United Airlines moves to 'dynamic pricing' for frequent-flier awards

United Airlines announced that it is making changes to frequent-flier awards offered through its MileagePlus loyalty program. The airline will now move to a "dynamic pricing model" where the number of miles needed for an award ticket will vary from flight to flight. The change will take effect for award tickets booked for travel Nov 1 and beyond. United says those new “Every Day Awards” that fluctuate in price will replace its “Standard Awards,” currently its highest-mileage option for award tickets. United’s low-level “Saver” awards will remain. The airline says it will increase the availability of those award types by more than 10% throughout US and Canadian markets. With the changes, United customers will no longer have just 2 levels (“Saver” and “Standard”) when booking award tickets. <br/>