Originally Posted by
Lurker1999
Is it really that easy to accumulate $30,000 in spending in a year? And if it is, doesn't that imply these are relatively high value customers worthy of recognition? Personally I won't ever qualify for that amount of spending but I'd think these types of customers would be worth "more" to a company than someone else who manages to fly 100K on less than $10,000 in spending.
UA GS spend requirement is much higer than PPlat and with GS you have to fly in full-fare tickets for the $$ to count towards to meeting the GS spend requirement. PPlat on the other hand is not a no biggie, but the $30K spend requirement counts all tickets, including those on WESTNL fares.
In some stations the GS spend requirement is as high as $75K, but in other stations it can be as low as $30-40K - i.e. MCI, ELP, regional cities, and in key competitor hubs like ATL/DTW/DFW to poach business from competitors - hence my "easier" statement.
Not saying $30K is easy and yes that is valuable for CO, but pales in comparison to UA GS on many levels.