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olumides_wife   17

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Hi all I am not sure really where to post this but I have to share! When it is time to bring your loved one with you please please please don't forget about your flyer miles if you have them...I flew with United and a one way requires 40,000 miles and well after my 3 trips to Nigeria... my husband and I were able to get his ticket and ended up only paying 181.50 for him to come home! So please keep "flyer miles" in mind as you are on this journey they will come in handy...even if you don't have enough flyer miles (let's say you only have like 20,000) you will still come out a whole lot cheaper buying extra miles than paying for a full price ticket. Well I hope this post helps someone that is always my goal when I share information! Be blessed all!



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Hi all I am not sure really where to post this but I have to share! When it is time to bring your loved one with you please please please don't forget about your flyer miles if you have them...I flew with United and a one way requires 40,000 miles and well after my 3 trips to Nigeria... my husband and I were able to get his ticket and ended up only paying 181.50 for him to come home! So please keep "flyer miles" in mind as you are on this journey they will come in handy...even if you don't have enough flyer miles (let's say you only have like 20,000) you will still come out a whole lot cheaper buying extra miles than paying for a full price ticket. Well I hope this post helps someone that is always my goal when I share information! Be blessed all!

Very nice of you to mention this and help others. :)

Congratulations to you!

Melanie

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cazzers   83

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Thank you so much for sharing this! It really helps :)

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JessieRC   8

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My husband also flies with the United very often and we are both the Millage plus members. We get award miles from paid trips and then exchange free tickets (often business class!) with our miles. We usually pay for national trips but use miles for international trips.

We are not totally content with all United's service but the point is it's best to stay with one airline if you fly frequently. :whistle: :whistle:

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speedwell   224

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This is great advice! I had to add my husband as a household member to my British Airways executive club membership, but this is going to save us hundreds of dollars. :thumbs:

I'm a dual US/Hungarian citizen (both by birth; Hungarian citizenship verification TBA), and my husband is a dual British/Irish citizen (by treaty) from Northern Ireland. We are atheists.

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JP and Tee   13

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i did this a couple years ago, and got a free return ticket from the US-Malaysia due to the miles I racked up in the four years or so we'd been together :D We had to pay for taxes etc but it was only about 80USD, totally worth it for a 25K miles trip!

Ryan H Grand Master

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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Off Topic; topic is about purchasing airline tickets and not about any visa process itself.

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olumides_wife   17

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I am glad this has been helpful for some and thumbs up to those that already know about these great "flyer miles" also as I pointed out in my OP I didn't know where to post this but hey at least it's moved to the right location now....hope it helps many more people on this "visa" journey :)



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del-2-5-2014   1,339

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Hi all I am not sure really where to post this but I have to share! When it is time to bring your loved one with you please please please don't forget about your flyer miles if you have them...I flew with United and a one way requires 40,000 miles and well after my 3 trips to Nigeria... my husband and I were able to get his ticket and ended up only paying 181.50 for him to come home! So please keep "flyer miles" in mind as you are on this journey they will come in handy...even if you don't have enough flyer miles (let's say you only have like 20,000) you will still come out a whole lot cheaper buying extra miles than paying for a full price ticket. Well I hope this post helps someone that is always my goal when I share information! Be blessed all!

I remember reading this thread when you first posted it.

I've been stressing over United prices and I tried with my miles. I'll be able to buy a 1W for $90, really tempted to buy it now but I will wait till after the interview.

Thanks for sharing.

 

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