If you have United MileagePlus miles, you can spend them on airlines other than United Airlines. And you don’t have to solely fly on United Airlines to earn United MileagePlus miles.
United Airlines has an extensive network of partners that includes other airlines, plus hotels, rental car companies and retail outlets that serve as sources to earn and redeem United miles.
United Star Alliance partners
Like most of the major U.S. airlines in operation, United Airlines is a founding member of the Star Alliance, which is the largest airline alliance in the world.
There are currently about two dozen United Star Alliance partners. Fly with any of them and offer up your United MileagePlus member number during booking to earn or redeem miles for travel. Award tickets on all United partners can be booked on United.com (just as you would book any other United Award tickets), which makes for a fairly easy booking process (no having to wait for transfer delays or sitting on hold on the phone)
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