SkyMall: Only Something to Pass Time on a United Airplane

We all know SkyMall. Its that magazine that we all look at to kill time on an airplane.

Skymall offers a wide range of items from useful:

              

To the bizarre:




Regardless of what you need, Skymall most likely will have it. How many miles will you earn with your purchase? ZERO. That's right goose egg. I was planning on writing a post for our United miles series, but I could't find out the earn rate.

Not on the United Skymall page:

Or on the Skymall landing page:

Other airlines proudly display the earn rate of Skymall purchases.

For example, Skymall purchase through American Airlines earn you 5 miles per $1.

2 miles with Southwest:

And 5 miles with Delta:

The only way I learned that United has bailed on Skymall is by calling the 1-800 number. The agent could not find the earning rate. She told me to look on their website. Which I responded that I did. She put me on hold and came back with bad new,  "United is not offering any miles for purchases."

Conclusion

Skymall is now only useful for killing time on the airplane. No points = useless

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