How close did YOU cut it? (Made elite level just in time)

gdenny · Jan 4, 13, 12:41 pm

I make Silver on an annual basis based on segments and not miles. I was two short this year so I drove my Mother-in-Law home in her own car (and earned some great Brownie Points) on 12/31 and then flew two segments back. I landed back at my home airport at 7:27 pm, beating the 2012 deadline by 4.5 hours.

With 12/31 being a "no work" day for many, I'm wondering who out there cut it even closer than that. I'm sure there are many!

TimF1975 · Jan 4, 13, 12:44 pm

Hit 90.5 segments on the morning of 12/31 PHX-ORD.

CLEguy · Jan 4, 13, 12:54 pm

Hit 100,000 miles somewhere over the Atlantic ex-EWR the evening of 12/28

cbchicago · Jan 4, 13, 12:57 pm

December 28, 2012, 101,118 EQM for 1K

PrivatePilot · Jan 4, 13, 12:58 pm

Got ORC credit today for a flight from 12/30 which just put me over the top.

Mike Jacoubowsky · Jan 4, 13, 1:05 pm

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Originally Posted by gdenny

I make Silver on an annual basis based on segments and not miles. I was two short this year so I drove my Mother-in-Law home in her own car (and earned some great Brownie Points) on 12/31 and then flew two segments back. I landed back at my home airport at 7:27 pm, beating the 2012 deadline by 4.5 hours.

With 12/31 being a "no work" day for many, I'm wondering who out there cut it even closer than that. I'm sure there are many!

You actually beat the deadline by more than 4.5 hours; apparently, it's from the time your journey starts, not ends. What I'm not sure of is, on a multi-segment trip, does the clock stop at the first leg on the return, or the final?

Last year, you could "beat the clock" safely by a very tiny margin using Chase Points to buy PQMs. This year, they changed it so you had to buy them by 12/30, a full day ahead.

avi8tir · Jan 4, 13, 1:06 pm

My fiance crossed 100,000 miles SNA-ORD on 12/30... I was safe with 190k and got my GS invite on January 2nd

Antipode · Jan 4, 13, 1:11 pm

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Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky

You actually beat the deadline by more than 4.5 hours; apparently, it's from the time your journey starts, not ends. What I'm not sure of is, on a multi-segment trip, does the clock stop at the first leg on the return, or the final?

Each segment credits based on the date/time of scheduled departure.

fjfv19 · Jan 4, 13, 1:27 pm

Maybe not so much a question of time as mileage, but I qualified for 1K with exactly 100,006 miles on the most "final" part of final descent into JFK from SFO on 12/15. That was my last flight of the year on United.

BDL-FRA · Jan 4, 13, 1:33 pm

I'm still crossing my fingers to make sure everything goes well as the final miles have not posted yet from my 12/31 flight (*A partner), but I should close the year with 100,100 miles. This is the narrowest margin and by far the latest I've squeeked by in all my years as 1K...

TommyC80 · Jan 4, 13, 1:40 pm

50,507 on 12/26

ECOTONE · Jan 4, 13, 1:52 pm

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Originally Posted by TimF1975

Hit 90.5 segments on the morning of 12/31 PHX-ORD.

beat me this year...

FromPVG · Jan 4, 13, 2:21 pm

Arrived in EWR at 10:33pm on 12/30 with 100,047 PQM. Wife got 100,016 miles.
UA recorded that segment as on 12/31, making the qualifying segment even closer.

Are we the thinnest UA 1K couple?

Madone59 · Jan 4, 13, 2:36 pm

2011 I didnt make Plat until late December, this year I got it done late November.

My dad didn't clear 1K until 12/29 - the longest he has even 'waited'.

Mats · Jan 4, 13, 2:57 pm

I actually miscalculated. Using the famously unreliable united.com mileage calculator, I realized that I'd miss 1K by 2,000 miles. So I bought a mileage accelerator for $500 on an award ticket. Turns out that I ended up with 104,000 miles. In the end, I'm not that mad. I'll still use the miles, even if I overpayed for them. I also had the security of knowing that 1K was absolute.