United’s Great Denver Promotion Travelers going to or from the Mile High City on United should take advantage of the “You Mean the World To Us” promotion to earn credits redeemable for free international and domestic flights, bonus Mileage Plus miles, and other awards. The basic setup: one credit for every qualifying flight segment that begins or ends in Denver, and double credits on flights between Denver and Las Vegas, Oakland, Phoenix, San Diego and other select cities through Dec. 31. Promotion terms and conditions can be found at http://united.com/worldofchoice. Registration is required at the website or by calling (800) 447-6772 and entering code 875.

Eos Launches Rewards Program The offer: Award points can be redeemed on any airline, without restrictions, guaranteed. Earn 15,000 points for round-trip travel (7,500 points for each flight). One point equals 1¢. Therefore one round-trip equals $150 worth of rewards. That means you have to take 30+ round-trip flights in order to receive one free. Compare that to about half the flights with Virgin Atlantic and you’ll be thinking about the other rewards you can get instead: Apple iPods with Bose Sound Docks, Tumi Luggage, a dinner party for four at Nobu in New York City, and special treatments at some of the best spas in London and New York. Enroll at www.eosairlines.com. Sign up and travel by March 31, 2006, and you’ll get double base points on all flights AND receive 50,000 bonus points for round-trip travel.

Air Tahiti Nui Deal to South Pacific Through April 30, World Perks members get a reduced award rate on Air Tahiti Nui from the U.S. to Sydney: coach awards are now 80,000, a reduction of 20,000 miles, and Business Class awards now cost 120,000, a reduction of 30,000 miles. Travel must originate in the continental U.S. Reservations: (800) 448-8355.

United Airlines-South African Airways Code-Share Discrepancy The agreement begins in April when SAA joins the Star Alliance. And as I said in the Oct. 2005 issue (page 2), new routes (or partnerships) mean new opportunities for award seats and potential fare discrepancies. Here we’re dealing with the latter. Book the Washington D.C.–Jo’burg flight on SAA and you’ll pay $7,215. But book with United and the fare is $6,160. From other U.S. gateways, the fare can be more than $1,500 less on United. Either way, Mileage Plus members earn elite benefits including Elite Qualifying Miles.

Lufthansa Business Jet Gets More Comfortable On its New York/Newark–Munich flights, the all Business Class B737 aircraft have new seats that the airline claims recline to 180; the older seats only reclined to 160. Additionally, all Lufthansa Business Jet aircraft on the routes New York/Newark–Munich and Düsseldorf and Chicago–Dusseldorf are equipped with new DVD players. Düsseldorf flights, on Airbus 319 aircraft, have 48 seats, which recline to 160 degrees. Lufthansa has been offering the Business Class-only flights since May 2002.

SAS Offers One-Way Upgrades The carrier is offering low-priced one-way upgrades $200 each from economy to Economy Extra, $500 each way to Business Class—to most destinations in Scandinavia and Finland. Booking deadline: Feb. 28.Travel window: May 29-Oct. 31. The Fine Print: Outbound changes not permitted; inbound changes incur a $200 fee. No stopovers; minimum stay is a Saturday night; children 2-11 pay 80% of adult fare. Upgradeable economy fares start at $469.