August 21, 2025
Perk eliminated for new bookings and any changes to existing bookings
fatal event
Obituary
🪦 2016–2025 · program changeUnited Excursionist Perk (free one-way within a region on multi-city awards)
United Excursionist Perk (free one-way within a region on multi-city awards) — born 2016, died August 21, 2025. In its prime: allows flyers a free one-way award flight within a region when sandwiched between two other flights on a single booking. Cause of death: program change. It lived 9.7 years and survived 3 documented changes before the fatal one.
Lived 9.7 years · survived 3 documented changes before the fatal one · program: United Airlines
The documented life — newest first
June 5, 2025
United announces the Excursionist Perk ends for new bookings Aug 21, 2025 (plus instant-upgrade and upgrade-chart changes)
announcement day approximate
November 15, 2019
United award charts eliminated; perk survives but requires saver pricing on all segments
October 6, 2016
Excursionist Perk introduced in 2016 to replace United's more generous stopover policy
2016 launch day approximate (October 2016)
Questions
Is the United Excursionist Perk (free one-way within a region on multi-city awards) sweet spot still alive?
No — on our documented record it died August 21, 2025 (program change). The full dated history is documented on this page.
What did the United Excursionist Perk (free one-way within a region on multi-city awards) sweet spot cost?
In its prime: allows flyers a free one-way award flight within a region when sandwiched between two other flights on a single booking (documented from 2016).
What killed the United Excursionist Perk (free one-way within a region on multi-city awards) sweet spot?
program change, August 21, 2025. It survived 3 documented changes before the fatal one.
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Bonus Eagle. “United Excursionist Perk (free one-way within a region on multi-city awards) — The Sweet Spot Graveyard.” bonuseagle.com. https://www.bonuseagle.com/sweet-spots/united-excursionist-perk-free-one-way-within-a-region-on-multi-city-awards
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