UA刚刚施行无良新政不久，就开始开放转里程活动忽悠大家转转转了~ 这次的活动以前也出现过，就是将UA非航空合作伙伴积分转换为UA美联航里程能多获得一定比例的奖励里程。尽管UA里程有所贬值，但依然属于相对好用，award space更多(尤其中美)的一家里程了，所以在部分情况下也是可以考虑转的，下面一起来看看有什么甜头可以尝。
活动时间：2016年11月30日之前
活动内容：注册以后，在活动截止日期之前将指定非航空合作伙伴积分转入美联航UA里程，可以获得25%的bonus奖励里程，奖励上限为20000 miles。部分合作伙伴转里程奖励更多(Choice 50%, Carlson 40%)。
- 合作伙伴包括：万豪Marriott、希尔顿Hilton、喜达屋SPG、IHG洲际、Hyatt凯悦、Club Carlson卡尔森、精选Choice、温大妈Wyndham、香格里拉以及赫兹租车Hertz。
注册链接 https://secure.unitedmileageplus.com/reg/PTM2015/index.html
没有促销时标准转换比例可以在官网这里查到。而实际上，只有Marriott、Choice Hotel以及IHG(多的烧不完)是有意义的，其他的基本是100%坑人的节奏，而若干年前，Wyndham转UA还是3：1的时候，很多人的温大妈都献给了UA，如今温大妈升值，转点比例降低到5：1，也就无人再问津了。不信Brett的可以自行去上面的页面里看看各家积分转UA是如何坑的。
下面就具体说一说Marriott 转 UA 和 Choice 转 UA的姿势和撸点。
一、万豪转UA
我们都知道万豪和UA是好基友，共同有一个叫做 RewardsPlus 的合作计划，不论是万豪转UA还是UA转万豪，都比同等情况的其他伙伴有更多的奖励bonus。比如在平时没有促销的时候，万豪积分转到美联航里程，相对转到其他里程可以少花20%的万豪积分。具体直接转UA所需万豪积分如下
- 8,000 points to 2,000 miles (4:1)
- 16,000 points to 5,000 miles (3.2:1)
- 24,000 points to 10,000 miles (2.4:1)
- 56,000 points to 25,000 miles (2.24:1)
- 112,000 points to 50,000 miles (2.24:1)
可以看出，当花费56000或者112000的倍数的万豪积分时，转换比例是最划算的 2.24:1。而在这次的活动下，还能有25%的奖励里程，也就是112,000万豪积分=62500美联航里程 (1.792:1)，如果认为万豪积分估值为0.8 cent，UA里程估值1.6 cent的话，通过这次的活动转给UA，相当于把万豪积分用到了 1.6/1.792 = 0.9 cent，所以是可以考虑的。
而真正诱人的并不是直接转积分，而是结合万豪大礼包来转里程，还能顺便住7个晚上。
平时万豪大礼包是这样的，最划算的是用表格里最右边的一栏，比如换7晚C1-C5+132000 UA里程，只需270000万豪积分(90000 SPG积分)，相当于SPG以1：1.47的比例转UA，刚好弥补了SPG直接转UA比例只有2：1的缺陷，而且按这个比例转UA，还附送7个晚上的C5酒店及以下的免费住宿！
| 7 Nights + 55,000 Miles | 7 Nights + 77,000 Miles | 7 Nights + 110,000 Miles | 7 Nights + 132,000 Miles | |
| Category 1-5 | 200,000 | View | 220,000 | View | 250,000 | View | 270,000 | View |
| Category 6 | 230,000 | View | 250,000 | View | 280,000 | View | 300,000 | View |
| Category 7 | 260,000 | View | 280,000 | View | 310,000 | View | 330,000 | View |
| Category 8 | 290,000 | View | 310,000 | View | 340,000 | View | 360,000 | View |
| Category 9 | 320,000 | View | 340,000 | View | 370,000 | View | 390,000 | View |
| Tier 1-3 | 350,000 | View | 370,000 | View | 400,000 | View | 420,000 | View |
| Tier 4-5 | 470,000 | View | 490,000 | View | 520,000 | View | 540,000 | View |
而结合这次活动有25%的bonus miles 最多20000mile。同样是花费90K SPG或者270K 万豪积分，就能获得 7晚C5住宿+152,000 miles (132000*25%已超出20000，故只能拿20000miles), 相当于SPG点数以1:1.69的比例转UA美联航里程，如果估值 SPG 2.4 cent，UA 1.6 cent的话，以这个大礼包的形式转UA里程，SPG点数的价值换到了1.69*1.6 cent = 2.7 cent，是大于平均估值2.4的，而且这个数字还没有考虑额外的7晚免费住宿，所以也是非常值得考虑的，唯一要思考的就是，去哪儿连续住7晚？这个问题Brett就帮不到你了。
二、Choice Hotel 积分转UA里程
平时转点比例是 5000：1000，也就是5：1，我们知道choice的点数每年的dailygetaway都会便宜卖，今年就是0.4 cent的价格，Brett买了10多万屯着，即使用不出去，这个时候用来转里程也是不错的，比如100,000 choice points 原本可以转 20,000 UA miles，这次的活动加成50%, 则可以转30,000 miles，相当于10: 3的比例choice转UA。
Choice积分在dailygetway的卖价是0.4 cent，我们还是将UA估值为1.6 cent，那么通过转点，相当于以1.33 cent的价格买到了UA的里程。因此也是可以考虑的一个选项。
三、IHG积分转UA里程
这个比例不是很好，原本是5：1的，现在变成了4：1，考虑IHG积分的卖价是0.5cent左右，实际兑换价格可能更低也可能更高，相当于2 cent 买UA里程… 除非你IHG烧不完了，这个选项也基本是坑。当然，如果你去看看其他的积分转换比例，你就知道我为什么把IHG这个比较坑的选项也列出来了。
牧羊场点评：
由于SPG和万豪积分计划的合并完成，万豪积分更容易获得，因此大礼包也有更多的积分来源，大家都能更容易的凑到大礼包所需的积分，根据网传万豪积分计划的负责人的言论：“超出预期的客户通过大礼包的形式消耗掉了万豪的积分”，我们可以猜测不久的将来，大礼包的价格会提高，毕竟是逆天的比例，实在是太划算了。所以，如果有计划旅行的，可以在11月30号之前兑换万豪-UA的大礼包；如果有考虑通过大礼包拿西南基友票的读者，就可以忍一忍，留着明年初换万豪-西南的大礼包，拿2年的基友票，当然，这个前提是到明年初，大礼包的价格或者比例依然还是现在这样。
下面是本次活动的term&condition：
Points to miles 2016 Terms and Conditions
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Registration: To qualify for this offer, members must register for the promotion at www.united.com/pointstomiles between October 12, 2016 and November 30, 2016 (“Promotional Period”).
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Qualifying Activity: A member must earn award miles as a result of one or more points to miles conversion transactions from any combination of MileagePlus hotel partner programs that offer a points to miles transfer program that are conducted during the Promotional Period (“Qualifying Activity”) in order to qualify for MileagePlus Hotel Points-to-Miles bonus miles (“Bonus Miles”).
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Posting of Promotional Miles: At the conclusion of the promotion, all miles earned by each member from Qualifying Activity will be multiplied by 25% (with exception of miles earned from Qualifying Activity with Club Carlson, which will instead be multiplied by 40%, and miles earned from Qualifying Activity with Choice Privileges, which will instead be multiplied by 50%, in each case without duplication of bonuses) to determine the eligible bonus up to a maximum of 20,000 Bonus Miles. Bonus Miles will be credited into the member’s account on or before January 30, 2017.The maximum bonus miles that can be earned by a member under this promotion is 20,000. MileagePlus will not be responsible for technical problems with partner miles postings, or failures or delays in miles postings by hotel partners, that would render any points to miles converted as ineligible under this promotion.
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General: This offer is not combinable with other MileagePlus offers. Offer subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply. Miles accrued, awards, and benefits issued are subject to change and are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program, including without limitation the Premier® program (the “MileagePlus Program”), which are expressly incorporated herein. Please allow 6-8 weeks after completed qualifying activity for miles to post to your account. United may change the MileagePlus Program including, but not limited to, rules, regulations, travel awards and special offers or terminate the MileagePlus Program at any time and without notice. United and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents are not responsible for any products or services of other participating companies and partners. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the member. Bonus award miles, award miles and any other miles earned through non-flight activity do not count toward qualification for Premier status unless expressly stated otherwise. The accumulation of mileage or Premier status or any other status does not entitle members to any vested rights with respect to the MileagePlus Program. All calculations made in connection with the MileagePlus Program, including without limitation with respect to the accumulation of mileage and the satisfaction of the qualification requirements for Premier status, will be made by United Airlines and MileagePlus in their discretion and such calculations will be considered final. Information in this communication that relates to the MileagePlus Program does not purport to be complete or comprehensive and may not include all of the information that a member may believe is important, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the information on the united.com website and the MileagePlus Program rules. United and MileagePlus are registered service marks. For complete details about the MileagePlus Program, go to www.united.com.
