Critical Time: Make A Small Year-End Donation Of United Miles, Bring Families Together For Last Moments – View from the Wing

Give A Mile MileagePlus Holiday Fundraising Campaign

Give A Mile is a unique charity that takes donations of miles and uses the miles to book flights for to book tickets so that those in need can be together with loved ones in their last moments of life, so that people don’t die alone.

This is a small organization with a strong cadre of volunteers. There’s not much overhead. There’s no marketing department. Just people committed to do some good using miles. I’ve given a lot of my own miles to the cause.

And they do more than just spend your miles. They work with hospices, ICUs and hospitals to confirm details – they find the people who need help, validate their stories, and connect people in their last moments of life. They’re a 501(c)3 public charity and all miles going towards the program.

Regular readers may know that I joined the board of Give A Mile a little over about a year and a half ago. There aren’t enough opportunities to use miles to accomplish charitable objectives. Most are airline-selected corporate charities. And rarely do the miles actually get used for tickets. You can give as few as 1,000 miles.

I’m really low on United miles right now. I’ll transfer some Chase or Bilt points over to donate more. Since I’m tapped in my MileagePlus account right now, though, do you think you could help out with a donation as well? I’d appreciate it. No need to do so, but please share in the comments if you’d like. And thank you.