Originally Posted by
alex_b
How are you getting 1k on <$8k of UA spend? Is it lots of *A flights, MRs or planning ahead with business travel to book discount non-flexible fares?
Its not that hard with flexibility, some planning, no work restraints, taking advantage of deals, there are zero MRs required to get to 1K for that amount of money on purely personal spend (not OPM), more than half the time flying up front to boot.