So I will ask the question that I don't think has been asked yet - in exchange for my USD10k spend as a 1k member, what exactly is United going to give me?

1 - spotty service reliability?
2 - upgrades sold out from under me to lower elites or kettles?
3 - a continuing degradation in inflight food services?
4 - collusion with DL and AA to reduce capacity and competition?

Or will this increased revenue requirement and likely compliance by most customers result in an improving product?