« Honeymooning on Miles and Points | Main | Daydreaming Scenario: What if United Went Out of Business? »
May 14, 2005
2 Red Carpet Club Passes and Starwood Gold for $10
Ameniti, United's "Luxury Travel Club" (which is useless in almost every regard) is offering a 3-month trial membership for $10.It comes with 2 United Red Carpet Club passes and Starwood Gold status, my best guess being through February 2007.
If you allow your membership to renew after 3 months for a $295 annual fee you'll receive 25,000 United miles. Otherwise, just cancel before 3 months are up.
Posted by gleff at May 14, 2005 4:03 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blogs.flyertalk.com/mt-tb.cgi/170
Comments
When I last did this, I got the red carpet passes, and also got charged $300 a month for 3 months, until I cancelled the card.
I'd cancelled my Amenity membership in writing to the fax # on their site.
Posted by: Adam at May 15, 2005 8:00 AM
Ameniti had a database problem in the fall, and they did charge several people that cancelled. A single phone call reversed the charges within about 48 hours.
Posted by: Gary at May 15, 2005 8:01 AM
Ameniti seems useless on domestic flights, since the 241 requires non-discounted fares. It seems better on int'l, where they cover United, Lufthansa code-shares, bmi, and a good bit of Singapore Airlines route network. However, isn't this also a pretty good value for purchasing 25,000 miles for $305 (1.2 cents per mile) versus buying them at for $697 (2.8 cents per mile).
Posted by: Dan Kohn at June 20, 2005 2:37 PM
Ameniti seems useless on domestic flights, since the 241 requires non-discounted fares. It seems better on int'l, where they cover United, Lufthansa code-shares, bmi, and a good bit of Singapore Airlines route network. However, isn't this also a pretty good value for purchasing 25,000 miles for $305 (1.2 cents per mile) versus buying them at for $697 (2.8 cents per mile).
Posted by: Dan Kohn at June 20, 2005 2:45 PM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)