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Showing posts with label Mileage Plus. Show all posts

Vote for Rotary in United Airline's charity miles give away

As a Rotarian, I seek your help. It will take only about two minutes of your time.

As an annual charity event, United Airlines donates 10 million airline miles to various non-profit charities. Each participating nonprofit partner is guaranteed to receive a minimum of 25,000 miles. The remaining portion of the 10 million total miles will be distributed to all participating nonprofit partners based on the percentage of total votes that each partner received during the voting period.

Please visit the United's 10 Million Charity Miles website and vote at least once a day for Rotary International. You do not have to be a member of Mileage Plus, United's frequent flier program.

Rotary is a global network of volunteers made up of business, professional, and community leaders who meet regularly to plan and carry out civic and humanitarian service activities.

Rotary’s number-one goal is global polio eradication. With partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary has eradicated the disease in all but three countries worldwide.

More than 1.2 million Rotarians in over 200 countries and geographical areas belong to 34,000 Rotary clubs.

Charity Miles help Rotary greatly expand its humanitarian reach. Charity Miles provide airfare for volunteers leading polio eradication efforts in Africa, and send U.S. Gift of Life surgical teams to perform life-saving surgeries in Central America. Charity Miles also help students from disadvantaged families participate in Rotary’s international exchange program.

Thank you.

Devesh Agarwal

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Jet Airways' JetPrivilege and United Airlines' Mileage Plus forge partnership

Jet Airways, will forge a frequent flyer partnership with United Airlines, one of the largest international carriers based in the United States, effective November 15, 2008.

With this partnership, Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege members may now earn and redeem JPMiles on the entire global network of United Airlines, and, United Airlines’ Mileage Plus members may now earn and redeem their miles on Jet Airways' services to 64 destinations in India and beyond. More details are available on Jet Airways' website.

United Airlines operates more than 3,200 flights a day to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C.

United, along with German carrier Lufthansa, had commenced the Star Alliance. Readers will recall that recently Lufthansa has committed itself to helping Air India become a partner of the Star Alliance. It will be interesting to see how this partnership evolves. Ideally, I would like to see Jet Airways become a full fledged Star Alliance member.
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