United Airlines is offering a 25 percent discount on award tickets to Japan, just in time for the cherry blossom season and festivals.
This is the bargain of the century!
Round-trip coach tickets for nonstop flights from Washington, DC to Tokyo price out at over $2,000 in April 2014, but can be had 52,500 miles with this sale!
The regular “saver” award price is 70,000 Mileage Plus miles.
What’s more, there is plenty of availability for Dulles International Airport (IAD) in both directions!
I did not check availability for other departure cities — but the offer is good for travel from the mainland U.S. and Canada.
The offer is valid for coach tickets purchased by April 17, 2014, for travel between April 1 and April 30, 2014.
A sample itinerary I checked priced out to 52,500 miles plus $120.50 in taxes for a roundtrip ticket, or $2,480 in cash.
That means that you could get enough miles for a roundtrip ticket to Japan just by opening a single credit card and meeting the minimum spend requirement. That’s extraordinary if you think about it!
Here’s the link to the full Terms & Conditions.