So long 1k. It was nice while it lasted. Official goodbye to elite status thread
Feb 2, 2011, 11:55 pm
#121
Join Date: Jan 2003
Programs: MP 1K to 2P - painful
Posts: 305
I'm down to 2P and it hurts. Long story, just missed 1P.
I'll miss the double miles and the Star lounges on international flights. UDU means nothing to me, on the routes I fly I didn't clear any as a 1K. However, the CR1s are invaluable for PS and while I went into December feeling the SWU were impossible to clear I was very happy when they finally came through with roundtrip upgrades for myself and my husband SFO-SYD.
Now I'd better change my status on flyertalk!
I'll miss the double miles and the Star lounges on international flights. UDU means nothing to me, on the routes I fly I didn't clear any as a 1K. However, the CR1s are invaluable for PS and while I went into December feeling the SWU were impossible to clear I was very happy when they finally came through with roundtrip upgrades for myself and my husband SFO-SYD.
Now I'd better change my status on flyertalk!
Feb 3, 2011, 8:47 am
#122
Join Date: Feb 2000
Posts: 952
I said goodbye to 1k after 4 years, and resumed life as a 1P. Didn't even get the buy up offer this year. I'll miss the ability to change rewards without a fee--and the swu's.
Last edited by iluv2fly; Feb 3, 2011 at 8:50 am Reason: off-topic
Feb 3, 2011, 10:17 am
#123
In Memoriam
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: ORD, UA 1K, SPG
Posts: 421
1Kness
Farewell 1k. You will be missed.
But since I did most of my travelling on my own dime, I just can't get there any longer.
I will miss many things, but most probably redeposit of award miles without fees and the many times IROPs bailed me out.
I will remain a loyal UA flyer, but will have to see how 1P treats me.
wwbgd
But since I did most of my travelling on my own dime, I just can't get there any longer.
I will miss many things, but most probably redeposit of award miles without fees and the many times IROPs bailed me out.
I will remain a loyal UA flyer, but will have to see how 1P treats me.
wwbgd
Feb 3, 2011, 11:40 am
#124
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SFO/STT as often as possible
Programs: UA; Delta; US Air; BA Executive Club
Posts: 212
I spent two whole days as a 2P after my status dropped on February 1st. Had to wait for some 1/31 flights to post today and now back to 1P with just over 50.5K EQM's in January. Should be 1K by May depending on when my next transpacific flight is taken. And as a 1P in January, I was 0/3 on upgrades on CO.
Feb 3, 2011, 5:33 pm
#125
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2003
Programs: UA*Lifetime GS, Hyatt* Lifetime Globalist
Posts: 12,331
Feb 12, 2011, 12:29 pm
#126
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: DL (MM), UA(MM) , AA(MM) , Bonvoy - LT Titanium
Posts: 262
WOW! While I am still a 1K (been one for 10+ years), I switched to AA and hope to be an EXP by the fall... then my countdown begins to join the ranks of the fallen here next year.
Feb 12, 2011, 12:42 pm
#127
Join Date: May 2005
Location: SJC
Programs: UA MM, AA EXP, VS (silver-for-life revoked), DL, WN, AS, Hilton diamond, Marriott gold
Posts: 388
The irony is I'm not doing it on purpose like the rest of you guys, although I've really liked the soft product in AA int'l C so far.
Feb 12, 2011, 12:45 pm
#128
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: SFO/IAD
Programs: UA 1P
Posts: 14
Adios, 1K. Back to 1P for me. I'll miss all those UDUs.
Feb 12, 2011, 2:18 pm
#129
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: STL
Programs: MR LT Titanium, UA 1K, DL Gold, AA EXP
Posts: 886
Went from multi year 1K to GM this year.
I'm moving all my flying over to AA, where I soft landed to plat from exec plat. Had a flight this week with UA to AMS, and it was miserable as a GM. Sad to go from UA, but I can't have no status.
I'm moving all my flying over to AA, where I soft landed to plat from exec plat. Had a flight this week with UA to AMS, and it was miserable as a GM. Sad to go from UA, but I can't have no status.
Feb 12, 2011, 2:26 pm
#130
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: BOS
Programs: riding the lifetime status. DL MM / AA MM
Posts: 2,968
i also fell from 1K to 2P. i flew to BKK on UA/* in january, burning my last SWU's in the process, so i flew 20k while still 1K, and got a solid head start on renewing 2P. that gives me the ability to mostly fly DL this year (looking like a light year) and watch what happens with UACO. i'll probably head into 2012 with low-mid status in all three alliances...
i suspect the thing i'll miss most this year is access to the MLL at YUL.
i suspect the thing i'll miss most this year is access to the MLL at YUL.