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WAYO! United’s Sexy, Custom Designed Polaris is on the schedule.
Did I just use United and Sexy in the same sentence? You better believe it. Have you seen this thing? I thought it looked HOT when they first announced the product, but now you can rub your face all over Saks 5th bedding, freshen your face with Cowshed products, and LIE-FLAT in your bod pod. As a matter of record, Polaris has been a tiered roll out. They debuted the soft product ( Saks product, pillows, Cowshed, etc) December 1st, and now they have announced where and when the seats will make their big debut. I have to say…Miles REALLY wants to meet that little White Polaris Bear and kick it in the new product. Well it’s possible because United’s Sexy, Custom Designed Polaris is on the schedule!
So where will it fly? Bi-coastal Road Warriors Rejoice!
With the flight schedule update this weekend, United will offer one round trip six days each week between Newark Liberty International Airport and San Francisco International Airport between Feb. 16 and May 4. The airline expects to begin 777-300ER intercontinental service between San Francisco and Hong Kong on March 25, with the aircraft replacing a Boeing 747-400 currently being used on the route. Flight and aircraft schedules are subject to change.
United expects to place into service all 14 aircraft in its 777-300ER order in 2017.
This means you can try out the new United Polaris business class without flying all the way to Hong Kong! You can give it a go flying between EWR and SFO starting Feb. 16th up until May 4th. That’s pretty cool. I checked to see if the flight had loaded to HKG on March 25th and it hadn’t, so stayed tuned!
Here are excerpts from my June post : I get all up in Polaris details if you’re interested.
THINGS ARE A CHANGIN’: United’s new business class POLARIS IS NEXT LEVEL
- Cowshed products
- all aisle access
- 6’6″ fully flat beds
- baller color scheme
- multi-national power outlets
- much improved IFE with 16″ screen
- better bedding
- chef inspired food
- free money tree – ok that was just to see if you’re reading
And SAKS bedding? Say whhhhhhaaaaa
Food and Bev to be created by The Trotter Project.
- let’s be honest…the fact that it isn’t rubber is a huge upgrade
Next level
The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based.
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
80k offer in branch currently – I think this should be online soon
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
Super solid welcome offer.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash , Ink Business Unlimited you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
- 3x on dining
- including eligible delivery services for takeout
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards – Chase Travel Portal
- $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Ultimate Rewards/Chase Travel
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred® continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel Portal and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including primary rental car insurance, purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Primary rental car coverage is my favorite
There is currently an 80k offer after $4k spend in 3 months available in branch, and up to 90k after $6k spend in 6 months. I suspect some version of this will be online soon if you don’t want the hassle of going into a branch.
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 60k is a very, very good offer. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back. .
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.