Consolidated Global Services Thread - Qualifications, Benefits and Q & A [2014]
Nov 22, 2014, 5:53 pm
#871
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 361
Your opinion ?
YTD 55k
260 EQM
Projected end of 2014 $67-70k
What are the chances ?
YTD 55k
260 EQM
Projected end of 2014 $67-70k
What are the chances ?
Nov 22, 2014, 8:08 pm
#872
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: West Coast USA
Programs: UA GS/4 MM, AA Exec Plat, Lifetime Hilton D, Hyatt G, Marriott Titanium earned Ambassador
Posts: 7,553
Next year I will have GS status and a PassPlus plan. It sounds like the PassPlus system requires you to book your own tickets separately -- you can't book yourself and family on one reservation.
Is it still possible to get GS privileges for family -- e.g. economy+ seat assignments, upgrades -- when you're travelling together but on different PNRs?
Is it still possible to get GS privileges for family -- e.g. economy+ seat assignments, upgrades -- when you're travelling together but on different PNRs?
Nov 22, 2014, 8:14 pm
#873
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: West Coast USA
Programs: UA GS/4 MM, AA Exec Plat, Lifetime Hilton D, Hyatt G, Marriott Titanium earned Ambassador
Posts: 7,553
)so another GS joined me. Then onboard the GS agent came into the BF cabin and asked if I required any services upon arrival. All was appreciated but UA does not in this case help those who want to be anonymous.
Nov 23, 2014, 6:52 am
#874
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Chicago
Programs: United GS 3 MM LT, Marriott Ambassador LT Titanium, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 461
Not true
I am not GS but have seen many posts on here that UA tracks their full fare spend with a bar on their account page. So I think the types of fares you buy on UA metal are a determining factor and that if you spend a lot and fly a lot but only buy cheap fares you may not make it. Or has the FF spend gone away and they are just looking at total spend on UA metal? And as for where you are based, I have seen threads where people spent less than other but they made it and they are out of a smaller market. Or maybe they just got a corporate giveaway. I don't know.
The fact is, only UA knows how they pick people as there are no published criteria so saying things are a myth either way is still only speculation. All we can base it on is what people post, and we know nobody lies on the internet
The fact is, only UA knows how they pick people as there are no published criteria so saying things are a myth either way is still only speculation. All we can base it on is what people post, and we know nobody lies on the internet
Remember there are at least two other ways to make GS unrelated to your dollar spend. First as part of a corporate travel deal if your company spends enough money on United - my old company used to get 8 GS slots per year. Second, if you buy an air pass or whatever it is called now, where you pre-pay $50,000 for united travel in a year.
Nov 23, 2014, 6:57 am
#875
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Chicago
Programs: United GS 3 MM LT, Marriott Ambassador LT Titanium, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 461
Nov 23, 2014, 10:39 am
#876
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Posts: 10,909
I asked our United sales rep the question and she said it based solely on dollar spend, but the number each year is somewhat secret. I then asked her about dollar per miles, full fare tickets, etc. She laughed and said I must have read this on the Internet. She then gave the most straight forward explanation. If you fly 300,000 miles on low-fare inexpensive miles spending only $20,000 in a year you will not make GS. If you spend $75,000 and fly only fly 100,000 you will make GS. The two key factors in the explanation are $20,000 and $75,000. It does not matter what type of tickets are purchased.
Remember there are at least two other ways to make GS unrelated to your dollar spend. First as part of a corporate travel deal if your company spends enough money on United - my old company used to get 8 GS slots per year. Second, if you buy an air pass or whatever it is called now, where you pre-pay $50,000 for united travel in a year.
Remember there are at least two other ways to make GS unrelated to your dollar spend. First as part of a corporate travel deal if your company spends enough money on United - my old company used to get 8 GS slots per year. Second, if you buy an air pass or whatever it is called now, where you pre-pay $50,000 for united travel in a year.
Last edited by Baze; Nov 23, 2014 at 10:45 am Reason: Fixed typo
Nov 23, 2014, 10:43 am
#877
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Midwest
Programs: UA GS, UA 1.6MM, AA LT PLT, AA 2.6MM, Intercontinental Royal Ambassador
Posts: 838
I asked our United sales rep the question and she said it based solely on dollar spend, but the number each year is somewhat secret. I then asked her about dollar per miles, full fare tickets, etc. She laughed and said I must have read this on the Internet. She then gave the most straight forward explanation. If you fly 300,000 miles on low-fare inexpensive miles spending only $20,000 in a year you will not make GS. If you spend $75,000 and fly only fly 100,000 you will make GS. The two key factors in the explanation are $20,000 and $75,000. It does not matter what type of tickets are purchased.
Remember there are at least two other ways to make GS unrelated to your dollar spend. First as part of a corporate travel deal if your company spends enough money on United - my old company used to get 8 GS slots per year. Second, if you buy an air pass or whatever it is called now, where you pre-pay $50,000 for united travel in a year.
Remember there are at least two other ways to make GS unrelated to your dollar spend. First as part of a corporate travel deal if your company spends enough money on United - my old company used to get 8 GS slots per year. Second, if you buy an air pass or whatever it is called now, where you pre-pay $50,000 for united travel in a year.
And I would almost be willing to bet if you asked another sales rep you would get a different answer. After many years of flying UA I have learned to never take anything as gospel you only hear from one employee. Firm, reaffirm then ask for it in writing somewhere and we all know UA will pretty much never release the GS requirements to the public.
What I've been told is that pmUA did look at only premium fares to determine GS status. When the IT cutover occurred, I was told that total spend is all that mattered in the initial year. But now I'm told that UA is getting more detail on GS spending (high fares, CPM, location, etc.) and will further refine the methodology used to determine GS status. What this means is that I don't know either. I suspect that what I've been told has some truth to it.
My own opinion is that total spend does make up the majority of of the analysis but that there's more to it behind the scenes. I just have seen too many anomalies on both the upside and downside to rely purely on spend as the only barometer for admittance.
Nov 23, 2014, 8:37 pm
#878
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 55
Hi. Wanted to check-in and see if I could bother people to give me their two cents if I might make GS for 2015. My BIS and spend Google spreadsheet is below. SFO based.
$60K spend. 83K BIS. SFO.
https://docs.google.com/a/murrays.or...nbs/edit#gid=0
Thanks!
$60K spend. 83K BIS. SFO.
https://docs.google.com/a/murrays.or...nbs/edit#gid=0
Thanks!
Last edited by ew6050; Nov 23, 2014 at 10:09 pm
Nov 23, 2014, 8:41 pm
#879
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: 8507 queens blvd
Programs: UA GS, Marriott Platinum, Global Entry
Posts: 17
long time lunker, first time poster here with a question about chances of initial GS invitation. I was CO platinum in the two immediate pre-merger years before my travels stopped abruptly. business travel picked up, and I qualified for silver last week starting from zero in july. I've extrapolated my stats, and they will look like this by december if my patterns continue.
IAH based
74,500 pqm
$58,000 pqd
.77 cpm
most of my travel will likely be e, u, m, b international last minute fares. only way I'll travel unrestricted or first will be if there are no other open seats.
how am I looking? I'm willing to do a mileage run to get over the platinum hump if it'll make me more attractive.
IAH based
74,500 pqm
$58,000 pqd
.77 cpm
most of my travel will likely be e, u, m, b international last minute fares. only way I'll travel unrestricted or first will be if there are no other open seats.
how am I looking? I'm willing to do a mileage run to get over the platinum hump if it'll make me more attractive.
BIS 76,xxx
PQD $61,xxx
PQS 36
CPM .80
Still flying Economy, but I've had 4 B, D, and Y segments.
Here's hoping this is enough to earn an invite.
Nov 24, 2014, 12:56 am
#880
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Costa Rica
Programs: UA 1K, AA ExecPlat, JB TrueBlue, HH Gld, Marr PLAT, IHG Gold, SPG Plat
Posts: 16
2015 Global Services
How do I get considered for GS 2015? Is there a request I need to make? Who do I contact? Where do I go?
I am not sure if I am going to get it or not. I will end the year with about 120k miles, 40 PQS, over $40k spent, and 90% of the segments in Business or First.
I am guessing at least they will consider it.
I am not sure if I am going to get it or not. I will end the year with about 120k miles, 40 PQS, over $40k spent, and 90% of the segments in Business or First.
I am guessing at least they will consider it.
Nov 24, 2014, 1:09 am
#881
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: London; Bangkok; Las Vegas
Programs: AA Exec Plat; UA MM Gold; Marriott Lifetime Titanium; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 8,745
"Don't call us. We'll call you."
Nov 24, 2014, 1:34 am
#882
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: SU
Posts: 23
I only know one person with GS and he spends more than USD100k per year.
Nov 24, 2014, 2:11 am
#883
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lahaina, HI & Los Angeles, CA
Programs: UA GS
Posts: 2,403
This belongs in the existing 2014 thread.
Nov 24, 2014, 3:18 am
#884
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SRQ, PDX
Programs: UA 1 MM, AA, DL
Posts: 930
Nov 24, 2014, 3:42 am
#885
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: DCA or IAD (originally DUB)
Programs: UA 1K 1.8MM, Hertz PC, Marriott Platinum/Lifetime Gold
Posts: 7,657
How do I get considered for GS 2015? Is there a request I need to make? Who do I contact? Where do I go?
I am not sure if I am going to get it or not. I will end the year with about 120k miles, 40 PQS, over $40k spent, and 90% of the segments in Business or First.
I am guessing at least they will consider it.
I am not sure if I am going to get it or not. I will end the year with about 120k miles, 40 PQS, over $40k spent, and 90% of the segments in Business or First.
I am guessing at least they will consider it.
Also, a simple search "Global Search" would have answered your question
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-q-2014-a.html