airline currency

United MileagePlus: observed points value

United MileagePlus miles. Every figure below is tied to a fixed basket and trailing observation window.

Provisional

0.74 to 1.08 cents per point

Typical redemption: about 0.77 cents. So 10,000 points are usually worth $74 to $108.

Sample size

n=10

Methodology

ledger-1.0

Basket

v1

Status: Provisional, based on 10 priced redemptions; 50 more are needed to publish. A provisional range is not used in the Points Gap Index until it reaches the minimum sample.

Snapshot history

Month

2026-11-01

P25

0.74¢

P50

0.77¢

P90

1.08¢

Sample

n=10

Month

2026-10-01

P25

0.74¢

P50

0.77¢

P90

1.24¢

Sample

n=9

Month

2026-09-01

P25

0.74¢

P50

0.90¢

P90

1.24¢

Sample

n=7

Month

2026-08-01

P25

0.74¢

P50

0.74¢

P90

0.74¢

Sample

n=1

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