Originally Posted by
NH_Clark
For GS qualification, PQM and PQS don't really matter.
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Originally Posted by
NH_Clark
Total spend, spend in premium cabin and high CPM seem to be factors.
Nothing I've been told or seen would lead me to that conclusion. Currently the parameter that has 90+ % of the influence of GS qualification is UA Metal PQD (But watch out for LH in the future). Where the real confusion comes in is how much GS history is taken into account when re-qualifying; some people have re-qualified on quite low UA Metal PQDs. Also some regional 'home' airports seem to have marginally lower UA Metal PQD requirements but there really isn't enough accurate data points to be sure on that one.....Additionally, I started to believe the herd poison regarding SFO requiring a higher UA metal PQD but I can't see anything in the data to indicate that.