Originally Posted by
hobo13
Yes, that's true. But do you actually earn/maintain status on BMI *and* UA, or did you just status match to BMI? Because I certainly wouldn't trade 1K on UA, for being 1P on UA *and* Gold on BMI. In the most simplest sense, that seems to be trading 6 SWU's and lots of CR1's for domestic lounge access. Am I missing something? Now if you fly 150k a year and can get 1K *and* BMI gold, that's another matter. But from your profile, that doesn't seem to be the case.
That is a dilemma I will be facing next year. I have ended up around 70k EQM on UA for the past two years. Too far from 1K and with no in-between status to shoot for - the choices rewards at 75k are a laugh. So, I am currently using the fact that BMI has a 12 month window and needs only 38k to re-qualify to my advantage. Once I got my status match (yup, I did get a match), I started pumping miles into BMI. The goal is to get as close to re-qualification by Dec. 31st. I know I will not hit 1K on UA this year and have already made 1P, so I have nothing to lose. Starting Jan 1st, my 1st goal is to re-qualify 1P on UA. And then decide, do I have a shot at 1K or should I put the balance of my miles on BMI. I will not know till I get there... I agree that if I have a legit shot at 1K, domestic lounge access is not a good enough reason to requalify gold on BMI. Heck, if I get to 1K, I will use 45k miles to buy RCC access
