This could make redeeming miles a little bit easier
United is trying something new with award travel.
Booking air travel using miles can be, depending on the circumstances, eminently satisfying or insidiously frustrating. If you’ve amassed enough miles to book a dream vacation free of charge, you might well feel the added boost that comes from making a system work. If you don’t quite have enough miles to make a desired trip click into place, though, you might find yourself going full Richard III and lamenting the lack of a few hundred more miles.
All of which makes a recent announcement from United especially enticing. The short version is that the airline is allowing groups of friends or family members to pool their miles into a supply that all group members can draw from. (United’s announcement makes it clear that individual members will not see a change in their Premier status as a result.) Groups can be up to five people in size, and…
