Originally Posted by
TheEgg22
I know I should be happy for you but I get really frustrated to see people hit 1k with only 16 segments! I know it's a revenue thing but it really sucks that in order to hit 1k, some of us have to fly all over the midwest, every week for an entire year and still not rack up 100k miles.
Ok... my rant is over!
Congrats on getting to 1k!
I agree.
While I'd never begrudge someone for their acheivement it's always irked me that UA awards top-tier status for as few as 5 round trips.
It is, after all, a
frequent flyer program. 8 trips in a year is hardly frequent in my opinion.
It's even more insulting since UA raised the EQS requirement to 120 from 100. As it stands, I'm going to finish the year with 100,171 EQM and 99 EQS but I had to throw in a MR to HKG to get there. Otherwise I would've easily requalified just on segments alone under the old rules.