kicking field goals to getting autographs during the event.
Check out a list of other Super Bowl related events in the NYC area HERE.
A few other events stood out which are affiliated with airlines.
Continue reading Some Free Super Bowl Events By Airlines Around NYC
A couple of days back I wrote about an issue that we had during our trip to Oslo. Our flight home was cancelled due to an approaching winter storm coming to the NYC area.
After having a nice (extra) day in Oslo, we headed to the airport for our flight home a day later than originally planned. While there I had a couple of conversations with other stranded passengers who were also on our flight. I found out that while United told me that I was on my own in booking my accomodations, these 2 other passengers had their hotel stay and meals covered by the airline.
This new found information led me to have a discussion with United’s only surpervisor at Oslo Airport (OSL). Check out my post Hey United, I Want My $158+ Back if you are curious about the rules and regulations that I discovered.
After writing my post and following the United Supervisor’s instructions on how to claim my money back for our hotel stay and meals, I was shocked at the automated response that I received.
We finally made it home from our first trip of 2014 to Oslo, Norway. We had a great time and really enjoyed the city, even with its sky-high prices.
A couple of days back I wrote how we were Stuck In Oslo Thanks To An Approaching Winter Storm. Our flight was cancelled due to a snow storm forecasted for the NYC area. While some flights made it into Newark-Liberty Airport, United went ahead and pre-emptively cancelled ours.
In my post about being stuck in Oslo, I forgot to mention something pretty important. While on the phone with United customer service, I asked about accommodations and who was responsible. The representative was very short with me (code for rude) and said that we were responsible. Her response was something like well it’s not like we wanted to cancel the flight and not get everybody home.
We’re down to the last few days of 2013 and a United MileagePlus Shopping bonus offer is also coming to an end.
Earn up to 2,500 bonus miles with United MileagePlus Shopping.
With the holidays over, many stores should be having their online clearance sales. If you haven’t taken advantage of this bonus you should do so now.
Continue reading Reminder: Earn Up to 2,500 United Miles From MileagePlus Shopping
A couple of days back I wrote about a way to earn up to 5,500 bonus miles with Delta SkyMiles Shopping.
Here is a way to earn some bonus miles with United MileagePlus Shopping.
“For every gift you buy, you’re earning miles” and now through December 31, 2013 you can earn 500 miles for every $250 you spend at MileagePlus Shopping.
Continue reading MileagePlus Shopping: Earn Up To 2,500 Bonus Miles
United Airlines is giving away a trip for 2 to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games through a contest on Facebook.
To enter you need to answer some Olympics trivia questions on the Facebook page.
The Prize: An 8 day/ 7 night trip for the winner and one guest to Sochi during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Continue reading Win A Trip to the 2014 Sochi Olympics From United
The new QuietComfort 20i headphones are the first in-ear noise cancelling headphones from Bose. If you’re looking to buy a new pair of noise cancelling headphones and want to get something more compact, then these might be for you.
You can earn 1,500 United miles for purchasing QuietComfort 20i.
I have a pair of noise cancelling headphones (not Bose) and stopped traveling with them due to the amount of space they took up in my carry-on backpack. I now use the saved space for some of Lucas’ things.
Continue reading Earn 1,500 United Miles For Purchasing Bose QuietComfort 20i
After coming across a couple of United Club passes that I had no use for, I decided to run a giveaway with entry being open for one day.
The giveaway was only open for one day because I need to pick a winner and mail the passes out ASAP. Why? We’re heading to Germany tonight and I need to get the passes in the mail before we go away since there isn’t much time left to use them.
To enter my giveaway all you had to do was leave a comment about where you will be flying with United in the upcoming weeks.
I wasn’t sure if there would be much interest in the passes since they are expiring so soon but there was a very solid response of 33 comments/ entries.
