Australia Credit Card earn for UA & Mileage Plus?

[LeoR]

Are there any Australian-based credit cards that can be used to earn MileagePlus points?

 

[Mattg]

Unfortunately not. The only way to earn United miles with an Australian credit card would be to transfer AMEX/Diners Club points to SPG, then transfer from SPG to United. But SPG->United transfers are 2:1 so the value is not there.

 

[JohnK]

Or transfer from Amex -> SPG -> Marriott -> Mileage Plus. From memory 180,000 Amex MR points converted to 132,000 Mileage Plus miles + a 7 night Category 5 certificate.

Not sure what will happen to these transfers once SPG and Marriott merge in August.

 

[andye]

Transferring from Amex to Marriott as per JohnK is the best option. You dont have to get a travel package as still decent earn rate without.

Diners->SPG->Marriott->UA is possible too but earns less. The Diners Dual offers a way of earning with a Mastercard but yield is low

As said all up in the air about whether Amex->SPG/Marriott will last