$1500 for Premier Gold on Mileage Runs?
I'm currently a Silver that earns my elite status 100% on personal travel and mileage runs and thanks to FTers like CokeandTaco, I've been finding mileage runs that were in the 2cpm range. I'm thinking about going for Gold next year for $1500 or less by keeping all my MRs at 3cpm or less (with the exception of the obligatory trip to the inlaws in MCI). This leads me to two questions...
#1...How many UA elites earn status based entirely on personal trips and mileage runs?
#2...What's the least amount of money anyone has ever spent to earn their elite status (not counting the DEQMs of the past)??