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The United Explorer Card enhances your airport experience, your boarding experience, and even your booking experience with elite-like benefits.

Paris is reopening June 9 – here’s how to fly there for just 40,000 miles round-trip Andrew Kunesh © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. France recently announced plans to welcome foreign tourists back on June 9, 2021, provided they’re eligible for a “health pass” that states the traveler is either fully vaccinated against COVID-1...

How to book multiple trips for the price of one by maximizing United’s routing rules Eric Rosen © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. The key to maximizing any airline frequent-flyer program is understanding its rules and then using them to your advantage. That’s gotten a lot harder as many major airline programs have changed how flyers...

7 great airline mileage programs for booking Star Alliance awards Eric Rosen © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Editor’s note: At TPG, our top priority is providing our readers with the information needed to make educated decisions about travel and rewards-earning strategy. This is not the best time to travel, domestically or internat...

The value of rewards can vary depending on how you use them. We've broken down our valuations into low, average, and high redemption rates to help.

How to travel more for fewer miles with United’s Excursionist Perk Richard Kerr © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. United’s MileagePlus program has undergone several customer-unfriendly changes in recent years. For instance, in the fall of 2016, Unite...

Wide open biz awards on NYC’s latest Star Alliance Dreamliner flight Zach Honig © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Come May 2, 2021, New York-JFK will have a new 787 Dreamliner flight, with Star Alliance member LOT Polish Airlines re-launching nonstop service to Krakow, Poland. The carrier last offered regular service between the two a...

How to get maximum value from the United MileagePlus program Ethan Steinberg © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. Despite several changes to the MileagePlus loyalty program over the years, United is still a great option for those looking to get a consistentl...