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United Airlines is celebrating National Plan for Vacation Day with a promo that is only valid for today. Flight bookings to 25 international destinations that United is the only US carrier serving are valid for this promotion. These cities will earn double miles when flown to this year if you book your tickets today.
According to a new survey that was conducted by United, 70% of Americans say booking a plane ticket for a vacation brings them happiness. I know I love to book tickets for business and leisure. United truly has the best route network of any US airline and it continues to expand to even more international destinations that I want to check out. This promo is valid only for Economy Class tickets (with Basic Economy fares excluded). I wish United would have included Polaris®, but maybe that would have been too many miles as a bonus?
Travel dates are between tomorrow, January 29th and November 15th. These must be booked in paid Economy Class (Y, B, M, E, U, H, Q, V, W, S, T, L, K, and G). The destinations above are included in this promo. Bonus miles will be awarded at 2x the fare. This does not include any elite bonuses. Remember to enter promo code PVAC25 when booking.
Terms & Conditions:
- Offer promo code: PVAC25
- The member’s United MileagePlus® account number must be included on each reservation and qualifying activity must be posted to the member’s account in order to qualify for this offer.
- To earn the bonus, you must complete a qualifying flight. A “qualifying flight”: Includes a segment to, from, or through the following markets: AGP (Malaga, ES), BIO (Bilbao, ES), CEB (Cebu, PH), CHC (Christchurch, NZ), DBV (Dubrovnik, HR), DXB (Dubai, AE), FAO (Faro, PT), FNC (Madeira, PT), GOH (Nuuk, GL), HKG (Hong Kong, HK), KHH (Kaohsiung, TW), KIX (Osaka- JP), MEL (Melbourne, VI, AU), MNL (Manila, PH), NGO (Nagoya, JP), OPO( Porto, PT), PDL (Ponta Delgada, PT), PEK (Beijing, CN), PMI (Palma de Mallorca, ES), PMO (Palermo, IT), PXM (Puerto Escondido, MX), RAK (Marrakesh, MA), SIN (Singapore, SG), TFS (Tenerife, ES) UBN (Ulaanbaatar (MN).
- Is operated by United or United Express (offer is not valid on United-marketed codeshare flights operated by other carriers) and must be booked in paid Economy fare classes (Y,B,M,E,U,H,Q,V,W,S,T,L, K and G) and
IV. Must be booked through United.com or United Mobile App. - Ticketing dates: Offer is valid for paid qualifying flights purchased on January 28, 2025.
- Travel dates: Offer is valid for paid qualifying flights for travel starting January 29, 2025, and completed on or before November 15, 2025. Any changes to the original itinerary with travel past this date are not eligible for bonus miles.
- For qualifying flights as referenced above, bonus award amounts will be credited as follows:
I. Bonus miles will be calculated as two times the fare for the qualifying flights.
II. Connections are also eligible for bonus miles.
III. Bonus does not apply to any upper cabin fare multiplier.
IV. Bonus miles will only be given if the line of flight (i.e. outbound or inbound flights) includes the referenced cities. For example, if the outbound travel includes a referenced city but the inbound travel does not, bonus miles will only be given for the outbound travel. - Members can earn a maximum of 50,000 bonus award miles in accordance with this promotion and these terms and conditions.
- Tickets purchased in Basic Economy are not eligible for this promotion.
- Offer is not valid on government fares.
- Bonus award miles will be credited within six to eight weeks after travel is completed Ito the referenced markets. Bonus will be calculated using the originally ticketed fare and subsequent changes to any fare and/or fare classes as a result of itinerary changes, Economy Plus purchases, complimentary or paid upgrade, purchase of travel products (including but not limited to United ClubSM, Premier Access®, Award Accelerator®, Premier AcceleratorSM), irregular operations or otherwise will not be considered.
- Bonus award miles do not count toward United MileagePlus® Premier® status or Million Miler Status and do not apply to class-of-service bonus miles or Premier bonus miles. This offer does not include any bonus Premier Qualifying Points or Premier Qualifying Flights.
- Offer is not combinable with other non-combinable offers.
- Award travel tickets and other tickets that do not earn Redeemable Miles are not included in this offer.
- E-ticket purchase is required. Service charges for ticketing with a United representative in the 50 United States, District of Columbia and Canada are $25 by phone, $30 at a City Ticket Office and $35 in person at the airport. Ticketing charges may vary outside the U.S. and Canada and based on MileagePlus status level. The ticketing service charge does not apply to tickets purchased on united.com. Service charges are subject to change without notice. • If transactions are reversed or canceled or refunds occur such that the offer requirements are not satisfied, applicable miles will not be awarded or will be deducted from the MileagePlus member account. • All calculations and other determinations made in connection with this offer will be made by United in its discretion and are considered final.
- Offer is subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply.
- The fare is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges. For tickets purchased in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we will convert the purchase to U.S. dollars using an industry standard exchange rate and then calculate the number of miles you will earn. Please note that the price displayed when purchasing a ticket on united.com includes up to a 7.5% U.S. Federal Transportation Tax on the base amount of the fare on itineraries wholly within the United States. This tax also applies to certain itineraries between the United States and Canada or Mexico. You will not earn PQP or award miles for the full amount of the displayed price for these itineraries because the U.S. Federal Transportation tax is not eligible to earn PQP or miles.
- As reported by cognitive scientist Dr. Laurie Santos.
- Miles accrued, awards, and benefits issued are subject to change and are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program, including without limitation the Premier® program (the “MileagePlus Program”), which are expressly incorporated herein. United® may change the MileagePlus Program including, but not limited to, rules, regulations, travel awards and special offers or terminate the MileagePlus Program at any time and without notice. United and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents are not responsible for any products or services of other participating companies and partners. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the member. Bonus award miles, award miles and any other miles earned through non-flight activity do not count toward qualification for Premier status unless expressly stated otherwise. The accumulation of mileage or Premier status or any other status does not entitle members to any vested rights with respect to the MileagePlus Program. All calculations made in connection with the MileagePlus Program, including without limitation with respect to the accumulation of mileage and the satisfaction of the qualification requirements for Premier status, will be made by United Airlines® and MileagePlus in their discretion and such calculations will be considered final. Information in this communication that relates to the MileagePlus Program does not purport to be complete or comprehensive and may not include all of the information that a member may believe is important, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the information on the united.com website and the MileagePlus Program rules. United and MileagePlus are registered service marks. See additional MileagePlus rules and conditions
Anthony’s Take: If you’re planning some international travel this year, you might want to book today. I wish this included Polaris®, but there might be dates that can be booked and then upgraded using miles or PlusPoints.
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2 comments
I keep getting an error when entering the code
Exactly. When entering the PVAC25 in the promotion code field, always get the “united.com was unable to retrieve the rule(s) pertaining to the program at this time in redeeming your eCertificate offer.” with any of the 25 destinations and travel period within the promotional window. Is this how United wants its customers to celebrate the National Plan for Vacation day ? LOL