LET BUYER BEWARE–AS UNITED AIRLINES MILEAGEPLUS EXPIRES AFTER 18 MONTHS WITHOUT AN ACTIVITY ON A CO-BRANDED CREDIT CARD–THE LOOPHOLES THESE CORPORATIONS LEGALLY CAN GET AWAY WITH TO FLEECE THE CUSTOMERS WHO USES THEIR SERVICE AND IN RETURN GETS STABBED FOR INACTIVITY–JUST GOES TO SHOW NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE AND CORPORATIONS ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE WHAT IS YOUR REWARD WITH NOTHING IN RETURN

An American couple is resuming plans for a 75th birthday trip to France that was initially put on hold because an airline policy screwed up their plans.

Joe and Marilyn Woerner had more than 300,000 miles on their United Airlines MileagePlus miles accounts between them when they began planning their trip to France.

But when they logged into their accounts, they discovered their miles had expired due to inactivity.

Under United’s frequent flyer policy, MileagePlus miles expire at 18 months if a flyer does not complete a qualifying activity, such as making a purchase with a United MileagePlus co-branded credit card.

While the airline says flyers are given a warning before miles expire, the Woerners claim they never received any notice.

When Joe contacted United by email, he claims a customer service agent for the carrier suggested a program to buy back the balance of his miles. Joe thought that was unacceptable.

“So we would have to pay money, over $US500 ($685), to buy back the points we had already earned,” Joe said. “Which to me was just ridiculous.”

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