Originally Posted by
tlawrence85
You can also "earn" EQMs using Continental's equivalent of the Award Accelerator program. They allow you to pay (a lot) extra to earn extra EQM on any flight. I believe its something on the order of 10c/mile.
Given that CO and UA EQMs will be combined at the end of the year (or earlier if you link your accounts), this option might appeal to some.
It's called Elite Maximizer. I had thought you had to fly CO metal to get access to buy, but noticed on one of my upcoming flights - a CO codeshare on UA metal - that there was a link to buy but was grayed out because, it said, I did not have a Onepass number on the res (I was using my UA #). So, it's possible that you can use this even if you are flying on UA metal, but you have to have your CO number attached.