Jan 1, 2014, 6:30 am
Last edit by: chrisl137
Please read these sources before posting in this thread: If you have calculated the PQDs for a trip at less than 80% of the total cost, you are very likely doing something wrong. Have you made sure to include the International Surcharge (YQ)? Have you read all of the materials linked above, and the frequently made points listed below?
Specific Unanswered Questions
Please limit these to specific, technical questions about the implementation of the PQD program. FMP (Frequently Made Points)
The following points have been made repeatedly in this thread (please feel free to add more concise points): Related Threads
Moderator's note:- First post from UA Insider (post 1)
- http://www.mileageplusupdates.com/faqs.html
- Additional answers from UA Insider (post 1387)
- more information about questions posed in this thread published to mileageplusupdates.com, per UA Insider
Specific Unanswered Questions
Please limit these to specific, technical questions about the implementation of the PQD program.
- Will there be a calculator that shows PQD, and will that calculator be accurate?
- What exactly will count toward PQD?
United states:
Base fare and carrier-imposed surcharges
Flights flown by United, United Express, or Copa Airlines
Flights operated by a Star Alliance® or a MileagePlus partner airline and issued on a United ticket (ticket number starting with 016)
Economy Plus purchases
The value of ETCs if used as a form of payment on the checkout page
will count towards PQD.
Thus:- The amount of co-pay when using miles to upgrade..
- The cost of PQMs/RDMs purchased when using the premier / award accelerator..
- The face value e-certs and travel vouchers.. (still uncertainty on this since prelim PQDs appeared to include)
- The cost of a paid upgrade..
- An extra seat purchase (such as for a customer of size or a musical instrument); it does not presently count toward PQM.
- Change fees.
- How will PQD be determined for UA metal segments without 016 stock ticket?
- What happens if I depart in December and return in January?
Just like PQM, PQD for the applicable part of fare for the segment is credited based on the departure date (year) of the segment flown. Segment fares are calculated using standard rules of the past. For the case cited there would be PQD credited in DEC 2013 (no value) and PQD applied to 2014 applicable to 2014 and 2015 status renewal. - How will UA evaluate the address issue for the PQD exemption?
- It is not clear how the timing of achieving the minimum PQD requirement will impact earning RPUs and GPUs. Examples:
- If someone crosses 75K PQM in say April, but doesn't hit $7500 PQD until December by which time has accrued 200K PQM, will he/she get 10 RPUs all at once? (and 10 GPUs assuming $10k PQD in December)
- Do only 1Ks/GSs earn additional RPUs by flying beyond the 100k mark?
- If a 1K crosses the 100,000 PQM mark in January 201x, the $10,000 PQD mark on December 31 201x, and ends up flying a total of 200,000 PQMs for the year 201x, how many RPUs / GPUs will be earned?
- Will Platinums earn 2 RPUs when crossing the 75k mark but none at incremental levels thereafter (e.g. a Plat who flies 100k EQMs, but does not meet the 1K spend, would *not* earn two more RPUs)?
- If someone crosses 75K PQM in say April, but doesn't hit $7500 PQD until December by which time has accrued 200K PQM, will he/she get 10 RPUs all at once? (and 10 GPUs assuming $10k PQD in December)
- How does IRROPs affect earning of PQDs?
- If one travels on a non-016 ticket originally booked non-UA/Copa metal, will one earn PQDs if rebooked onto UA?
- If one travels on a non-016 ticket originally booked on UA/Copa metal, but is rebooked onto non UA/Copa metal, will one still get credit for PQDs in these scenarios:
- The UA/Copa segment was the source of the irrops?
- The segment of another carrier causes the irrops, the carrier is a *A or UA/Copa partner?
- The segment of another carrier causes the irrops, the carrier is not a *A or UA/Copa partner?
The following points have been made repeatedly in this thread (please feel free to add more concise points):
- You might not be hitting the PQD minimums as easily as you think you are, given exceptions, taxes, and the existence of cheap fares.
- It is possible for leisure travelers and even some business travelers to average well under 10cpm. This doesn't just affect "leisure 1Ks" and people on the edge of categories.
- Presidential Plus card members (exempted from Silver/Gold/Plat PQD requirements) are most likely exempted because the FlexPQM program would complicate matters.
- Manufacturing $25,000 spend might not actually be so hard. There's a whole forum on it.
- The $25,000 spend can be done across multiple Chase MP cards, as long as the cards are tied to the same MileagePlus account.
- The exceptions don't really make sense where there is a revenue-sharing joint venture in place, such as with LH on TATL routes.
- Leaving UA for AA over objections to dollar-based status may be futile because all the majors will likely go to this model with the possible exception of the AS program which allows you to bank your DL and AA miles into one account (DL has already).
- UA is tracking spend on UA metal now.
- YQ, also known as the "international surcharge," is a carrier-imposed surcharge and is included in PQD.
- How to book 016 PQD earning tickets when no UA, UX, Copa metal flights are on itinerary.
- Do You Think UA Will Lose a Lot of Revenue With Less MR?
- Any Drawbacks from having MP account registered to foreign address?
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...nited-com.html
- Incorrect/Ineligible PQD/PQM/RDM Information showing on my itinerary.
Previous thread can be found here:
MileagePlus Premier Qualifying Dollar (PQD) Requirement Discussion [ARCHIVE]
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MileagePlus Premier Qualifying Dollar (PQD) Requirement Discussion Thread
Jun 8, 2016, 1:43 pm
#1006
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Well the return segments credited.
I ended up with 794 PQD so just one off from what the eTicket said.
The RDMs and PQMs are more off but like less than 10 miles for the RDMs and the PQMs are more in my favor.
I ended up with 794 PQD so just one off from what the eTicket said.
The RDMs and PQMs are more off but like less than 10 miles for the RDMs and the PQMs are more in my favor.
Jun 24, 2016, 2:56 am
#1007
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 754
YTD PQD
I checked my PQD today and it seems to be adding up PQD since 1/1/15. Yet my PQMs are being reported only for 2016. I get these PQD and PQM numbers from the "View My Activity Since My Last Statement" link, which shows the statement period as 1/1/15 to 6/24/16, from the mystatus.united.com page, and from the My Account page, which calls them "ytd". Any ideas what is going on?
Jun 24, 2016, 4:58 am
#1008
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CLE, DCA, and 30k feet
Programs: Honors LT Diamond; United 1K; Hertz PC
Posts: 4,164
I checked my PQD today and it seems to be adding up PQD since 1/1/15. Yet my PQMs are being reported only for 2016. I get these PQD and PQM numbers from the "View My Activity Since My Last Statement" link, which shows the statement period as 1/1/15 to 6/24/16, from the mystatus.united.com page, and from the My Account page, which calls them "ytd". Any ideas what is going on?
The RDMs earned, and RDMs redeemed on the other hand appears, again, for me, to reflect activity since 1/1/15 when the last statement was generated.
Jun 24, 2016, 8:51 am
#1009
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Location: SFO/SJC
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The "statement period" thing has been broken for a while but all of the Premier Qualifying [PQS, PQM, and PQD] numbers (at least for me) are from 1/1/16-to present and PQD reset to $0 on the first of the year. [I track those three metrics fairly obsessively and all three they match my log precisely]
The RDMs earned, and RDMs redeemed on the other hand appears, again, for me, to reflect activity since 1/1/15 when the last statement was generated.
The RDMs earned, and RDMs redeemed on the other hand appears, again, for me, to reflect activity since 1/1/15 when the last statement was generated.
The summary box at the top, IME, always shows Total RDM, and PQM/S/D since the beginning of the calendar year (as well as other functions like CC spend waiver reached, segments toward 4 UA-metal minimum, etc.).
Jun 24, 2016, 9:32 am
#1010
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,088
My online account statement no longer shows my Chase card waiver. When I looked a couple of weeks ago it showed close to $40,000 and "Waived." That line is no longer there. Could it be because I have now hit the required PQD, so the CC waiver is no longer needed?
Jun 24, 2016, 2:54 pm
#1011
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Wales, UK
Programs: UA 1k
Posts: 693
When is PQD calculated for non USD purchases
Quick PQD question.
I purchased a ticket for £912.00 for a UA ticket on April 21st, of which £797.80 was ticket and YQ.
The receipt shows a PQD of $1138 for the combined six segments. The exchange rate was about $1.42 to £1.
My question is; is the PQD rate now fixed, or is it still subject to variations in the exchange rate until the time of the flight on July 7th. The current exchange rate is now $1.36 after yesterday's events.
Normally, PQD wouldn't be an issue for me, but it comes into play thanks to this.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-4-2016-a.html
My planned flights had a value of $4642 at purchase against a $4500 target. If the PQD rate is variable, I might have to take action or hope for some recovery is the pound before flight time.
I purchased a ticket for £912.00 for a UA ticket on April 21st, of which £797.80 was ticket and YQ.
The receipt shows a PQD of $1138 for the combined six segments. The exchange rate was about $1.42 to £1.
My question is; is the PQD rate now fixed, or is it still subject to variations in the exchange rate until the time of the flight on July 7th. The current exchange rate is now $1.36 after yesterday's events.
Normally, PQD wouldn't be an issue for me, but it comes into play thanks to this.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...-4-2016-a.html
My planned flights had a value of $4642 at purchase against a $4500 target. If the PQD rate is variable, I might have to take action or hope for some recovery is the pound before flight time.
Jun 24, 2016, 4:02 pm
#1012
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My guess is it's the NUC rate on the ticket, which will not change, but only a guess.
Jun 24, 2016, 7:05 pm
#1013
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: CLE (mostly)
Programs: UA Plat, Hyatt Explorist, Mlife Gold, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 823
It should be calculated based on the date of ticket purchase, and remain fixed.
You should be able to view the accruals for PQD under the reservation on UA.com today, and confirm that it matches your original email receipt from the day it was ticketed.
You should be able to view the accruals for PQD under the reservation on UA.com today, and confirm that it matches your original email receipt from the day it was ticketed.
Jun 25, 2016, 4:10 am
#1014
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 754
The "statement period" thing has been broken for a while but all of the Premier Qualifying [PQS, PQM, and PQD] numbers (at least for me) are from 1/1/16-to present and PQD reset to $0 on the first of the year. [I track those three metrics fairly obsessively and all three they match my log precisely]
The RDMs earned, and RDMs redeemed on the other hand appears, again, for me, to reflect activity since 1/1/15 when the last statement was generated.
The RDMs earned, and RDMs redeemed on the other hand appears, again, for me, to reflect activity since 1/1/15 when the last statement was generated.
Jun 25, 2016, 11:36 am
#1015
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Jun 25, 2016, 11:39 am
#1016
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Wales, UK
Programs: UA 1k
Posts: 693
Thanks all for the reassurance. I can breath a little easier that I'm not losing out on a lot of miles on a technicality.
Jun 25, 2016, 11:46 am
#1017
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: ORD
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Posts: 564
Thanks!
Jun 25, 2016, 12:03 pm
#1018
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Location: Austin, TX
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If you make $25,000 in net purchases this calendar year, you will receive a PQD waiver for Silver, Gold, and Platinum. The PQD waiver does not apply to 1K status.
Jun 25, 2016, 12:37 pm
#1019
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Ambassador, AA Platinum, Avis Pres Club, Hertz Pres Circle
Posts: 564
Sorry if this is off topic...how do I receive the club passes? do these come in the mail??
Jun 25, 2016, 12:39 pm
#1020
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: UA 1K, BA GGL/CCR, TK Elite Plus, Marriott Gold4Lyfe, HH Diamond, Avis PC, Hertz PC, Tesco Blue
Posts: 270
Had to call when ticket issued in a foreign currency (GBPs)
Maybe they have it sorted out by now, but I bought a ticket from ua's website with a credit card billing address in the UK; it processed and issued as a British Pound transaction. I noticed after flying the first few legs that the PQMs posted accurately, but no RDMs or PQDs posted at all. I called, and the 1K line said that the system couldn't automatically process foreign currency tickets so I should wait until I flew all segments/flight coupons on the ticket and then call back.
I did, and they manually added them to my account within a few hours.
For calculating, they'll take the NUC amount converted to USD at the exchange rate in the fare ladder (the ROE number), and apportion it across all flight segments on that fare unit.
Not a huge deal, really, but one wonders what kind of major international airline's accounting-CRM system can't account for foreign currencies without manual intervention? Then I remembered it was United...
I did, and they manually added them to my account within a few hours.
For calculating, they'll take the NUC amount converted to USD at the exchange rate in the fare ladder (the ROE number), and apportion it across all flight segments on that fare unit.
Not a huge deal, really, but one wonders what kind of major international airline's accounting-CRM system can't account for foreign currencies without manual intervention? Then I remembered it was United...