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Old Feb 15, 2015 | 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by trickless
Just to follow up to this after some research (for future readers).

If you're already willing to spend on premium cabins, mileage cards (or cards that transfer miles, like CSP or SPG AMEX) are a great value. Miles rapidly become worth more than 5% if this is your usage.

PassPlus personal is also a great option. $50k appears to get you GS, and that reflects $12.5k pp for a family of four. If that's already being spent, it winds up being a significant set of benefits, plus the discounts on airfare, and if you want to chance it, a decent chance of upgrades.
I would doubt very much that UA would give GS based on $12,500 per person.

Note that if you fly FC all the time, FF benefits are generally only useful in IROPs. Otherwise, the FC tickets gets you special lines, free bags, earlier boarding, international lounge access, etc.
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