Originally Posted by RockinPete

This is me last year. I did ~260,000 on UA metal but my spend was ~$35,000. (I didn't keep track of spend last year).

Most of my tickets last year were international (China mostly) M, S, H fares. I think I had one Y and one B for 2012.
This year my flights have been 100% Y, B or M and I'm close to $35,000 while only doing ~102,000 BIS (168,000 PQM).