busterbaxter said:do bonus miles earned this way count as Elite Qualifying Miles? Thanks.
Highly doubt it. Other than the US Air card, I don't know of any cards that offer EQM's on the creditcard.

Wife signed up a short time ago. Just got "pre-approved" offer in letter which cited her balance (20,001 miles as of 7/17) he offer plus 1 mile earned from the spending required to get the miles.

Looks like they are not doing the rather easy screening needed to eliminate those who just took advantage of the offer.

The question is how likely they are to give her a new card if she sends the promotion in? Tmpted to wait till near the respond by date, and then send it in (presuming that grant cards for most of the pre-approved offers).

United does offer a list on their site of the routes with available free tickets. It is clear that most routes are not on that list (and even fewer on the short haul under 750 mile list where you get ticket for 15000 miles).Fortunately the route she is most likely to fly is on that list however. Someone who is worried about whether they could actually use the miiles may want to look at that list in deciding whether to apply.

My intuition is that the short trips may be easier to book because they will usually one leg (to and from a hub) rather than two legs both of which must have seats. Many of these would also be to interior cities which less often attract tourists. It does seem clear from the list below (and a promotion they are running) that trips using Denver are easier to book than using the Chicago hub.

For those that lack access to the web site. The list is below;

Markets which currently have additional award seats available for October 1 - October 31, 2006



Domestic:
Austin (AUS) - Denver (DEN)
Boston (BOS) - Denver (DEN)
Burbank (BUR) - Denver (DEN)
Chicago (ORD) - Fayetteville (XNA)
Chicago (ORD) - Roanoke (ROA)
Chicago (ORD) - Tulsa (TUL)
Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Denver (DEN) - Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW)
Denver (DEN) - Durango (DRO)
Denver (DEN) - Eagle (EGE)
Denver (DEN) - Fargo (FAR)
Denver (DEN) - Grand Junction (GJT)
Denver (DEN) - Gunnison (GUC)
Denver (DEN) - Hayden (HDN)
Denver (DEN) - Jackson (JAC)
Denver (DEN) - Montrose (MTJ)
Denver (DEN) - New Orleans (MSY)
Denver (DEN) - New York City (LGA)
Denver (DEN) - Oakland (OAK)
Denver (DEN) - Pasco-Richland (PSC)
Denver (DEN) - Reno (RNO)
Denver (DEN) - San Diego (SAN)
Denver (DEN) - San Jose, CA (SJC)
Denver (DEN) - Tucson (TUS)
Fargo (FAR) - Chicago (ORD)
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Washington, D.C. (IAD)
Lihue, Kauai (LIH) - San Francisco (SFO)
Los Angeles (LAX) - New Orleans (MSY)
Memphis (MEM) - Chicago (ORD)
Domestic (cont.):
Miami (MIA) - Chicago (ORD)
Nashville (BNA) - Denver (DEN)
Ontario (ONT) - San Francisco (SFO)
Phoenix (PHX) - San Francisco (SFO)
Washington, D.C. (DCA) - Denver (DEN)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - Harrisburg (MDT)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - Knoxville (TYS)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - Miami (MIA)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - New Orleans (MSY)
Atlantic:
Amsterdam (AMS) - Chicago (ORD)
Frankfurt (FRA) - Chicago (ORD)
Frankfurt (FRA) - Washington, D.C. (IAD)
London (LHR) - Chicago (ORD)
London (LHR) - San Francisco (SFO)
Los Angeles (LAX) - London (LHR)
New York City (JFK) - London (LHR)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - Kuwait City (KEI) starts 10/28
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - London (LHR)
Latin:
Chicago (ORD) - San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)
Pacific:
Osaka (KIX) - Chicago (ORD)
Seoul (ICN) - San Francisco (SFO)
Tokyo (NRT) - Seattle (SEA)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - Tokyo (NRT) starts 10/29




Markets which currently have additional award seats available for November 1 - November 30, 2006


Domestic:
Albuquerque (ABQ) - Denver (DEN)
Atlanta (ATL) - Denver (DEN)
Chicago (ORD) - Fayetteville (XNA)
Colorado Springs (COS) - San Francisco (SFO)
Columbus (CMH) - Denver (DEN)
Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Denver (DEN) - Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW)
Denver (DEN) - Durango (DRO)
Denver (DEN) - El Paso (ELP)
Denver (DEN) - Fargo (FAR)
Denver (DEN) - Fresno (FAT)
Denver (DEN) - Grand Junction (GJT)
Denver (DEN) - Gunnison (GUC)
Denver (DEN) - Hayden (HDN)
Denver (DEN) - Jackson (JAC)
Denver (DEN) - Montrose (MTJ)
Denver (DEN) - New Orleans (MSY)
Denver (DEN) - Omaha (OMA)
Denver (DEN) - Ontario (ONT)
Denver (DEN) - Philadelphia (PHL)
Denver (DEN) - Reno (RNO)
Denver (DEN) - Santa Barbara (SBA)
Denver (DEN) - St. Louis (STL)
Las Vegas (LAS) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Los Angeles (LAX) - New Orleans (MSY)
Domestic (cont.):
Nashville (BNA) - Denver (DEN)
Phoenix (PHX) - San Francisco (SFO)
Washington, D.C. (DCA) - Denver (DEN)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - New Orleans (MSY)
Atlantic:
Amsterdam (AMS) - Chicago (ORD)
Amsterdam (AMS) - Washington, D.C. (IAD)
London (LHR) - Chicago (ORD)
Hawaii:
Kona, Hawaii (KOA) - San Francisco (SFO)
Lihue, Kauai (LIH) - San Francisco (SFO)
Latin:
Los Angeles (LAX) - Mexico City (MEX)
Mexico City (MEX) - Chicago (ORD)
Mexico City (MEX) - San Francisco (SFO)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - Mexico City (MEX)
Pacific
Beijing (PEK) - San Francisco (SFO)
Chicago (ORD) - Beijing (PEK)
Los Angeles (LAX) - Tokyo (NRT)
Osaka (KIX) - Chicago (ORD)
Seoul (ICN) - San Francisco (SFO)
Tokyo (NRT) - Chicago (ORD)
Tokyo (NRT) - Seattle (SEA)
Washington, D.C. (IAD) - Tokyo (NRT)

it was 20,000. then it was 20,500. now it's 21,000. wonder if it's going to keep going up

Seen someplace 25,000 miles last week.

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Snyder81 said:busterbaxter said:I was approved of this card, and I don't plan on using this very often. I am mostly after the bonus miles.

I read that this card doesn't report CL, so what would happen if I activate it, use it for a small purchase ($10) to get the bonus mile, pay balance, forget about it, and cancel it 1 year later to avoid annual fee? I wonder how this would be reported to the CRAs. a $10 high balance?

I called Chase about this because it was being reported as an installment account with no limit. I disputed and they sent me a letter indicating they have updated the information with the credit bureau's but it's been a week and the card "installment account" entry literally disappeared off my TU report, but never came back as a credit card. I would really like this reported as it's my highest limit. I'll call again today and keep this thread updated with what I find out.
To update, the card did not reappear on my report. I got a letter from Chase stating they would attempt to reinstate the line on my report, but said it is very unlikely that will happen. I just closed the card as my last post noted so I'd rather not have it on there anyway.