United Airlines

White-hat hackers get million-mile bonus from United

United Airlines, which has been plagued by computer glitches over the past few years, some of which have led to disruptions of flight schedules, has given two computer hackers a million MileagePlus miles each for helping find security glitches in…

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United celebrates flying women with all-female crew

There are many women working in aviation these days, but there’s room for more. And many of the women now working are not in the high-end jobs, including cockpit crews and mechanics. So, United Airlines recent selection of an all-woman crew to take…

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United adds cruise awards for DividendMiles

Take your choice…cruise or fly. United Airlines has connected with a dozen or so cruise lines to offer cruises as awards for its loyalty program. DividendMiles members who buy cruises on some of those lines through United’s website can also earn…

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United “test-flies” its new website

United Airlines, which has taken heavy criticism for a bad job of merging computer systems after its merger with Continental, is taking no chances with its major overhaul of its website, according to an analysis in USA Today.   The new site is…

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SQUEEEZE, Please! United pushes in more seats

United Airlines has almost completed its installation of new seats throughout its fleet; the new slimline seats are also set closer together (as close as 30″ pitch in some planes) and give United the equivalent of 14 more planes worth of space,…

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New Target for Thieves: Frequent-flier miles

If you believed all the whining about how this airline’s or that airline’s loyalty programs were no longer worth anything…a ring of thieves didn’t, and have turned frequent flier accounts into new targets for thefts.   Both American and United…

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United adds cruise awards for DividendMiles

Take your choice…cruise or fly. United Airlines has connected with a dozen or so cruise lines to offer cruises as awards for its loyalty program. DividendMiles members who buy cruises on some of those lines through United’s website can also earn…

Read More

United “test-flies” its new website

United Airlines, which has taken heavy criticism for a bad job of merging computer systems after its merger with Continental, is taking no chances with its major overhaul of its website, according to an analysis in USA Today.   The new site is…

Read More

SQUEEEZE, Please! United pushes in more seats

United Airlines has almost completed its installation of new seats throughout its fleet; the new slimline seats are also set closer together (as close as 30″ pitch in some planes) and give United the equivalent of 14 more planes worth of space,…

Read More

New Target for Thieves: Frequent-flier miles

If you believed all the whining about how this airline’s or that airline’s loyalty programs were no longer worth anything…a ring of thieves didn’t, and have turned frequent flier accounts into new targets for thefts.   Both American and United…

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