Can you elaborate on you math here? I am also always skeptical with deals like the ones mentioned in this article, but the claim that he only saved $50 on airfa

Can you elaborate on you math here? I am also always skeptical with deals like the ones mentioned in this article, but the claim that he only saved $50 on airfare makes no sense to me without further justification. He specifically mentioned that the first year annual fee is waived. I am not sure what limits you refer to. And of course there are redemption restrictions which usually require you to purchase such flights a few months in advance. A further reason I don't believe your comment is that I just returned from a fantastic holiday to the Caribbean whose flight was paid for entirely in United miles acquired exclusively through opening and using once a United Explorer Card. This, incidentally, is a neat trick to know: Flights to the Caribbean are considered domestic flights in the United system which means they only cost 30k miles, same as a flight from Boston to New York for example.