Money + Miles

Pay for your next flight with a combination of money and miles. Money + Miles is a great way to use miles to travel. Select this option when you don't have enough miles for an award flight or want to redeem miles on multiple trips. Choose the number of miles you want to redeem at checkout and pay for the rest of your ticket with money.

How to book

Money + Miles is available to all MileagePlus members with miles in their accounts. You can use it to buy tickets for yourself or someone else on United, United Express® and select partner airline flights. Money + Miles is a payment option for seats in every cabin, including Basic Economy on select flights.

Booking with this type of payment is easy:

Sign in

Sign in to MileagePlus® on our website or the app and select “Book a flight”.

Sign in

Sign in to MileagePlus® on our website or the app and select “Book a flight”.

Search

Enter your criteria and search for flights. You can switch the display from money to Money + Miles at the top of the page.

Search

Enter your criteria and search for flights. You can switch the display from money to Money + Miles at the top of the page.

Select

Choose your flight and select the number of miles you want to use at checkout.

Select

Choose your flight and select the number of miles you want to use at checkout.

Traveler pro tip

Money + Miles is just one of the many ways you can redeem miles you earn with MileagePlus. Visit the use miles page to learn more.

Traveler pro tip

Money + Miles is just one of the many ways you can redeem miles you earn with MileagePlus. Visit the use miles page to learn more.

Money + Miles FAQ